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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 708188, member: 16510"]<b>No, not everyone has the chance and The Cherry Picker's Guide is for another</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>No, not everyone has the chance and The Cherry Picker's Guide is for another type of coin (variety) not regular U.S issues.</p><p> </p><p>What they are saying about Littleton's buying is this: I get togeather a nice group of say Buffalo's all AU or better, say a roll - in any given roll of AU Buffalo's there is going to be nice AU's plus average AU's and then some just barley AU's. it's the nature of the beast. I send in my group and Littleton only buys the cream, the nice to super AU's then returns the rest - well that's not how we buy them but they are getting that choice.</p><p>We buy what walks through the door and what walks through the door is Nice, medium, and not so nice. They can buy just the best is a little bit unfair and not realistic of the real world conditions but that's what they base their offer on.</p><p>Sure everyone wants to Cherry Pick but most coin deals do not allow for that much scutiny at a show or shop therefore you have to leave yourself room, just how much room is the question. Therefore to leave enough room for Littleton would, or could mean you don't pay a fair price driven by the fear of what Littleton will accept and reject - that's where it becomes an unfair advantage for Littleton. Just by being Littleton, (big and getting plenty of stuff all the time) can depress what would be an otherwise fair price to the customer in the end - that's an unfair advantage. You cannot expect to Cherry Pick on everything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 708188, member: 16510"][b]No, not everyone has the chance and The Cherry Picker's Guide is for another[/b] No, not everyone has the chance and The Cherry Picker's Guide is for another type of coin (variety) not regular U.S issues. What they are saying about Littleton's buying is this: I get togeather a nice group of say Buffalo's all AU or better, say a roll - in any given roll of AU Buffalo's there is going to be nice AU's plus average AU's and then some just barley AU's. it's the nature of the beast. I send in my group and Littleton only buys the cream, the nice to super AU's then returns the rest - well that's not how we buy them but they are getting that choice. We buy what walks through the door and what walks through the door is Nice, medium, and not so nice. They can buy just the best is a little bit unfair and not realistic of the real world conditions but that's what they base their offer on. Sure everyone wants to Cherry Pick but most coin deals do not allow for that much scutiny at a show or shop therefore you have to leave yourself room, just how much room is the question. Therefore to leave enough room for Littleton would, or could mean you don't pay a fair price driven by the fear of what Littleton will accept and reject - that's where it becomes an unfair advantage for Littleton. Just by being Littleton, (big and getting plenty of stuff all the time) can depress what would be an otherwise fair price to the customer in the end - that's an unfair advantage. You cannot expect to Cherry Pick on everything.[/QUOTE]
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