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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2596006, member: 19463"]That is the point as far as I'm concerned. The whole idea of listing coins worth $15 for $150 or $1500 and finding one fool who will pay it is now considered a viable business model. When that buyer finds out that he was made a fool, too often his attitude to the hobby as a whole places coin dealers in the same category as snake oil and used car salesmen. I do not see this a good for the hobby as a whole. </p><p><br /></p><p>I recently received a link to a special offering for coins that included some really magnificent items at prices I could never pay but quite possibly worth the prices. There is a major difference between showing a coin valued at $10,000 and one showing a piece of junk with a dream price of half off making it only five times reasonable. We all buy what we find appropriate. We all trust who we have learned to trust.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2596006, member: 19463"]That is the point as far as I'm concerned. The whole idea of listing coins worth $15 for $150 or $1500 and finding one fool who will pay it is now considered a viable business model. When that buyer finds out that he was made a fool, too often his attitude to the hobby as a whole places coin dealers in the same category as snake oil and used car salesmen. I do not see this a good for the hobby as a whole. I recently received a link to a special offering for coins that included some really magnificent items at prices I could never pay but quite possibly worth the prices. There is a major difference between showing a coin valued at $10,000 and one showing a piece of junk with a dream price of half off making it only five times reasonable. We all buy what we find appropriate. We all trust who we have learned to trust.[/QUOTE]
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