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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3565488, member: 76194"]Of course. I remember many years ago buying several slabbed Morgan Dollars from a dealer. After 3 years I had some cash issues (being a college student) and I went back to the same dealer. All of the sudden the "great coins" had issues and won't get the kind of money their grade suggests, etc., etc. I ended up just walking out and selling it all on eBay for around 45% more than he was willing to offer. Even after eBay fees I was able to recover my money and a little bit of profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mind you, I wasn't expecting the guy to buy them back at 100% what I paid for them (he had to make a profit), but I thought I should have at least gotten 75% of my money back considering these were coins he himself had sold me, and which still left him a nice room for profit when he sold them to the next walk-in customer to his shop. But trying to be too cheap and down talking the very coins you were praising before only makes you look like a dishonest cold b*****d in the eyes of your potential repeat customers. I know I never bought anything there again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3565488, member: 76194"]Of course. I remember many years ago buying several slabbed Morgan Dollars from a dealer. After 3 years I had some cash issues (being a college student) and I went back to the same dealer. All of the sudden the "great coins" had issues and won't get the kind of money their grade suggests, etc., etc. I ended up just walking out and selling it all on eBay for around 45% more than he was willing to offer. Even after eBay fees I was able to recover my money and a little bit of profit. Mind you, I wasn't expecting the guy to buy them back at 100% what I paid for them (he had to make a profit), but I thought I should have at least gotten 75% of my money back considering these were coins he himself had sold me, and which still left him a nice room for profit when he sold them to the next walk-in customer to his shop. But trying to be too cheap and down talking the very coins you were praising before only makes you look like a dishonest cold b*****d in the eyes of your potential repeat customers. I know I never bought anything there again.[/QUOTE]
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