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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2111236, member: 39084&quot;]While I don&#039;t often find myself in disagreement with Doug&#039;s viewpoints, this is an exception where I agree with AncientJoe.&nbsp; Doug&#039;s blanket generalization above is not supported by my experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not to say that such dealers don&#039;t exist; but in fact the best dealers are those who understand your collecting desires and orientation, and put forth their best efforts to advise you on the acquisition of each specific coin, using their own experience to evaluate whether you (as the collector) will be happy with that coin in your collection.&nbsp; To do anything less would be manipulative and deceptive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, a dealer who advises against purchasing a coin is actually losing a commission and/or sale, so he is advising against his own financial self-interest.&nbsp; A good dealer does this to retain his customers in the long run.&nbsp; My own dealer has never recommended that I buy a coin that wouldn&#039;t be appropriate for my collection, nor has he advised me to buy a coin outside my collecting interests simply for investment purposes.&nbsp; Never has my dealer ever represented that a coin purchase would be a good investment.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me that Doug is <b>not</b> &quot;... only buy[ing] &quot;but&quot; coins...;&quot; rather, he&#039;s applying the same thought process to a coin purchase that we all do: namely, does the coin appeal to him and fit his criteria for being added to his collection?&nbsp; It&#039;s just that his criteria isn&#039;t the same as AncientJoe&#039;s or mine; it&#039;s OK if his criteria is &quot;there&#039;s something wrong with this coin&quot; since that&#039;s in itself criteria for collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>De gustibus non est disputandum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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