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<p>[QUOTE="Whizb4ng, post: 2308088, member: 54140"]I don't see how preforming a service makes them a fool or a laughing stock. We do not have all of the information and I believe we should not condemn because of this. For the coins listed it is possible, if the consigner set the price, Great Collections is merely providing an avenue for listing the coins for sale and additional services such as photography. If they are not setting the prices they are simply providing an alternative to ebay where they photograph the coins and display them in an auction style format for sale. They could do the same thing on ebay and no one would really bat an eye. </p><p><br /></p><p>At some point some onus must be placed on the buyer. If you are spending 800+ dollars on the coins you should be doing some sort of research before your purchase. I am as susceptible to an impulse purchase as the next person but even then I usually have some background knowledge on the item I wish to purchase. No one is forcing them to purchase the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned before I believe that we do not have enough information to condemn Great Collections. If they are simply providing an avenue to list the coins and not setting the price/asked for advice there is no more reason to condemn them then there is to condemn ebay for some of the high prices listed there. </p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, would I list my ancient coins there? Unlikely, as there are many better avenues to sell ancient coins. Would I potentially purchase an ancient coin from them. Definitely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Whizb4ng, post: 2308088, member: 54140"]I don't see how preforming a service makes them a fool or a laughing stock. We do not have all of the information and I believe we should not condemn because of this. For the coins listed it is possible, if the consigner set the price, Great Collections is merely providing an avenue for listing the coins for sale and additional services such as photography. If they are not setting the prices they are simply providing an alternative to ebay where they photograph the coins and display them in an auction style format for sale. They could do the same thing on ebay and no one would really bat an eye. At some point some onus must be placed on the buyer. If you are spending 800+ dollars on the coins you should be doing some sort of research before your purchase. I am as susceptible to an impulse purchase as the next person but even then I usually have some background knowledge on the item I wish to purchase. No one is forcing them to purchase the coins. As mentioned before I believe that we do not have enough information to condemn Great Collections. If they are simply providing an avenue to list the coins and not setting the price/asked for advice there is no more reason to condemn them then there is to condemn ebay for some of the high prices listed there. That being said, would I list my ancient coins there? Unlikely, as there are many better avenues to sell ancient coins. Would I potentially purchase an ancient coin from them. Definitely.[/QUOTE]
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