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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3986946, member: 112"]But they don't. And no, they don't just pull numbers out of the air. Every single one of them tells you flat out how and where they get the prices they publish. All ya have to do is look to see it. And if ya do look, you'll see that about 95% of them say they are dealer asking prices. In other words, they ask certain dealers what they are currently asking for a given coin in a given grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here's the problem with that. They don't, and won't, tell you who those dealers are. And since it is beyond common, in fact it is the norm, for say dealer A to ask $100 for a given coin in a given grade, and dealers B, C, D, E, F, and G to ask anywhere from $110 to $200 for the exact same given coin in the exact same grade - that doesn't really tell ya anything does it ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Tell me this John, if you're looking at auction sales, and no I <u>do not</u> include ebay as legitimate auction sales, I mean reputable auction house sales - how often do those realized prices come up the same as what you see in magazines ? I'm bettin you'll say never. Or at the very least, almost never.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3986946, member: 112"]But they don't. And no, they don't just pull numbers out of the air. Every single one of them tells you flat out how and where they get the prices they publish. All ya have to do is look to see it. And if ya do look, you'll see that about 95% of them say they are dealer asking prices. In other words, they ask certain dealers what they are currently asking for a given coin in a given grade. Now here's the problem with that. They don't, and won't, tell you who those dealers are. And since it is beyond common, in fact it is the norm, for say dealer A to ask $100 for a given coin in a given grade, and dealers B, C, D, E, F, and G to ask anywhere from $110 to $200 for the exact same given coin in the exact same grade - that doesn't really tell ya anything does it ? Tell me this John, if you're looking at auction sales, and no I [U]do not[/U] include ebay as legitimate auction sales, I mean reputable auction house sales - how often do those realized prices come up the same as what you see in magazines ? I'm bettin you'll say never. Or at the very least, almost never.[/QUOTE]
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