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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4874821, member: 105098"]The one time I tried this I told the dealer what I was looking for and what I was willing to pay for it immediately (reasonable budget top end) . he went through his network and came up with 3 examples on loan/consignment (I guess from other dealer friends or other local collectors interested in selling, one of which I bought and I assume he returned the two I didn't want to whoever owned them.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a long time ago, pre-Internet I would assume it still works this way for some, but I would also assume with the Internet it's just done with pictures and I would also assume we'd be talking about graded slabbed examples that make it a bit safer even to figure out grade/condition or problems sight unseen.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should be prepared to not pay bottom dollar if you do this this way though. It's gonna be what the seller wants (if it fits your range) and a finders fee for the dealer that does the work. You will be close to top end price and maybe over your range with his finding fee, for the grade realistically doing it this way and you should be prepared for that.</p><p>I'd assume if you make the dealer do the work and you don't buy anything, eventually when you do buy something, he's gonna hit you harder on the price on whatever that is for the effort he expended on you for the times of nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As was already said, cheaper to do it yourself with Great Collections, Heritage, even ebay, but I'd say buy graded examples from ebay and check cert numbers and be sure it matches what they are selling, in that slab is what the number says it is, and what you receive in the mail matches. In other words don't take anything for granted and be cautious as you can to not get scammed. If you are unsure, or have a doubt, pass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fax machine used to be the way, now it's email. Same goes for the ways LCS do business for their customers. I have no idea if a shop still does it old school and hunts their contacts for what someone wants or they just go on the Internet and buy what theit customers want but I'd assume they use the Internet now and you can do it yourself and save the markup.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 4874821, member: 105098"]The one time I tried this I told the dealer what I was looking for and what I was willing to pay for it immediately (reasonable budget top end) . he went through his network and came up with 3 examples on loan/consignment (I guess from other dealer friends or other local collectors interested in selling, one of which I bought and I assume he returned the two I didn't want to whoever owned them. It was a long time ago, pre-Internet I would assume it still works this way for some, but I would also assume with the Internet it's just done with pictures and I would also assume we'd be talking about graded slabbed examples that make it a bit safer even to figure out grade/condition or problems sight unseen. You should be prepared to not pay bottom dollar if you do this this way though. It's gonna be what the seller wants (if it fits your range) and a finders fee for the dealer that does the work. You will be close to top end price and maybe over your range with his finding fee, for the grade realistically doing it this way and you should be prepared for that. I'd assume if you make the dealer do the work and you don't buy anything, eventually when you do buy something, he's gonna hit you harder on the price on whatever that is for the effort he expended on you for the times of nothing. As was already said, cheaper to do it yourself with Great Collections, Heritage, even ebay, but I'd say buy graded examples from ebay and check cert numbers and be sure it matches what they are selling, in that slab is what the number says it is, and what you receive in the mail matches. In other words don't take anything for granted and be cautious as you can to not get scammed. If you are unsure, or have a doubt, pass. Fax machine used to be the way, now it's email. Same goes for the ways LCS do business for their customers. I have no idea if a shop still does it old school and hunts their contacts for what someone wants or they just go on the Internet and buy what theit customers want but I'd assume they use the Internet now and you can do it yourself and save the markup.[/QUOTE]
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