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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aubade21, post: 1657828, member: 44104&quot;]<font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">So, as I was randomly watching one of the many Pawn shows on TV, I wondered for the thousandth time, what a shame it is that I didn’t catch that seller before they made it into the shop. I think to myself…man, I would have offered them xxx more dollars for that cool item! Then my mind wanders to the countless times I see unknowing/uncaring people selling their old coins at local coin shops and shows where the dealer barely looks at the coins and offers them a fixed % under melt…and without much argument, they sell.</font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">My hypothetical question is, how unethical would it be to approach somebody before they go into a pawn / coin shop and say, “Hey, they are buying at 18x face, if you would be willing to sell to me, I’ll give you cash at 19x.” </font></span></font></p><p><i><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Or </font></span></font></i></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Approaching a seller at a coin show and say something to the effect of, “Find the best offer for your coins and I’ll pay that plus $10 more.”</font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Now, I know several people on this forum own shops or buy and sell coins as their sole form of capital, so please know that this is something of a random thought, not something that I have done, or plan to do. It&#039;s just a topic that I assume that a few other collectors like me have considered when they see some incredible deal walk into the shop of a professional on TV. </font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><br /></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">I was just curious as to what other people think.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><br /></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><br /></font></span></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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