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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 777669, member: 9270&quot;]Because of the coins I&#039;m looking for, about 90% of my buying is done at shows.</p><p>And about 80% of my show buying is done through one dealer which is no surprise since he has my wantlist.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Buying at or below greysheet rarely happens for me.</p><p>But I find the best prices at shows.</p><p>TeleTrade and Heritage often have coins I want, and once in a while so does eBay.</p><p>But taking into account buyer&#039;s fees and S&amp;H generally means my bid is not enough to win items.</p><p>As far as I&#039;m concerned they are part of the cost of a coin.</p><p>My actual bid is my MAX bid minus the seller&#039;s overhead.</p><p>As nearly as I can tell most other bidders don&#039;t take into account the overhead when bidding.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for my max bid:</p><p>MAX BID = Greysheet + (<i>Coin Values</i> - Greysheet)/2</p><p>Of course if one of the two (generally CV) appears out of whack then I have to make adjustments.</p><p>Adjustments in CV prices are also made on the rare occasions that I bid on something not covered by the greysheet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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