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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26684360, member: 10461&quot;]Yep.&nbsp; Having been perennially cash-broke in bygone days, I learned to barter and negotiate.&nbsp; You have to be able to judge the opportunity and make sure the other party is receptive before you approach &#039;em about it, but I&#039;ve done very well in the past, and developed some good relationships with friendly barter (or <i>semi</i>-barter) transactions.&nbsp; And this was not the first trade I&#039;ve done with NEN, so I knew they might be receptive.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course it goes without saying that you also have to have the sort of swapstock coins that the other party might want.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve frequently been coin-rich but cash-broke.&nbsp; Still happens to me from time to time, as with this situation.&nbsp; I had <i>some</i> of the necessary cash available, but not <i>all</i>.&nbsp; And in the end, after my two trade-ins, I only had to use $125 of the $500 ready cash I had on hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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