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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1518, member: 57463&quot;]GDJMSP said: &quot;So if you are looking for a coin that is very popular with collectors - don&#039;t expect to get any really good deals. Those are the coins that a dealer makes his living on. And on these coins his markup % will be higher.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And then, again, a coin that moves will have a lower markup than one that does not.&nbsp; With ancients in particular, a 100% markup or a 50% mark down is common because no one coin in that market has the draw or appeal that a common Morgan in an MS 64 slab will have.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And coin dealers, not matter how prosperous, are not necessarily rational about business.&nbsp; Each of us does what we do and we fall into patterns and habits that work.&nbsp; I agree that it seems irrational for a dealer to hold on to inventory that cannot move.&nbsp; But, as has been pointed out, coins have long shelf lives, so if this coin does not sell that one will and this one will stay in the safe another five years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also -- and this is a minor point, 15% above and below CDN is not exactly the right formula.&nbsp; See the comments above.&nbsp; If you mark something up 100%, then you have to mark it down 50% to get back to the original price.&nbsp; If you mark something up 50%, its new price is triple the markup.&nbsp; So, too with the 15% increase or decrease.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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