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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1412239, member: 13650"]This topic comes up about once a week around here. I've seen it too. Auctions attract everybody including the uninformed. It seems the uninformed have more money than sense so you see the result. I've seen it too. Even though ebay is world wide, there's so much on there, that there may only be you and another person looking at a particular silver dollar. At an auction, you might have 10 to 20 people looking at one that have been standing around for hours waiting to get something.</p><p><br /></p><p> Nobody wants to go home empty handed. I think mostly people want to feel like they didn't waste their time there and simply want the gratification of taking something home and showing everybody else they can do it. The rest of us realize you may as well sit at home on ebay at your leisure. You can find better deals and they'll ship it to your door. Save your gas, time and money by staying home next time. It only takes one greedy person at an auction that doesn't know what they're doing. Guaranteed they are there at every one.</p><p><br /></p><p> The odds just aren't in your favor. I won't go to them. It's never a matter of "nobody here knows what something is so it goes cheap". It's always "Everybody thinks they know things are more valuable than what they are." It goes for more than just coins too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1412239, member: 13650"]This topic comes up about once a week around here. I've seen it too. Auctions attract everybody including the uninformed. It seems the uninformed have more money than sense so you see the result. I've seen it too. Even though ebay is world wide, there's so much on there, that there may only be you and another person looking at a particular silver dollar. At an auction, you might have 10 to 20 people looking at one that have been standing around for hours waiting to get something. Nobody wants to go home empty handed. I think mostly people want to feel like they didn't waste their time there and simply want the gratification of taking something home and showing everybody else they can do it. The rest of us realize you may as well sit at home on ebay at your leisure. You can find better deals and they'll ship it to your door. Save your gas, time and money by staying home next time. It only takes one greedy person at an auction that doesn't know what they're doing. Guaranteed they are there at every one. The odds just aren't in your favor. I won't go to them. It's never a matter of "nobody here knows what something is so it goes cheap". It's always "Everybody thinks they know things are more valuable than what they are." It goes for more than just coins too.[/QUOTE]
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