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<p>[QUOTE="Pacecar, post: 1488957, member: 29388"]I don't know what you're doing wrong Detecto, I picked up 2 Mexican Libertads today for $22.50 each at this auction today. <a href="http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1481144&category=0&zip=28%20081&kwd=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1481144&category=0&zip=28%20081&kwd=" rel="nofollow">http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1481144&category=0&zip=28 081&kwd=</a> After the 10% BP and tax I still came out at $26.32 each. Now the regular Silver rounds went between $45 and $62.50 each and the 10 ounce bar went for $340. You just have to know when to hold em, when to fold em, when to walk away and when to run.</p><p>I bet you probably have a reputation that precedes you with the other bidders and they just like to run you up. I wonder if any of them are members here?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you wanna really get stuff for cheap all the time, you need to quit going to the auctions and open up your own brick and mortar coin shop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pacecar, post: 1488957, member: 29388"]I don't know what you're doing wrong Detecto, I picked up 2 Mexican Libertads today for $22.50 each at this auction today. [URL="http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1481144&category=0&zip=28%20081&kwd="]http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=1481144&category=0&zip=28 081&kwd=[/URL] After the 10% BP and tax I still came out at $26.32 each. Now the regular Silver rounds went between $45 and $62.50 each and the 10 ounce bar went for $340. You just have to know when to hold em, when to fold em, when to walk away and when to run. I bet you probably have a reputation that precedes you with the other bidders and they just like to run you up. I wonder if any of them are members here?:) If you wanna really get stuff for cheap all the time, you need to quit going to the auctions and open up your own brick and mortar coin shop.[/QUOTE]
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