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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 633443, member: 112"]Mark - I think we can all agree that a question of ethics doesn't really come into it when it is just a difference of asking prices between different dealers. You know as well as I do, that the exact same coin, if handled by 6 different dealers is going to end up with 6 different asking prices. And those prices may vary greatly - up to 100% sometimes. It all depends on the dealer, and there is nothing unethical about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the point here is that this seller is pointing to the PCGS price guide in an effort to get potential buyers to believe this coin he is (was) offering is actually worth that much - when he knows dang well that it isn't. And of course anybody else who knows coins would know the same thing. So the only people that could possibly be affected by this sales tactic are those who do not know coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that to me, is unethical. But it is his sales tactic that is unethical - not his asking price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 633443, member: 112"]Mark - I think we can all agree that a question of ethics doesn't really come into it when it is just a difference of asking prices between different dealers. You know as well as I do, that the exact same coin, if handled by 6 different dealers is going to end up with 6 different asking prices. And those prices may vary greatly - up to 100% sometimes. It all depends on the dealer, and there is nothing unethical about it. I think the point here is that this seller is pointing to the PCGS price guide in an effort to get potential buyers to believe this coin he is (was) offering is actually worth that much - when he knows dang well that it isn't. And of course anybody else who knows coins would know the same thing. So the only people that could possibly be affected by this sales tactic are those who do not know coins. And that to me, is unethical. But it is his sales tactic that is unethical - not his asking price.[/QUOTE]
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