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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2161028, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;ve usually heard this stated as &quot;<b>you make your money when you buy the coin, not when you sell it</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Bargain-hunting is a legitimate way to approach the hobby -- it seems to be the main thing I do -- but to get bargains, you have to be at least one of:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Greedy and/or dishonest</b> (traveling cash-for-gold shows, &quot;Sorry to hear about your mother, I&#039;ll give you a HUNDRED DOLLARS for those couple of dozen tarnished old silver dollars you found in her dresser. It&#039;s more than you&#039;ll get at a coin shop.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lucky</b> (&quot;Half-dollar rolls? The little old lady in front of you just cashed in a whole bag of them. Are you interested in the old, big dollar coins, too? She cashed a bunch of those, although some of them look like they&#039;re turning colors...&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Observant and knowledgeable</b> (&quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/found-another-1942-41-merc.223140/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/found-another-1942-41-merc.223140/">Yawn, another set of probably-cleaned &#039;shiny&#039; Mercury dimes on eBay</a>. Hang on, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ladies-and-gents-shes-back-from-ngc-1942-41-d.223814/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ladies-and-gents-shes-back-from-ngc-1942-41-d.223814/">that 1942-D date looks like</a>...&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had my share of luck, wasted more than my share of time lurking on eBay to pounce on buy-it-now bargains -- and I&#039;ve made my share of mistakes, where I <i>thought</i> I was getting a bargain, but the seller probably knew better. But it&#039;s all entertainment, and my livelihood isn&#039;t dependent on hitting numbers on a balance sheet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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