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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 20209, member: 112&quot;]Nd - </p><p><br /></p><p>I was not going to comment on this further but I feel I must as I just disagree with too many things. First of all, as I said in another thread - ebay is not the problem, it is just the venue. The problem is the uscrupulous sellers you can find there. By the same token - just because a guy has a coin shop doesn&#039;t make him honest and it certainly doesn&#039;t mean he will take care of his customers - at least not in the way you mean. There are just as many unscrupulous dealers in brick and mortar shops as there on ebay. In fact I know of more than few who I would not buy from in their shops and they also sell on ebay. I won&#039;t buy from them there either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ebay also has a great many honest &amp; reputable sellers - who just like the honest dealers who own coin shops - do take care of their customers. And more than a few of them sell both in their shops and on ebay. The plain thruth is - you can&#039;t apply general statements like they&#039;re crooks or they&#039;re honest to sellers on ebay or in coin shops. It depends on each individual. Some are and some are not - it&#039;s just that simple. For me, and many others like me, you are correct that the theme on ebay is buyer beware. But ya know what - the theme in a coin shop is buyer beware as well. There is no difference between the two venues. At least not in that regard. And as for the garbage slabs - there are just as many coin shop dealers selling them in their shops as there are sellers on ebay selling them.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are correct about some coins being sold on ebay for more than a collector could buy them for at some coin shops. But in many, many cases - this is not the case at all. You can often purchase coins on ebay for less than in any coin shop. I know, I&#039;m a buyer and I look in both places on a regular basis. I also check the ads in the coin mags.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can understand the statement you made about the high prices coins sell for there - but that is often because those who do not use ebay on a regular basis only look at the current auctions. You are absolutely correct - the extra high prices are being asked. But they are not being accepted in most instances. If you check the completed auctions for almost any coin - you will see these coins with the high prices still sitting there with 0 bids. But the coins with the prices that are listed at or below the retail prices you see in the coin shops - every one of them is sold.</p><p><br /></p><p>You also commented that you can&#039;t understand why ebay users say that they can get bargains on ebay and at the same time sell their coins for more - that it doesn&#039;t make sense. But it does. You see - when a dealer in a coin shop sells a coin for retail - he usually ask for 15 - 20% above Greysheet ASK. But when he buys a coin from a collector - he usually offers 15 - 20% below Greysheet BID.&nbsp; But if you check the realized prices on ebay - you can rather often find that the person buying - paid aprrox Greysheet ASK - not 20% more. And the person selling - was paid approx Greysheet ASK - not 20% less. Now this percentage may vary - it may be 10% above Greysheet ASK. But that&#039;s still better than 20%. That&#039;s why it makes sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>What any collector needs to do whether he buys on ebay, at a coin show or at a coin shop - is know what they are buying or know your dealer/seller. It&#039;s all the same in any venue. You can be cheated just as fast in either place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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