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<p>[QUOTE="adric22, post: 1604925, member: 38146"]Depends on what you mean by crazy premiums.</p><p><br /></p><p>I buy 95% of my silver bullion on eBay. yes, I know I pay a little more than if I bought at my local coin shop mostly due to shipping costs, but I have good reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main reason is convenience. I have a hard time being able to make it to the coin shop since there is only one in my area and its hours are during regular business hours while I'm at work. The other issue is paying for it. I need to be able to pay with paypal since I run an eBay business myself and my paypal account always has money in it. If I wanted to buy at the coin shop I'd have to transfer money from paypal to my checking account, then wait 3 days for it to show up, then go buy said bullion. My wife gets really mad when I involve our personal checking account with my business. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, surprisingly I am often able to buy junk silver as cheap or cheaper than at the store. The key is bidding on a lot of items with a very low bid amount. Also bidding on really dirty, tarnished, ulgy looking coins. Since I do not mind cleaning them, I'm willing to pay a dollar or two less for a tarnished one. Quite often I'm able to buy price+shipping at or below spot. But I'll admit it is time consuming.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="adric22, post: 1604925, member: 38146"]Depends on what you mean by crazy premiums. I buy 95% of my silver bullion on eBay. yes, I know I pay a little more than if I bought at my local coin shop mostly due to shipping costs, but I have good reasons. The main reason is convenience. I have a hard time being able to make it to the coin shop since there is only one in my area and its hours are during regular business hours while I'm at work. The other issue is paying for it. I need to be able to pay with paypal since I run an eBay business myself and my paypal account always has money in it. If I wanted to buy at the coin shop I'd have to transfer money from paypal to my checking account, then wait 3 days for it to show up, then go buy said bullion. My wife gets really mad when I involve our personal checking account with my business. However, surprisingly I am often able to buy junk silver as cheap or cheaper than at the store. The key is bidding on a lot of items with a very low bid amount. Also bidding on really dirty, tarnished, ulgy looking coins. Since I do not mind cleaning them, I'm willing to pay a dollar or two less for a tarnished one. Quite often I'm able to buy price+shipping at or below spot. But I'll admit it is time consuming.[/QUOTE]
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