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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tonphil1960, post: 724481, member: 1629&quot;]<b>Thanks GD, Carl,</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I know both of you are knowledgeable collectors so I take your advise seriously.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think my main point is either I bought a coin for a certain price, or the dealer has it in his case for a certain price, I think that&#039;s what the coin is worth, right?&nbsp; If I paid 100 bucks yesterday for a coin and today the dealer offers me 50 for it, there is a problem here, to me anyway, this has nothing to do with guides. Yesterday it was worth a hundred and today not ! ? Just don&#039;t get it, the markups. Guess like many people I am sick of paying high prices for everything I buy.&nbsp; If those guides are off so much they are better off not being printed then I think, that&#039;s crazy, then they are useless right ? </p><p><br /></p><p>I do understand that everyday collector coins are&nbsp; common so the dealer might not want to offer a good price for them, then I think he should decline to give a price. I feel they look at sellers as suckers, may be wrong but....</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess haggling is the way of the beast Carl. I have to remember that when I am at shows and I see something I like, offer peanuts like the dealers do and haggle on from there, as I have no idea how much his stuff is marked up. Is he a fair guy or a PT Barnum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that the low offers might be fair offers, but it just kills me that I can lose so much on a purchase in a very short time, I guess it&#039;s like everything else, once you buy it it&#039;s worth something only to you, to everyone it&#039;s junk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just saddens me that in everything including hobbies it&#039;s all about making a buck.&nbsp; I guess I will be hodling on to my feeble collection for a long time as I see I&#039;d lose my shirt if I ever tried to sell anything.&nbsp; I think this is why collectors become &quot;dealers&quot;. buy at wholesale for their own collections, must be nice. How many hacks like that are out there ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Granted I am very opinionated but I am by no means degrading dealers, but&nbsp; I prefer a dealer that was a collector first, someone that really likes coins, not a guy in the coin business just to make bucks. I&#039;m sorry it just turns me off in that it has become a business like any other instead of a hobby where people are treated fairly. I am thankful to the few dealers I have done business with, quality dealers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Tony[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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