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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4413269, member: 73489&quot;]<b><u>Excellent point and not only that, Doug...I can assure you that a super-wealthy buyer of coins (Simpson ?) may not only not have the knowledge to buy &quot;smartly&quot; but he/she may not even CARE about paying an extra 5 or 10 or 25%.</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">They just want the coin.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago, I was assigned to help a Forbes 400 guy (new money) in our private bank track down a rare Corvette (wasn&#039;t my client but I knew Corvettes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; I spoke to the guy....car ran around $150,000.....but I saw a couple of special ones trading up to $250,000 - $300,000.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The guy wanted the car within the next few weeks, months tops. </b> Wanted it NOW.&nbsp; So I asked the guy how high he wanted to go.&nbsp; Figured he would tell me $500,000 or so, triple the FMV and double the &quot;outlier prices&quot; of $250K.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>&quot;Just get me the car&quot;</i></b>, he said in a firmer voice.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>&quot;Yeah, but I have to know how high I can go&quot; </i></b>I told him.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>&quot;JUST....GET...ME....THE....CAR !!&quot; </i></b> he said, and I could detect a bit of anger in his voice.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b><i>Hey, I&#039;m on your side (my exact words !!) and I love Corvette&#039;s that&#039;s why the bank asked me to help you....but I don&#039;t think you want me to go 3x that high price and tell you it cost $1,000,000 -- do you ??!!</i></b>&quot; I replied.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;JUST....GET....THE....CAR !!&quot;</span></i></b> he said.&nbsp; <b><i><span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;Get the car, or you don&#039;t get paid !!&quot;</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Click !&nbsp; Phone dead. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ended up paying $425,000 with a big fat commission for the bank....he didn&#039;t blink an eye.&nbsp; Wired the funds within 2 days of getting the confirmation....car was delivered a week or so later...he was very happy.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When you are worth $2 billion, a couple of hundred thousand dollars, <b><span style="color: #0000ff">even $1.5 million, is money that you spend on after-shave</span></b>, in the words of A.G. Pennypacker:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]HnnU8ZycgiU[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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