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<p>[QUOTE="John Feigenbaum, post: 2335810, member: 76831"][USER=77151]@bobc1[/USER] Thanks for opening this thread as it gives me an opportunity to address this. We have generally been removing the "ask" price in all of our publications for a few reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. the historic "ask" price was almost always around 10% over "bid". Not much science to that, and not really accurate either.</p><p>2. The #1 complaint we heard when taking over CDN was the type face was too small to read in many places. The only way to increase the type size without removing entire sections of pricing, or changing to a wide format, was to remove the ask prices. I've gotten a lot of great feedback on this change.</p><p>3. At CDN, we think that "ask" pricing might be better served in a different sheet, or made available to other vendors who are more suited to retail pricing. CDN is primarily for dealers, or those who wish to know what dealers pay for coins. The February Monthly Supplement article is devoted to this topic (mailing next week).</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=59677]@Burton Strauss III[/USER] Thank you for highlighting the pricing issues with the 1871 3cS. We will review this prior to publishing the February issues. We always appreciate feedback and suggestions on where we can improve the prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=25877]@Dancing Fire[/USER] Not sure getting rid of this page is a good idea. While the prices seldom change, there is a constituency for all the sections of the CDN sheets, and I suspect a lot of folks would be up in arms if we removed the State quarters page.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Feigenbaum, post: 2335810, member: 76831"][USER=77151]@bobc1[/USER] Thanks for opening this thread as it gives me an opportunity to address this. We have generally been removing the "ask" price in all of our publications for a few reasons: 1. the historic "ask" price was almost always around 10% over "bid". Not much science to that, and not really accurate either. 2. The #1 complaint we heard when taking over CDN was the type face was too small to read in many places. The only way to increase the type size without removing entire sections of pricing, or changing to a wide format, was to remove the ask prices. I've gotten a lot of great feedback on this change. 3. At CDN, we think that "ask" pricing might be better served in a different sheet, or made available to other vendors who are more suited to retail pricing. CDN is primarily for dealers, or those who wish to know what dealers pay for coins. The February Monthly Supplement article is devoted to this topic (mailing next week). [USER=59677]@Burton Strauss III[/USER] Thank you for highlighting the pricing issues with the 1871 3cS. We will review this prior to publishing the February issues. We always appreciate feedback and suggestions on where we can improve the prices. [USER=25877]@Dancing Fire[/USER] Not sure getting rid of this page is a good idea. While the prices seldom change, there is a constituency for all the sections of the CDN sheets, and I suspect a lot of folks would be up in arms if we removed the State quarters page.[/QUOTE]
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