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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CohibaCris, post: 8283, member: 904&quot;]ND, I don&#039;t think it makes the local and show dealers look bad - just the opposite.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll share my ignorance with everyone here just as an example....</p><p>Remember I am first starting out - Saw the MS69 ASE set (86 thru 04) that were NGC certified for $779, and snapped a set up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Went to my local coin shop for the first time the next week.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t disclose to them I had done any shopping on TV, and they didn&#039;t ask.&nbsp; Around my third visit (and after making a few purchases) we started talking about what I had already collected.&nbsp; The ASE set came up, and they told me they could have sold me the same set for several hundred dollars cheaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was frustrated with the TV show, but I was really upset with myself.&nbsp; I had broken a cardinal rule about buying without knowledge, and I was bagged hook, line and sinker.&nbsp; But I didn&#039;t stop buying coins, just stopped buying from TV shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone gets upset with local dealers for TV show pricing, they weren&#039;t serious in the first place.&nbsp; I took my hazing like a big boy, and bought some books/magazines and borrowed an old Greysheet.&nbsp; There may be people who back away from the hobby b/c of folks like Mr C and others, but I seriously doubt they are &quot;bought in&quot; to the hobby/addiction.</p><p><br /></p><p>My $0.02....</p><p>Cris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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