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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2352594, member: 19463&quot;]The deal as I see it is people who do collect mid grade and lower price coins do not spend a lot of money with the big auction houses so the dealers are not rewarded for buying coins they will have trouble selling.&nbsp; The current fad of condition makes it easier to sell a $100 coin than a $10 coin at least when the people who are looking for cheap things do not waste their time looking at the offerings of sellers who only have expensive items.&nbsp; It costs them as much to handle a $50 coin as a $500 one so the reward for doing it simply is not there.&nbsp; There are dealers who buy and sell mostly lower end material but they are not the names you know.&nbsp; Even that group will pay a fraction of what you paid since they are in it for profit (as a business should be).&nbsp; If you want someone to buy and sell at little or no mark-up, trade with your friends or other collectors interested in getting rid of duplicates or things they have &#039;outgrown&#039;.&nbsp; Even then you will have to cover costs like postage and PayPal.&nbsp; We all have surplus coins but most people do not want other people&#039;s cast offs so the value of most coins we buy is &#039;educational&#039; rather than &#039;monetary&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have enough coins I don&#039;t want that I do not need to buy more.&nbsp; If you are in it for profit, you are in the wrong hobby and should not continue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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