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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 26607111, member: 73489&quot;]I guess so.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s what I have always had trouble understanding...unless you&#039;re a distressed seller and willing to take a lower price just to raise cash....aren&#039;t you always going to be losing all or most of the BP if you sell through an auction site ?&nbsp; Even GS is 10-12%.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, nobody works for free but a LCS or dealer probably has a tighter bid-ask spread.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>And during the dealer-to-dealer part of a big show like FUN or other coin shows.....if the selling dealers get top dollar (full retail) then how is the buyer going to make $$$ re-selling and still being competitive (unless the price of the metal rises) ?&nbsp; Conversely, if the seller accepts less than full retail or wholesale...isn&#039;t he/she leaving something on the table as the buyer than got it at a price he can mark up ?</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>This aspect of the business always confused me as if the price of the metal was flat for a long period of time, it appears to be a zero-sum game and I&#039;m wondering who would want to &quot;help out&quot; the other person by accepting less $$$/paying more $$$ ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Good thing I&#039;m a money manager and not a businessman !! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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