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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 500173, member: 4552"]Just one more flea market story. A few years ago a seller appeared for the first time there. His primary items for sale were coins. He had large bins on his table. Two had all foreign coins and two had all US coins. Not in 2x2's or anything else, just DUMPED into the bins. His prices were $0.25 per item regardless of the item. I pulled out as many Mercury Dimes as possible. Many were in from G-4 to MS grades. Every week I did the same and some were even dates like the 42/41, 26S, etc. One was even a 1921. He just didn't care. After a few years of this and talking to him about how much he is loosing out of I finally got him a price guide of US coins. Told him about 2x2's. Sort of ruined it for myself. He now sells coins based on the price guide I gave him. It was few years old but he is still selling coins at a great rate but not to me. His prices are too high for me. </p><p>Just a word of advise. If you go to garage/yard/estate sales you must ask for coins. Most people will not put those out for someone to walk off with. Many have jars of old coins and never think of them as a selling point at a sale. You must ASK. </p><p>And please note I said estate sales, not estate auctions. There is a really big difference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 500173, member: 4552"]Just one more flea market story. A few years ago a seller appeared for the first time there. His primary items for sale were coins. He had large bins on his table. Two had all foreign coins and two had all US coins. Not in 2x2's or anything else, just DUMPED into the bins. His prices were $0.25 per item regardless of the item. I pulled out as many Mercury Dimes as possible. Many were in from G-4 to MS grades. Every week I did the same and some were even dates like the 42/41, 26S, etc. One was even a 1921. He just didn't care. After a few years of this and talking to him about how much he is loosing out of I finally got him a price guide of US coins. Told him about 2x2's. Sort of ruined it for myself. He now sells coins based on the price guide I gave him. It was few years old but he is still selling coins at a great rate but not to me. His prices are too high for me. Just a word of advise. If you go to garage/yard/estate sales you must ask for coins. Most people will not put those out for someone to walk off with. Many have jars of old coins and never think of them as a selling point at a sale. You must ASK. And please note I said estate sales, not estate auctions. There is a really big difference.[/QUOTE]
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