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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 7719496, member: 24091"]After a year of pandemic related shut-downs and no in-person coin shows, many hobbyists are now inundating shows as they open back up. Between unreliable USPS service and all the other headaches associated with "remote" coin collecting including ever increasing fees heaped on sellers, there is likely a renaissance coming for those looking to bypass all the greed and nonsense associated with internet based organizations that aren't even part of the coin collecting community. </p><p><br /></p><p>eBay can continue to post full-page self-congratulatory ads in all the hobby publications, it doesn't change the fact that most in the hobby now view them as little more than a parasitic barnacle trying to suck the life out of the hobby. Ditto PayPal. We all got by fine without them before they appeared on the scene, and their rapacious fees are begging all of us to show them who has the upper hand in the deal: Hint, it isn't PayPal or eBay at this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 7719496, member: 24091"]After a year of pandemic related shut-downs and no in-person coin shows, many hobbyists are now inundating shows as they open back up. Between unreliable USPS service and all the other headaches associated with "remote" coin collecting including ever increasing fees heaped on sellers, there is likely a renaissance coming for those looking to bypass all the greed and nonsense associated with internet based organizations that aren't even part of the coin collecting community. eBay can continue to post full-page self-congratulatory ads in all the hobby publications, it doesn't change the fact that most in the hobby now view them as little more than a parasitic barnacle trying to suck the life out of the hobby. Ditto PayPal. We all got by fine without them before they appeared on the scene, and their rapacious fees are begging all of us to show them who has the upper hand in the deal: Hint, it isn't PayPal or eBay at this point.[/QUOTE]
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