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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clutch Cargo, post: 216246, member: 7401&quot;]<b>local coin dealer elitists!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I&#039;ve been ripped off by my local coin dealer more often than ebay. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I can concur with that. In fact it seems that all the coin dealers around my way think all THEIR&nbsp; stuff is the &quot;best&quot; in the world, and all YOUR stuff is awful, &quot;has problems&quot; -- </p><p><br /></p><p>By no means do I think I have fabulous coins either. It&#039;s just that I can&#039;t stand dealers who, when you show them a coin, they rattle off a dozen reasons why YOUR coin sucks but the exact same (or worst grade) coin THEY have is so much more valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand they are in business. But all I want is some honesty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some standard excuses I&#039;ve heard from the mouths of coin dealers:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;There&#039;s no market for these anymore.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I buy these all day for half that price at (take your pick)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;No way this coin is a (whatever) grade. I don&#039;t care what PCGS says&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>===========</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve gotten some fabulous deals on eBay. And I&#039;ve also bought some crud.</p><p><br /></p><p>You just have to be careful, and SELECT the times you want to bid. Friday nights is too crowded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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