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<p>[QUOTE="Vegas Vic, post: 1987234, member: 58810"]It's a brave new world out there and the situation changes a little bit more every day. With time lapse examples it becomes glaring. If you wanted to buy a coin 100% of the time 20 years ago it had to be from a dealer. They controlled the hobby and could have a dmv like attitude. Fast forward to today. I just blew off some coins on eBay. Collector to collector. What percent of all sales today are dealer sold? Less then 100% to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Things have changed so much that even the dmv doesn't have a dmv attitude any more. The local post office is getting so crushed by private competition that they are giving some of the nicest customer service I have seen from any government agency.</p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly feel that five years from now people won't recognize the market when compared to today. Again look at used cars. Now we have the whole car facts and blue book online. With information the playing field is leveling and I honestly think the same thing is happening in the coin industry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vegas Vic, post: 1987234, member: 58810"]It's a brave new world out there and the situation changes a little bit more every day. With time lapse examples it becomes glaring. If you wanted to buy a coin 100% of the time 20 years ago it had to be from a dealer. They controlled the hobby and could have a dmv like attitude. Fast forward to today. I just blew off some coins on eBay. Collector to collector. What percent of all sales today are dealer sold? Less then 100% to be sure. Things have changed so much that even the dmv doesn't have a dmv attitude any more. The local post office is getting so crushed by private competition that they are giving some of the nicest customer service I have seen from any government agency. I honestly feel that five years from now people won't recognize the market when compared to today. Again look at used cars. Now we have the whole car facts and blue book online. With information the playing field is leveling and I honestly think the same thing is happening in the coin industry.[/QUOTE]
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