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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26048160, member: 10461&quot;]Ha!&nbsp; I was researching the gold cob <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces88428.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces88428.html" rel="nofollow">on Numista</a>.&nbsp; The bottom of the Numista listings usually show a &quot;right now on eBay&quot; sampling of similar coins on sale.&nbsp; That was the case here, so I clicked <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces88428.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces88428.html" rel="nofollow">the eBay link</a> at the bottom of the page.&nbsp; It was a listing of <i>the exact same coin </i>I bought!&nbsp; I guess the dealer hadn&#039;t gotten around to taking the eBay listing down yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid $2,700 cash for it at the show.&nbsp; Had I pulled the Buy-It-Now trigger on eBay (which I would <i>not</i> have done), the price would have been $4,500 plus $50 shipping! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Moral of the story: if you see a cool (but expensive) coin you like on eBay, don&#039;t be too quick to use Buy-It-Now.&nbsp; See if you can look the dealer up online and do a private transaction.&nbsp; In this case, I&#039;m sure the dealer was hedging his bets and starting out high for the eBay listing, since he did have a Best Offer option, and of course had to think of the eBay fees.&nbsp; Still, I&#039;m glad I bought it in person at the show![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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