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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3064231, member: 71642&quot;]Not exactly a consignment service.&nbsp; Or, maybe yes that would work too.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a short story long <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, I have a set at NGC I&#039;m retiring.&nbsp; My close competitor has a few coins that s/he could upgrade.&nbsp; Some young pup of an upstart has arrived and taken the lead in the category.&nbsp; If the older one was interested in buying a few of my coins then s/he would have the top set (and take the lead if quicker to upload photos, shoot I have the photos I&#039;d give him/her too).</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, a cold call/email to a person I have no idea who they are and they have no idea who I am might be a bit odd.&nbsp; I could do a BIN on eBay but frankly their seller protection sucks in cases of SNAD, item swaps etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When I bought a house once it was from an person I knew--not a friend precisely but a person I&#039;d gone to school with.&nbsp; We met, came to terms, and then had a Realtor do the sale as though she were the listing agent.&nbsp; We paid her 1% as she had zero work in terms of listing/showing/negotiating.&nbsp; She just did everything to make sure it closed properly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For this I was thinking more like if there was a third party who would ensure a coin was shipped (hey, <b>I</b> know I&#039;m honest, but the other guy doesn&#039;t) and then would release funds (the other guy is probably honest too).&nbsp; I mean I have taken some great leaps of faith with purchases over the internet but generally because I &#039;know&#039; the other person from board interactions or something.&nbsp; But a cold call/email might make the other guy wonder what the heck I&#039;m up to and think I&#039;m a scammer if I didn&#039;t offer some kind of guarantee.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, I could stick with my original plan and ship off to Great Collections (they are fabulous) and just let the other collector know the coins are going up there.&nbsp; I am sending the coins that person would NOT want this week.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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