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<p>[QUOTE="GoldCoinLover, post: 1078320, member: 4336"]I often see many 'investor' sites selling coins to would be investors, marketed towards them and not collectors. I also often see the prices are inflated highly or sometimes even "call us!". I'm guessing they try to make you call them to rope you into more.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was looking for a coin for myself recently (20 franc gold), I was looking around many websites and was surprised how many of these so called investor sites there were. All had prices wayyy above what they should be. They also tend to be more advertiser savy. For example, advertising the history of each coin, how it relates to the market, etc to try and sell the fact. When as collectors already know this (or some do, anyway depending on the coin)..</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think of this ? Is this a new trend with the price of gold going up so much? Is this going to continue or has it been going on for some time now?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple i Know...austin coins (Not sure if this is investor site per se, it may also be aimed towards collectors but their prices on foerign and US gold seem pretty high)</p><p><br /></p><p>amergold.com (This is one of the better investor sites IMHO. I've ordered from several times and been surprised each time with the quality. Prices arent too shabby either.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck just doing a simple google search for gold coins or gold bullion...</p><p><a href="http://www.monex.com/prods/gold.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.monex.com/prods/gold.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.monex.com/prods/gold.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.goldline.com/gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.goldline.com/gold" rel="nofollow">http://www.goldline.com/gold</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldCoinLover, post: 1078320, member: 4336"]I often see many 'investor' sites selling coins to would be investors, marketed towards them and not collectors. I also often see the prices are inflated highly or sometimes even "call us!". I'm guessing they try to make you call them to rope you into more. When I was looking for a coin for myself recently (20 franc gold), I was looking around many websites and was surprised how many of these so called investor sites there were. All had prices wayyy above what they should be. They also tend to be more advertiser savy. For example, advertising the history of each coin, how it relates to the market, etc to try and sell the fact. When as collectors already know this (or some do, anyway depending on the coin).. What do you think of this ? Is this a new trend with the price of gold going up so much? Is this going to continue or has it been going on for some time now? A couple i Know...austin coins (Not sure if this is investor site per se, it may also be aimed towards collectors but their prices on foerign and US gold seem pretty high) amergold.com (This is one of the better investor sites IMHO. I've ordered from several times and been surprised each time with the quality. Prices arent too shabby either.) Heck just doing a simple google search for gold coins or gold bullion... [url]http://www.monex.com/prods/gold.html[/url] [url]http://www.goldline.com/gold[/url][/QUOTE]
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