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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 216186, member: 669&quot;]Steve, that&#039;s an interesting, and substantially wrong, viewpoint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have literally bought hundreds of coins through EBay, Yahoo, and other online auctions.&nbsp; I have also bought many coins from dealers - at shows, in their shops, through major nuimismatic auctions, and by mail.&nbsp; I have never bought a coin from a TV huckster or a non-numismatic catalog or print advertisement.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only fakes I have bought from any source are those I knowingly acquired at appropriate prices for my &quot;black box&quot;.&nbsp; The only coins I have significantly &quot;overpaid&quot; for, were a couple that I wanted badly enough to pay the seller&#039;s price, even though it exceeded catalog values.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll stack my numismatic library up against that of anyone in the world who speaks only English and a smattering of Japanese, and collects primarily modern Japanese coinage.&nbsp; <u>In my specialty</u>, I believe my library is more complete than anyone else&#039;s on this forum, including GDJMSP.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although there are many EBay buyers who fit your description, there are many more who are closer to my model.Only if you don&#039;t bother to learn about the coins you are buying and the people you are buying them from.&nbsp; The educated buyer is safe wherever he/she goes. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, Toolhaus is a useful tool, but fills only one compartment in the toolbelt.&nbsp; It is absolutely not a panacea![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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