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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rono, post: 255790, member: 6492&quot;]<b>HSN et al</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Howdy,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I&#039;m channel surfing, I&#039;ll see what they&#039;re hyping - this and ShopatHome are the primary TV vendors.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is there some interesting history shared?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; They might even introduce/recruit some new collectors.&nbsp; However, net/net this is bad stuff for the hobby.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s not so much the overhype, but the huge overcharging they do on everything they sell.&nbsp; Cripes, it&#039;s all 50-100% over retail and with that sort of &#039;front load&#039;, you won&#039;t get your money back in a lifetime or two.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is that the sort of introduction to the hobby you want someone to have?&nbsp; That they got royally screwed by overpaying?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And perhaps the greatest damage is done when the unsuspecting TV coin buyer takes their prized coins into the local dealer and trys to sell them.&nbsp; Dealer gives them an accurate Grey Sheet prices and they go ballastic and accuse the coin dealer of trying to rip them off.&nbsp; They leave in a huff and thereafter think THE DEALER is a crook.&nbsp; Alas, it was the TV show.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Never, ever, ever, buy a coin from TV.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>peace,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>rono[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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