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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2781829, member: 15929&quot;]I went to put gas in my car the other day. The price was $2.68 a gallon!</p><p>Outrageous since, if I drove into town, I could get it for $2.48 a gallon.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I drove the extra 15 miles into Roseville, I could get it even cheaper at Sam&#039;s Club!</p><p><br /></p><p>I DO like bashing Coin Shops by whining about the prices and how everything is WAY over graded and how they never offer to buy my stuff at anywhere NEAR Market Value! Shoot, buying bullion at spot? Forget about it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Until I remember that, owning and running a business has a LOT of expenses and most of them rarely offer the modern junk I&#039;m usually after. Power, Security, rent, Insurance, Internet, accounting, blah blah blah, all costs money and the only way a business can survive is if they have strict markups and/or do a nice volume of business.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you folks think coin stores are way over priced, price out retail clothing, groceries, furniture. They all charge 200% over cost! Their Cost!</p><p>The Nerve!</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, if you don&#039;t like the prices &quot;asked and offered&quot; at a local coin shop, don&#039;t go there!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a couple of coin shops where I live that could be quite pricey on their coins BUT I usually visited those shops for supplies and such that I might need. Occasionally, I&#039;d buy coins just to subsidize their business. (Supplies were pretty expensive as well!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are now gone since the market just could not support having a shop open. One fellow just disappeared while the other suffered too many losses from burglaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, when I need supplies I either wait for a Coin Show (which could be 90 miles away) or order it online and pay shipping charges. I can no longer go in and &quot;chew the rag&quot; with these folks unless I run into them at that Coin Show!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s nice having the internet where we can gain knowledge about coins and pricing and such with no individual financial responsibility or commitments but something all together different if you&#039;re trying to make a living off of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, if you open a coin shop &quot;as a hobby&quot; because you have other sources of income, then things might be different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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