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<p>[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 2074355, member: 9204"]The higher prices in some auctions are an interesting phenomenon. I have seen things that should go for $x go for $2x or even $5x. Nowhere is this worse than book auctions, where things even sell for higher prices than the SAME DEALER has for the SAME BOOKS IN STOCK. Of course, the prices could also be attributed to the fact that you just don't recognize the auction coins as being better. Surfaces especially are a price killer. I see a lot of coins posted here with porosity or minor corrosion that make them less of a deal than they would initially seem. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would also like to point out that all of you who refuse to participate in auctions because of the high prices have your heads in the sand. Who do you think half of the bidders are in those sales? The dealers that you later end up buying from, at an even higher markup.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 2074355, member: 9204"]The higher prices in some auctions are an interesting phenomenon. I have seen things that should go for $x go for $2x or even $5x. Nowhere is this worse than book auctions, where things even sell for higher prices than the SAME DEALER has for the SAME BOOKS IN STOCK. Of course, the prices could also be attributed to the fact that you just don't recognize the auction coins as being better. Surfaces especially are a price killer. I see a lot of coins posted here with porosity or minor corrosion that make them less of a deal than they would initially seem. I would also like to point out that all of you who refuse to participate in auctions because of the high prices have your heads in the sand. Who do you think half of the bidders are in those sales? The dealers that you later end up buying from, at an even higher markup.[/QUOTE]
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