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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 1965831, member: 36248&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="6">Journal Update 08/11/2014</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Current Bidding Activity:</b></p><p>1 coin at SB</p><p>0 everywhere else...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on ANA Newps</b></p> <blockquote><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>I expect a lot of nice coins to start flooding dealer sites after the ANA show.&nbsp;&nbsp; I eagerly await [USER=11854]@Tom B[/USER] advanced email list on the off-chance there is something for me, even though I have no money, LOL.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on eBay Watch List</b></p><p><br /></p><p>At any given time, I usually have 20 coins &quot;saved/watched&quot; in my eBay wish-list.&nbsp;&nbsp; These are coins I need, and ones I am debating purchasing as funds are available (like when I sell a coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I watch an eBay coin I want, but the BIN price is way too high.&nbsp; I do some research if its been sitting around a long time, and then make an email offer even when a dealer is NOT accepting best-offers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Almost always they reply, with either a yes /no / counter-offer.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is one particular dealer who would always just straight-up ignore my emails, so I stopped sending offers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes, I watch a coin just to see how the bidding evolves so I can get a sense of what a particular Type coin in a certain grade goes for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally every coin I watch is CAC&#039;d.&nbsp; &nbsp; Many times I know these dealers and ultimately buy direct on their site, but eBay is where is see the coin first.&nbsp;&nbsp; Its just that I am on eBay all the time, and going through my list of 50+ dealer sites takes a lot longer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on StacksBowers Website</b></p><p><br /></p><p>SB&#039;s site is getting worse, not better, according to people I speak with.&nbsp; &nbsp; The last 6 months have been a roller-coaster for their site:&nbsp; Horrible&gt;Bad&gt;Better&gt;Bad Again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am seeing more and more people voice this frustration and not just on CT, other forums like the CAC boards, and in-person.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the upside, people are getting deals because not everyone can access the site (phones again), and some people don&#039;t want to bother to wait a year for a page to load, and others like me grit and bear the trouble, but bugs abound and there is a real lack of advanced search and filters.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, SB should just pay HA $100,000 and license their site, LOL.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on CAC</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p><p>It seems to me and many fellow CAC advocates, its betting harder and harder to find CAC coins at non-CAC coin prices (normal prices).&nbsp;&nbsp; Meaning, CAC is becoming more popular and even people who might not love CAC have realized that there is a premium for these coins on the BUY and SELL side of the equation.&nbsp;&nbsp; You might look at it slightly differently and say that the dreck (coins that failed to sticker) might be going for cheaper and cheaper, thereby making the stickered coins seem to command a premium.&nbsp;&nbsp; Obviously a ton of nice coins have never even been to CAC, but on a $5000+ TPG coin, you&#039;ve got to wonder every time you see a coin that&#039;s naked (no sticker).&nbsp; Did it fail, or has it just not made the trip in.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on HA</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I got blown out of the water on all my bids at HA again, no surprise since I am bidding on CAC only coins, and &quot;normal&quot; / low retail prices.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of my friends also got blown out, but the difference is they had aggressive bids.&nbsp; Coin market seems very healthy to me.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on Security</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p><p>I am having some major neighbor-issues, which involve lawyers and police.&nbsp;&nbsp; I decided to finally get my collection out of the home and into a safe-deposit box.&nbsp;&nbsp; This was a sad decision for me, as I like to be close to my coins and look at them whenever I want, or redo a photograph for the millionth time.&nbsp; &nbsp; Now I need to take a trip to the bank each time.&nbsp; On the upside, the bank is close and I&#039;m friendly with the bankers and their hours are good.&nbsp;&nbsp; Obviously the coins are safer now than in the ghetto I live in.&nbsp;&nbsp; I mean Maine is great, but my town is going to the dogs.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie64" alt=":mask:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on Summer</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p><p>I am picking up my kids from summer camp today, which means that summer is drawing to a close and we need to start thinking about back-to-school.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; My wife and I are suddenly interested in Private / Charter schools for our boys.&nbsp;&nbsp; I went to public school and loved it and got a lot from it.&nbsp;&nbsp; But recently we have been noticing our town getting worse, not better.&nbsp;&nbsp; I talked to some old HS teachers of mine, and I guess our school system has gone WAY down since I was there 15 years ago.&nbsp; Time to get out while the getting-is-good.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>Thoughts on Hyphens</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p><p>You may notice I use of a lot of hyphens (-).&nbsp;&nbsp; Its true, I like them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Get over it.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>-Matt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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