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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 515276, member: 13650"]Yet another interesting discussion on dealers. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p> I think being like AJ and just trying to be a good, honest dealer on the side enjoying the hobby, after your day job, could be an enjoyable thing.</p><p><br /></p><p> I think trying to make a living out of it doing it full time would be not so enjoyable and you would have to low ball anybody you could to make ends meat! I think you'd have to take everything you could get and a lot of people would be ripped off out of necessity! That's probably the difference we're seeing in the supposedly 'good' dealers from the 'bad'. </p><p><br /></p><p> Everybody can decide who they want to deal with and it's up to you to educate yourself. To that extent, I don't give people much credit.</p><p><br /></p><p> I understand dealers have a lot of costs involved. You can't fault them for trying to make as much profit as possible. Nobody forces anybody to buy an over-priced coin. How bad do you want it? How nice is it? How long have you wanted it and how long before you find another one that's as good?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 515276, member: 13650"]Yet another interesting discussion on dealers. :thumb: I think being like AJ and just trying to be a good, honest dealer on the side enjoying the hobby, after your day job, could be an enjoyable thing. I think trying to make a living out of it doing it full time would be not so enjoyable and you would have to low ball anybody you could to make ends meat! I think you'd have to take everything you could get and a lot of people would be ripped off out of necessity! That's probably the difference we're seeing in the supposedly 'good' dealers from the 'bad'. Everybody can decide who they want to deal with and it's up to you to educate yourself. To that extent, I don't give people much credit. I understand dealers have a lot of costs involved. You can't fault them for trying to make as much profit as possible. Nobody forces anybody to buy an over-priced coin. How bad do you want it? How nice is it? How long have you wanted it and how long before you find another one that's as good?[/QUOTE]
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