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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;spock1k, post: 1774785, member: 7043&quot;]its not about me getting it or not.&nbsp; its about market place staring us with facts in the face and we are choosing to ignore it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>sample this ebay prices not good because buyers dont know what they are doing</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>heritage good because buyers know what they are doing</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>how many people buy on both heritage and ebay?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>who decides what is the right price for a coin?&nbsp; a group of minority experts or the majority paying public.&nbsp; if 99 people are willing to pay x amoint for a coin and 5 people want to pay x-y just because they are experts is x-y the right price.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>all auctions whether on ebay or anywhere else is about the last man standing so how can any of those prices be a fair price.&nbsp; it has always been a winners price and will always be that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On one hand we say prices change every second and we also say no 2 coins are alike yet we have absolutely no qualms about commenting what prices are fair. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>there are many so called experts on this forum alone who have sold coins below their purchase price.&nbsp; so are they real experts then?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>i submit that there are two different beasts one is coins the other is coin prices just because someone knows coins doesnt mean they know coin prices and vice versa.&nbsp; this is the same reason the dealers we keep berating for lack of their grading skills continue to make a ton of money while the so called numismatic experts keep losing money to the same dealers.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As one wise collector on this forum remarked when he was asking about whether to buy a coin or not.&nbsp; &quot;Just tell me about the coin the price is something i will decide for myself&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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