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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4577620, member: 85693&quot;]An interesting thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I buy almost all my ancients on eBay.&nbsp; And I almost never buy from the good sellers listed in this thread.&nbsp; But I do agree they are good sellers - good feedback, nice photos, full descriptions.&nbsp; The problem is, such sellers attract a lot of bids and the prices go out of my price range!&nbsp; Being a good seller is good for the sellers, but not so good for the bargain hunters. </p><p><br /></p><p>And this is how it should work - premium service from a vendor should be rewarded by increased business and increased prices.&nbsp; But when auctions get bid up to full retail and beyond, I might as well go to Vcoin or some other retail site.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for my own buying habits on eBay, I do have a few favorite sellers - they usually feature auctions with poor descriptions and bad photography.&nbsp; I&#039;ve come to find that ancient coins almost always look better in hand than in photos anyway and most of the time I am pleasantly surprised.&nbsp; Also, trying to figure out unattributed coins has become my favorite hobby (and a great opportunity to pester CT members for assistance). </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course most of my coins are pretty shabby, a bit <i>infra dig</i> for a lot of collectors.&nbsp; When I was a young man, I was pretty picky about my coins, but not anymore.&nbsp; But for reasons I do not understand, I just don&#039;t care about condition that much anymore.&nbsp; Or, to put it another way, I hope they don&#039;t find the Venus de Milo&#039;s arms, or, if they do, I hope they don&#039;t reattach them.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133457[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>By Unknown author - Paul Carus: The Venus of Milo: An Archaeological Study of the Goddess of Womanhood. The Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago/London, 1916., Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=375078" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=375078" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=375078</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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