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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blissskr, post: 2780140, member: 34882&quot;]I think part of it also is many so called dealers are nothing but middle men who really end up only tacking on their fee&#039;s to the price of a coin that a customer could likely have found themselves cheaper with a little bit of effort on their part. I don&#039;t know the ages of the people who have responded thus far but I&#039;m willing to speculate that those of us who prefer the internet, etc for buying and selling are of the younger crowd of numismatists or early adopters from the older crowd but most of the older crowd seem to be fine paying middle men to conduct business for them. </p><p><br /></p><p>The numismatic market has changed and brick and mortars like with almost every other retail industry are dying out. I laughed the other day reading how many people on the PCGS forum had negative opinions and shunned doing business on places like Instagram or Facebook. I imagine there was a time when many also shunned buying coins via mail order and preferred face to face B&amp;M transactions as well. Myself I don&#039;t really get paying someone else who adds no value to the transaction and simply adds a percentage to the total cost; when with a little legwork and tech savvy you can find almost anything yourself. I&#039;ve had more negative experiences with dealers than positive ones at coin shops or shows. Even one guy I had some respect for at one point, I lost it after I watched him totally rip off an elderly woman. After that I ceased doing business with him as his attitude was basically &#039;well everyone does it&#039; and I think that rationalizes it as being OK for many dealers in this industry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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