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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 20143, member: 57463&quot;]Thanks for making the point. I notice this often with collectors who gloat over a bargain price granted to them by a dealer or won on the market.&nbsp; For that to happen, the previous collector had to take a hit.&nbsp; Fair enough, perhaps, that being the reality of the market, but it does say to me that when you go to sell your material, yours will be the fodder for someone else&#039;s cash cow.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that one way to resolve the apparent contradiction is that the great sell and the wonderful buy come at different times and places.&nbsp; Arbitrage is the essence of trade and with eBay, everyone is looking to &quot;rationalize the market&quot; toward their own profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>That game is fun and it justifies itself.&nbsp; Over on rec.collecting.coins, one of the regulars, a guy from Australia, said that _ANY_ bargaining is demeaning, like begging, even like shoplifting.&nbsp; He admits that he does discuss price on occasion -- and no one pursued that exception with him -- but basically, he follows a &quot;gentleman&#039;s code of honor&quot; and wither buys what is offered at the price or does not.&nbsp; I am not that severe in my 18th Century English Manor Morals being a big fan of the Ferengi Way of Life, but basically, I do not bargain, either.&nbsp; I go to conventions or coin shops and I either buy or do not, though sometimes, I admit, I do discuss the factors in a price, which discussion, however oblique, might hear the dealer offer a lower price.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I have also offered MORE for a coin than was asked.&nbsp; If the dealer can round down, I can round up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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