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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7586119, member: 105098"]they don't come like this from the mint, meaning this is a marketing gimmick also. inside the monster box are those tubes no tape, no labels, no plastic wrap, just the stopper type cap. they are adding the label and plastic wrap sealing each tube, but your guess is as good as mine if they actually blindly grab a tube and never open it, or if they search them first for the nicest examples make up the rest of the tube and package it. the item description seems like they want you to believe it's unsearched, not sure how true that is though.</p><p><br /></p><p>my opinion, you're paying an additional $47 for a sticker and plastic wrap. it's like 40 cents cheaper to buy 20 silver eagles and they'll likely send them in the tube for ease of packaging anyways. but the 40 cents difference over 20 coins, I don't mind, it's that extra $47 for the sticker and plastic wrap I have a problem with, but that's me. it's one more silver eagle roughly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am curious to find out if JM bullion will pay more for them like this if you tried to sell them back unopened, like $47 dollars more, than they would pay for the normal tube without the plastic wrap and sticker?</p><p><br /></p><p>so would I open them? An answer to the above question would be my determining factor on it. if they'd give me the $47 back for leaving it unopened when I sell it back to them, I'd keep it sealed, otherwise I'd open them and likely not buy them in that format again and just buy 21 silver eagles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7586119, member: 105098"]they don't come like this from the mint, meaning this is a marketing gimmick also. inside the monster box are those tubes no tape, no labels, no plastic wrap, just the stopper type cap. they are adding the label and plastic wrap sealing each tube, but your guess is as good as mine if they actually blindly grab a tube and never open it, or if they search them first for the nicest examples make up the rest of the tube and package it. the item description seems like they want you to believe it's unsearched, not sure how true that is though. my opinion, you're paying an additional $47 for a sticker and plastic wrap. it's like 40 cents cheaper to buy 20 silver eagles and they'll likely send them in the tube for ease of packaging anyways. but the 40 cents difference over 20 coins, I don't mind, it's that extra $47 for the sticker and plastic wrap I have a problem with, but that's me. it's one more silver eagle roughly. I am curious to find out if JM bullion will pay more for them like this if you tried to sell them back unopened, like $47 dollars more, than they would pay for the normal tube without the plastic wrap and sticker? so would I open them? An answer to the above question would be my determining factor on it. if they'd give me the $47 back for leaving it unopened when I sell it back to them, I'd keep it sealed, otherwise I'd open them and likely not buy them in that format again and just buy 21 silver eagles.[/QUOTE]
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