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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 3300169, member: 3726&quot;]My personal opinion is it makes some coins from dealers more competitive with heritage.&nbsp; On some of the common date common grade coins I now look more closely at dealers.&nbsp; &nbsp; I will still make competitive bids for some of the harder to get items on heritage.&nbsp; I figure if I use a local dealer I still pay the tax.&nbsp; My most recent coin I could beat on a dealers web site but if they charge shipping then I pay the dealer more than I paid heritage.&nbsp; I also found a dealer with several coins from Heritage auctions - it was from a sale in early December or late November(but not a weekly auction).&nbsp; So the coins were on their site but now the dealers profit built in - so if the dealer bought the coin at 500 and paid 635 (assuming shipping) then it was on their website at 750.&nbsp; So if I won it on heritage I might have paid the 660 or so but would have saved versus buying from the dealer.&nbsp; Now if it was my local dealer I would still have to pay tax - plus their profit margin.&nbsp; So I can still save money.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know Amazon has been charging the tax for much longer than heritage.&nbsp; I still save money using Amazon. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do lots of comparative shopping. - so for example if a dealer has a coin at 400 dollars and heritage recent sales are 300(including buyers premium) then I throw on tax and shipping which makes it 330.&nbsp; I would bid on Heritage.&nbsp; Now if the dealer was at 350 I might just buy straight from them.&nbsp; Of course I am assuming the coin is of the same quality.&nbsp; I know there are several dealers no matter what they seem high to me - and one has several I would like to add to my collection.&nbsp; But I just can&#039;t see paying 100-200 more than what they routinely go for on heritage.&nbsp; So far I just keep hoping heritage gets one that looks as nice as theirs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just my own 2 cents worth of opinion.&nbsp; I am really hoping the new taxes keep people from bidding on heritage and I can win a few more. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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