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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2255064, member: 15929"]Nah! Not in today's market. If I wanted a coin and refused to buy from a "professional" flipper, I'd have to buy it from a "non-professional" flipper because anybody that has more than one of a popular item, instantly becomes a flipper in the sense that, they KNOW that what they have can be sold for more than what they paid.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing is, coin dealers have figured out how to game the US Mint's coin buying system. The ONLY way to counteract this tactic is to either play their game, thereby becoming a flipper by proxy, or simply buying what you need when they go on sale at the US Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the US Mint could change their "on sale" times to around 9 pm ET which would allow all the "working folks" a chance at ordering some but I don't think that's gonna happen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2255064, member: 15929"]Nah! Not in today's market. If I wanted a coin and refused to buy from a "professional" flipper, I'd have to buy it from a "non-professional" flipper because anybody that has more than one of a popular item, instantly becomes a flipper in the sense that, they KNOW that what they have can be sold for more than what they paid. The thing is, coin dealers have figured out how to game the US Mint's coin buying system. The ONLY way to counteract this tactic is to either play their game, thereby becoming a flipper by proxy, or simply buying what you need when they go on sale at the US Mint. Of course, the US Mint could change their "on sale" times to around 9 pm ET which would allow all the "working folks" a chance at ordering some but I don't think that's gonna happen.[/QUOTE]
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