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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 810563, member: 13650&quot;]I didn&#039;t mean to come across so harsh.&nbsp; You don&#039;t have to explain yourself to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; I haven&#039;t even been back into the hobby serious for 2 years yet so I&#039;m not an authority here by any means.&nbsp; &nbsp; I just think you would be safer sticking to slabbed coins when you consider the higher dollar ones such as these.&nbsp;&nbsp; For now at least.&nbsp; It&#039;s just a little bit safer, while you&#039;re learning.&nbsp; Once you&#039;ve seen A LOT of them and get a better feel for the series you are collecting, then you can wade into loose stuff with a little more confidence.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; You can purchase a slabbed one and crack it out for your set if you need to.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; It pays to look at things from a seller&#039;s perspective as well.&nbsp; Not just as a buyer.&nbsp; I have a hard time doing this, myself.&nbsp;&nbsp; I often times gauge what an appropriate price may be by considering what I might be able to sell it for myself and at least break even.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Unless it&#039;s something that&#039;s really unique and you just want to splurge, you should think about re-sale value, even if you don&#039;t plan on selling it.&nbsp;&nbsp; It &#039;can&#039; help you formulate what&nbsp; a reasonable price should be.&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember that selling most anywhere involves fees.&nbsp;&nbsp; 12-15% loss.&nbsp; So $100 will leave you left with about $88.&nbsp; And the higher the cost, the more scrutiny the purchase should receive as it can be much harder to sell because the pool of buyers shrinks, who can afford and want it.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have both those parts of the equation, there is no buyer.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Those who do will try to negotiate and low ball you so they can buy it off you cheaper.&nbsp; Which may be significantly less than you paid to begin with.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes, you have to walk away.&nbsp;&nbsp; You just move on.&nbsp;&nbsp; You will learn what the good moves were and what the bad ones were as time goes on.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; For this quarter, I hope it was a fair price.&nbsp; I honestly wouldn&#039;t call it a steal.&nbsp; &nbsp; But that&#039;s ok if it&#039;s the one you really wanted.&nbsp; I do it too.&nbsp;&nbsp; A fair price isn&#039;t always bad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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