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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1217785, member: 26302"]I agree with Beef as well. I don't have a problem with dealers pricing however they feel. They are providing a time and place utility and if the buyer overpays then that is a function of education. Just because a book says a morgan is worth $30 does not mean someone does not have the right to sell for $50.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets say a car dealer has a car for $2000 more than someone down the street. Would you ask if he is insane or just higher priced? Exact same situation. The could very well be "in touch" and not insane and simply choosing a higher pricing strategy. Their choice.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never begrudge a dealer setting his own sale prices. That is his business, and his choice. The only thing that honks me off is dealers paying way to little on purchases. If he is a professional he should have a liability to pay "fair" prices if dealing with non professionals, (meaning widows of colelctors etc, not collectors). Short of that I stay out of other people's livings.</p><p><br /></p><p>In ALL collectibles, knowledge is power. I do not know of any area of collectibles where someone cannot find the same items with drastically different prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1217785, member: 26302"]I agree with Beef as well. I don't have a problem with dealers pricing however they feel. They are providing a time and place utility and if the buyer overpays then that is a function of education. Just because a book says a morgan is worth $30 does not mean someone does not have the right to sell for $50. Lets say a car dealer has a car for $2000 more than someone down the street. Would you ask if he is insane or just higher priced? Exact same situation. The could very well be "in touch" and not insane and simply choosing a higher pricing strategy. Their choice. I never begrudge a dealer setting his own sale prices. That is his business, and his choice. The only thing that honks me off is dealers paying way to little on purchases. If he is a professional he should have a liability to pay "fair" prices if dealing with non professionals, (meaning widows of colelctors etc, not collectors). Short of that I stay out of other people's livings. In ALL collectibles, knowledge is power. I do not know of any area of collectibles where someone cannot find the same items with drastically different prices.[/QUOTE]
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