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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1661826, member: 41665&quot;]Welcome to coin collecting. You&#039;ve now been &quot;educated&quot; LOL </p><p><br /></p><p>Buying anything retail is, for the most part, a TERRIBLE &quot;investment.&quot; But seriously, most coin-shops are little more than pawns and you&#039;d be LUCKY if the spread were 40%. </p><p>Supporting someone&#039;s business (rent, salaries, etc.) is no crime, but <b>you got a -89% haircut.</b> Sorry sucka, you just got played... but most &quot;coin lovers&quot; do sometime(s.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You also know they&#039;ll mark &quot;your&quot; (low-priced) coins right back up to &quot;their&quot; high prices in the case again? That&#039;s the coin-grift, it&#039;s a 1-2 punch.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s it worth, really? </p><p>1) Look at feeBay, ALWAYS do research <u>before</u> buying</p><p>2) Average 3-5 same-same auctions, subtract -11%</p><p>3) That&#039;s WHAT IT&#039;S WORTH at market, the REAL fair price (approximately.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin dealers HATE anyone knowing that. Litmus test? Tell them the eBay price you saw for a grossly overpriced coin in their case, watch them squirm or get angry. Why should the truth make a thieving coin-dealer so angry? Is it the realization that their corrupt business model (decades of preying upon ignorant fools) is now - in the Age of Free Information - permanently broken? LOL Let&#039;s hope so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still want a coin from your favorite chiseler&#039;s shop? o.k. but make a fair LOWball offer next time and <u>stick to it</u>. Be polite. Decline the case-price and walk out if your WELL-INFORMED price isn&#039;t met. Tell him his prices are too <i>damn </i>high, if he asks Why?</p><p><br /></p><p>btw, if broker-dealers in the financial service industry (my biz) pulled these coin-grifting stunts they go straight to jail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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