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<p>[QUOTE="Tom B, post: 2097298, member: 11854"]You are reading way too much into this exchange. We have no idea whatsoever of the education level of the potential buyer and, in fact, all we know about the potential buyer is that he can be rude. That's it. Therefore, we do not know if there is any premium at all from the dealer. We simply have a difference of opinion as to the value of the coin and a potential buyer who is discourteous. Again, that is all we have been told. Heck, the coin might be worth $100 to a well-educated (numismatic education) person or it might be worth $10 to a well-educated (numismatic education) person. We have no idea. The dealer's quoted acceptance of a higher price than offered might have been in jest since he would be surprised at such an offer. We don't know.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we do know is that the potential buyer and seller disagreed as to the value of the coin and the potential buyer was not courteous.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we can also see is that the knee-jerk reaction of some folks in this thread is to immediately believe that the potential buyer has to be correct about the situation when, in fact, all that shows us is the inherent bias of those responding to the thread. Think about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tom B, post: 2097298, member: 11854"]You are reading way too much into this exchange. We have no idea whatsoever of the education level of the potential buyer and, in fact, all we know about the potential buyer is that he can be rude. That's it. Therefore, we do not know if there is any premium at all from the dealer. We simply have a difference of opinion as to the value of the coin and a potential buyer who is discourteous. Again, that is all we have been told. Heck, the coin might be worth $100 to a well-educated (numismatic education) person or it might be worth $10 to a well-educated (numismatic education) person. We have no idea. The dealer's quoted acceptance of a higher price than offered might have been in jest since he would be surprised at such an offer. We don't know. What we do know is that the potential buyer and seller disagreed as to the value of the coin and the potential buyer was not courteous. What we can also see is that the knee-jerk reaction of some folks in this thread is to immediately believe that the potential buyer has to be correct about the situation when, in fact, all that shows us is the inherent bias of those responding to the thread. Think about it.[/QUOTE]
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