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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 7787398, member: 24754&quot;]With the online resources that have become available recently, I feel as though we are past the need for middle-men when it comes to collectables. Unfortunately, we do not yet have mechanisms that do not take a cut (Ebay gets it&#039;s 12%), but there should be no room for people to make a living by buying collectables low and selling them high.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector, I would not pay somebody 50% the value of their item because I would be ripping them off. In order for dealers to make money they have to do this, but it doesn&#039;t change that fact that it&#039;s a rip off. Collectables are different from manufactured goods and other commodities. Dealers these days are not being compensated for a service, they are just trying to skim profits between transactions. I put them in the same bucket as day traders, yes they make money, but how do they benefit society?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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