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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 677623, member: 112"]If they were all buying the same thing it might be. But when each one is buying something different - then you have a whole lot of people paying too much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at it this way, just about any coin there is on ebay can be purchased cheaper simply by shopping around and buying it from a trusted dealer. And yeah, you can still do it on-line. But people are lazy, they want 1 stop shopping. That's why ebay even exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point I am making is that there are a whole lot of people buying on ebay who have no idea what they are doing. They are kind of like, and may very well be the exact same people, the people who buy that junk on TV. They get some coin from a private mint that is actually worth about 29 cents and they pay anywhere from $19.95 to $50 for it. Because those people are ignorant enough to do that - does that make that 29 cent coin worth $50 ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 677623, member: 112"]If they were all buying the same thing it might be. But when each one is buying something different - then you have a whole lot of people paying too much. Look at it this way, just about any coin there is on ebay can be purchased cheaper simply by shopping around and buying it from a trusted dealer. And yeah, you can still do it on-line. But people are lazy, they want 1 stop shopping. That's why ebay even exists. The point I am making is that there are a whole lot of people buying on ebay who have no idea what they are doing. They are kind of like, and may very well be the exact same people, the people who buy that junk on TV. They get some coin from a private mint that is actually worth about 29 cents and they pay anywhere from $19.95 to $50 for it. Because those people are ignorant enough to do that - does that make that 29 cent coin worth $50 ?[/QUOTE]
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