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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 7807610, member: 111387&quot;]I&#039;m not discounting the rest of your post, but it is certainly not a generous approximation at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of what I mentioned above may take considerable time for one coin.&nbsp; Most all of the process is manually done -- Photos, compiling, printing, packaging, mailing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can the entire process be done in less time?&nbsp; Perhaps, but to have good visibility; proper photos and descriptions are requisite, as is exemplary customer service.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can almost guarantee that an established regular seller on eBay would have gotten more for your slabbed coins(that you mentioned selling for a lower-than-perhaps-expected price in another thread).&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because they have established a reputation on eBay providing exemplary customer service, and they have maintained a clientele willing to pay for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>How is making a 10% profit($100 for a $1000 coin) unreasonable?&nbsp; The dealer is taking on all of the work/liability.&nbsp; A healthy business has to profit to survive.</p><p><br /></p><p>What to do you do for a living?(You don&#039;t have to answer this).&nbsp; Do you do it gratis?</p><p><br /></p><p>One can rightfully question the failure in ethics of one that would look to profit from taking advantage of the gullible.&nbsp; However, due diligence is still a responsibility on the part of those that would be &#039;shopping for a broker&#039;.&nbsp; Yes, it may take a little effort to do some research so that one is not caught suckered into buying the Brooklyn Bridge so-to-speak.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for honest brokers and unethical brokers..&nbsp; One chooses to see what they choose to focus on.&nbsp; If one chooses to focus on swindler dealers than that is what they&#039;ll see in an industry.&nbsp; If one chooses to focus on honest dealers, then that&#039;s what they&#039;ll see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you do the work on your own house or vehicle; are you self-insured; do you provide for your own legal facilities?</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think a reasonable profit ought to be for such services?</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you hire a general contractor when it comes time that you&#039;ve decided that you would like to remodel your home?&nbsp; Do you balk at the fact that the contractor charges an additional premium for materials even though they likely have a relationship with suppliers that also provides them a discount?</p><p><br /></p><p>What about your mechanic doing the same?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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