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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1218640, member: 15929&quot;]Just a business man that&#039;ll sell an occasional numismatic piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look, the way I see it is if I could get $19.00 for a proof set, I&#039;d sell it. It beats the heck out of buying it for $5.00 and auctioning it off for $4.00.</p><p>If I could buy a proof set for $2.00 and sell it for $10.00, I&#039;d do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I find most amusing (and frustrating) is the doubled edge sword that most collectors live by.</p><p>They&#039;ll whoop it up and call it a rip (which, let&#039;s not mince words here, is short for &quot;rip off&quot; which is short for theft) when they score big time on a purchase yet whine and cry foul when someone apparently over charges for a piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Items, whether they are coins or not can always be had cheaper if you know where to look and when to buy. It&#039;s called Capitalism and folks use it to their advantage. Buyers need to know what they are buying and the value of what they are buying BEFORE they buy it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the OP pointed out, the prices were off the charts and he exercised his &quot;buyer&#039;s option&quot; by recognizing that fact and simply leaving the store. Calling the store owner a crook and thief is just not right since anybody that would buy Morgans from an uninformed dealer or seller at $10 each could and rightfully should be called the same things. But......I seriously doubt that folks would actually go into some shop and tell the dealer or proprietor that he&#039;s just not charging enough for his items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if a dealer or seller &quot;misrepresents&quot; his product as something that it&#039;s not, then all bet&#039;s are off as he&#039;s now a thief. I&#039;m refering to counterfeits and or supposed &quot;ultra-rare&quot; coins which happen to be common and or cleaned coins sold as UNC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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