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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2281981, member: 42773"]In my opinion, $195 would have been a full retail price for the coin, a little on the high side, but not unfairly so. I'm glad you got a discount though - that always feels good. </p><p><br /></p><p>You've got to take the prices dealers list on slips with a grain of salt. Most of them are on the high end of what's reasonable, because they expect some haggling - it's just part of the business. But some dealers get ridiculous about it. The highest retail prices I've ever seen are on Pegasi slips, ie., $100 coins marked at $350, etc. They have a very high opinion of their coins indeed, lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I'm not tired of seeing this coin. I think its marvelous! Congratulations. Civitas always ships real fast - kudos to them. Nobody likes to wait for their coins. I've got a trio of denarii that I won Monday night, they were in the mail Tuesday morning, and delivered yesterday. That's the right way to do business![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2281981, member: 42773"]In my opinion, $195 would have been a full retail price for the coin, a little on the high side, but not unfairly so. I'm glad you got a discount though - that always feels good. You've got to take the prices dealers list on slips with a grain of salt. Most of them are on the high end of what's reasonable, because they expect some haggling - it's just part of the business. But some dealers get ridiculous about it. The highest retail prices I've ever seen are on Pegasi slips, ie., $100 coins marked at $350, etc. They have a very high opinion of their coins indeed, lol. Anyway, I'm not tired of seeing this coin. I think its marvelous! Congratulations. Civitas always ships real fast - kudos to them. Nobody likes to wait for their coins. I've got a trio of denarii that I won Monday night, they were in the mail Tuesday morning, and delivered yesterday. That's the right way to do business![/QUOTE]
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