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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 766762, member: 17753&quot;]Gee, it&#039;s getting hot in this room, eh? ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>A few of us, if I maybe so bold, might want to lighten up.&nbsp; If we&#039;re so certain that some 24-year old is going to lose money, that&#039;s nothing to get angry about -- rather, it will be simply be an expensive lesson.</p><p><br /></p><p>A note about powersellers:</p><p><br /></p><p>As I noted before, for a short while, I was a powerseller myself (in fact, I&#039;m still listed as one, but I don&#039;t understand how I still qualify).&nbsp; This wasn&#039;t because I treat customers as a &quot;number&quot; -- in fact I really go out of my way to make my customers happy.&nbsp; It was simply that I &quot;struck gold&quot; one month (if anyone wants details I can discuss here), made $2000 in sales in two weeks, and that, combined with other routine sales, &quot;propelled&quot; me to powerseller status.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A number of folks here have claimed they avoid them, and then asserted a stereotype about them.&nbsp; No need to stereotype.&nbsp; In fact, the powerseller might have high sales because he&#039;s good at what he does.</p><p><br /></p><p>Others have criticized anyone selling simply for the sake of maintaining powerseller status.&nbsp; My response: &quot;hey, from a buyer&#039;s point of view, what&#039;s wrong with that?!&quot;&nbsp; He may be selling a bunch of items at cost just to pad sales figures -- therefore, there might be some good bargains there.</p><p><br /></p><p>One note of caution to the OP: &quot;if I can buy at spot for bullion...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure how well that works.&nbsp; I was following an auction over the weekend.&nbsp; It was for four (4) walking liberty halves -- worn enough that the dates were even missing on two of them.&nbsp; At bullion prices, that should go for about $25, right?&nbsp; It sold for $25 + approx $2 postage (if I recall).</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;ve learned is that the buyers of &quot;junk silver&quot; usually don&#039;t pay very much more than buillion prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m rambling, but, hey, in the spirit of the season, let&#039;s cut everyone some slack.&nbsp; No sense in getting angry or snippy at anyone (it&#039;s bad for one&#039;s own blood pressure).&nbsp; Young folks sometimes have a lot to learn, but they have great passion.&nbsp; Us older folks may be fairly knowledgeable or experienced, but it&#039;d be nice to have the energy and passion that the young &#039;uns have.&nbsp; Good thing that the world needs both to function well![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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