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<p>[QUOTE="GregH, post: 4521319, member: 75936"]Starting prices and estimates have never been a deterrent for me to bid on a CNG auction. </p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest deterrents for me are:</p><p>- Buyer fees. I need to do some mental gymnastics to work out what the actual cost will be for me: i need to add 20% to the price, convert USD to AUD (at a rate that is always much more than the actual exchange rate), then add what i think you'll charge me for shipping. Always, it seems, i under-estimate the total price. I hate the buyer-fee model which i feel is anachronistic. I'd love to see some transparency around what my actual price will be.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Photos of group lots. I see five coins in the photo, and yet the group lot has 50 coins. I can't see what I'm bidding on.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, CNG remains one of my preferred auction houses. Easy to sign up, easy to bid, easy to watch coins in Numisbids.</p><p><br /></p><p>$0.02[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GregH, post: 4521319, member: 75936"]Starting prices and estimates have never been a deterrent for me to bid on a CNG auction. The biggest deterrents for me are: - Buyer fees. I need to do some mental gymnastics to work out what the actual cost will be for me: i need to add 20% to the price, convert USD to AUD (at a rate that is always much more than the actual exchange rate), then add what i think you'll charge me for shipping. Always, it seems, i under-estimate the total price. I hate the buyer-fee model which i feel is anachronistic. I'd love to see some transparency around what my actual price will be. - Photos of group lots. I see five coins in the photo, and yet the group lot has 50 coins. I can't see what I'm bidding on. That said, CNG remains one of my preferred auction houses. Easy to sign up, easy to bid, easy to watch coins in Numisbids. $0.02[/QUOTE]
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