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<p>[QUOTE="capercaillie, post: 1419633, member: 30365"]Morgan Dollars as a whole are not rare, you'll get the collection you want, just keep searching and one day you'll luck out. My advice is to buy coins over ebay during the holidays since fewer buyers are competing, so you'll get a better deal chances are. </p><p><br /></p><p>Remember too that con-artists are nice and friendly too. They figure you will not question, challenge or doubt their word. It's sad that this is the way the world works and one has to have a paranoid mind always because if not you can easily be taken advantage of. If the money is not major then every now and then we can put up with being taken. If you get upset about every little thing I've learned it's not worth it and then works against you more than the initial problem. It's best though to try to not be hasty and to shop and compare prices and overall quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm in the coin business too and will admit I'm not cheap and don't sell the best stuff out there (not horrible either) however I'm upfront about it. I don't knowingly overgrade my coins that I sell. I grade them based on the grade I believe is factual. The thing is if you rip-off a customer it is foolish and the worst thing you can do as you will never get that person's future patronage which businesses need to stay afloat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="capercaillie, post: 1419633, member: 30365"]Morgan Dollars as a whole are not rare, you'll get the collection you want, just keep searching and one day you'll luck out. My advice is to buy coins over ebay during the holidays since fewer buyers are competing, so you'll get a better deal chances are. Remember too that con-artists are nice and friendly too. They figure you will not question, challenge or doubt their word. It's sad that this is the way the world works and one has to have a paranoid mind always because if not you can easily be taken advantage of. If the money is not major then every now and then we can put up with being taken. If you get upset about every little thing I've learned it's not worth it and then works against you more than the initial problem. It's best though to try to not be hasty and to shop and compare prices and overall quality. I'm in the coin business too and will admit I'm not cheap and don't sell the best stuff out there (not horrible either) however I'm upfront about it. I don't knowingly overgrade my coins that I sell. I grade them based on the grade I believe is factual. The thing is if you rip-off a customer it is foolish and the worst thing you can do as you will never get that person's future patronage which businesses need to stay afloat.[/QUOTE]
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