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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1883737, member: 19463&quot;]I agree fully with Ides&#039; assessment of the situation but point out that the way this works in the super high prices may be different than for the lower end coins people like me buy.&nbsp; I get several emails a week from sellers who would never waste sending me a catalog.&nbsp; Some of them I examine to see if there is something I want; some I just delete because I know that I won&#039;t be willing to pay their price including overpriced shipping and over-steep premiums for the sort of coins they use to pad out their sales.&nbsp; &nbsp; When a coin is ordinary and I will be able to find another easily, there is no reason to pay $20 shipping and $15 add-ons for a $60 coin.&nbsp; If I were looking for a nice Colosseum or Eids, I might just say this is part of the cost of doing business but when most of your coins are not specific wants that have been gnawing at you for years, it is easy just to say a certain sale is for bigger dogs and only to be examined if I&#039;m bored.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I really enjoy playing a game when watching online auctions like Pecunem close.&nbsp; A lot comes up and has 15 seconds to receive bids before it goes unsold or sells to the highest (not last second) bidder.&nbsp; The game is to see whether I can guess whether anyone will jump in at the last second or if the price shown will take it.&nbsp; This is not a good time to decide to bid on one of these coins but it is fun to see if anyone is watching the lot.&nbsp; I find I&#039;m right on this more often than I expected.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course the frustrating part is when I can&#039;t figure out why the coin has already been bid up to that point.&nbsp; I&#039;d prefer I could look at a lot going for 5x estimate and be able to see what made it so desirable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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