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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1377772, member: 36230"]To Mr. Geezer and Gboulton,</p><p><br /></p><p>In my quest to bring another aspect of buying to this discussion, I may have overgeneralized and should have been more direct, at least in part of what I was trying to say.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it is not a potential buyers responsibility to rescue a dealer buried who himself in a coin. However, if a certain coin is priced fairly and at what the market - not set by said dealer - will hold, he does have every right to make a profit on it. In no way was I trying to imply to either of you (or anyone else in particular) feels this way, but the fact is that there are many, many people out there today who do feel that they have the right to buy at wholesale without exception. It would be bad business for any dealer to not listen to an offer made to them on a coin, but just because said coin is worth only $X to person A, it means nothing in the overall picture if the market will support a higher price and persons B through Z are waiting cash in hand. Just as a buyer has the right to make an offer they feel is fair, a dealer has the right to decline. Generally speaking, a dealer who sets a fair market price on a coin (market price, not a guide value) does have the right to make a profit. Any and all other scenarios excluded, this is a simple fact of business, especially in the rare (not general) coin market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1377772, member: 36230"]To Mr. Geezer and Gboulton, In my quest to bring another aspect of buying to this discussion, I may have overgeneralized and should have been more direct, at least in part of what I was trying to say. Of course it is not a potential buyers responsibility to rescue a dealer buried who himself in a coin. However, if a certain coin is priced fairly and at what the market - not set by said dealer - will hold, he does have every right to make a profit on it. In no way was I trying to imply to either of you (or anyone else in particular) feels this way, but the fact is that there are many, many people out there today who do feel that they have the right to buy at wholesale without exception. It would be bad business for any dealer to not listen to an offer made to them on a coin, but just because said coin is worth only $X to person A, it means nothing in the overall picture if the market will support a higher price and persons B through Z are waiting cash in hand. Just as a buyer has the right to make an offer they feel is fair, a dealer has the right to decline. Generally speaking, a dealer who sets a fair market price on a coin (market price, not a guide value) does have the right to make a profit. Any and all other scenarios excluded, this is a simple fact of business, especially in the rare (not general) coin market.[/QUOTE]
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