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<p>[QUOTE="chip, post: 1377006, member: 19122"]Not too much of a haggler cg. I went to a show today, one dealer had a nice au 1819/8 CBH he wanted 375. He is a dealer I had not dealt with before, so I asked him his best price, he said 370. I thanked him and told him I might come back later ( I did not). I might have paid his price if the coin was a real nice one for the grade, it was nice but not real nice (imo). </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I am the type of person who figures when I ask someone what is their best price, they will actually tell me their best price. If the figure I have in mind is close to their best price I might float that figure out there. I was figuring 195 for the coin so it was far enough away that I did not even mention it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was a slabbed NGC one, it had numerous hits and dings, rather unattractive toning, I have seen au-58 coins that I would have paid that price for, but this was not one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me ask you, if you see something like a brown 1909 vdb in a slab marked 64, and you figure you would pay 20 bucks for it, but when you ask the price the dealer says he wants 115, how do you close the gap by haggling?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chip, post: 1377006, member: 19122"]Not too much of a haggler cg. I went to a show today, one dealer had a nice au 1819/8 CBH he wanted 375. He is a dealer I had not dealt with before, so I asked him his best price, he said 370. I thanked him and told him I might come back later ( I did not). I might have paid his price if the coin was a real nice one for the grade, it was nice but not real nice (imo). I guess I am the type of person who figures when I ask someone what is their best price, they will actually tell me their best price. If the figure I have in mind is close to their best price I might float that figure out there. I was figuring 195 for the coin so it was far enough away that I did not even mention it. The coin was a slabbed NGC one, it had numerous hits and dings, rather unattractive toning, I have seen au-58 coins that I would have paid that price for, but this was not one of them. Let me ask you, if you see something like a brown 1909 vdb in a slab marked 64, and you figure you would pay 20 bucks for it, but when you ask the price the dealer says he wants 115, how do you close the gap by haggling?[/QUOTE]
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