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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 524739, member: 16510"]<b>if your afraid to make a mistake you probably will,</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you have some really rare stuff don't worry about it. Heck it's only money but if your that tentative and cautious of making a mistake you probably will but that's okay to.</p><p>Look around a little gather prices from so many online sources and go do the best you can. Yes there many wolfs in the waiting but arm yourself with some knowledge find a reputable dealer/buyer and it will go just fine.</p><p>When we are buying at the show we sit there and show the grey-sheet to the seller and explain what this and that means and on some things they make money and some they don't such is the nature of the business. But we treat them fair and we buy to where we can make at least 10% sometimes a little more sometimes less.</p><p>Please remember that dealers have to buy at a wholesale level and some modern stuff they just don't need it, they have a ton of it so why would they pay anymore than they can reasonably sell it for?</p><p>Had a old man come in recently and he decided we were okay and started bringing it in a little at a time and it was all modern proof and mint set stuff - over all he made more money than he had spent on it primarily because he some gold commens, 99 silver sets and 2001 proof sets and they are all worth much more that he paid at the time for. But we paid him $240 for the 99's 10% over spot for the gold and I think about $65 for the 2001 proofs sets - that bump alone made up for the sets that were not worth as much, so there you have it, supply and demand. We treated him far and he parceled out all of his stuff over about three months - he must have been happy he kept coming back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 524739, member: 16510"][b]if your afraid to make a mistake you probably will,[/b] Unless you have some really rare stuff don't worry about it. Heck it's only money but if your that tentative and cautious of making a mistake you probably will but that's okay to. Look around a little gather prices from so many online sources and go do the best you can. Yes there many wolfs in the waiting but arm yourself with some knowledge find a reputable dealer/buyer and it will go just fine. When we are buying at the show we sit there and show the grey-sheet to the seller and explain what this and that means and on some things they make money and some they don't such is the nature of the business. But we treat them fair and we buy to where we can make at least 10% sometimes a little more sometimes less. Please remember that dealers have to buy at a wholesale level and some modern stuff they just don't need it, they have a ton of it so why would they pay anymore than they can reasonably sell it for? Had a old man come in recently and he decided we were okay and started bringing it in a little at a time and it was all modern proof and mint set stuff - over all he made more money than he had spent on it primarily because he some gold commens, 99 silver sets and 2001 proof sets and they are all worth much more that he paid at the time for. But we paid him $240 for the 99's 10% over spot for the gold and I think about $65 for the 2001 proofs sets - that bump alone made up for the sets that were not worth as much, so there you have it, supply and demand. We treated him far and he parceled out all of his stuff over about three months - he must have been happy he kept coming back.[/QUOTE]
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