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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 702397, member: 19122&quot;]Being a novice, it is nice to know what is considered part of the buying process. When I was in the Navy back in the day and we visited foreign ports, I was surprised at how much was subject to negotiations. For instance, I enjoy a soda now and then, one place in Greece, I do not think I ever paid the same price twice for one. How different from home, when you went to the store, the price marked is the price you paid, you do not go to the grocers and ask for a better price on the ground beef or the hamburger buns.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when buying a car, I always negotiate, except for the time we bought my daughters hybrid honda, it was advertised for 15k, I just insisted that they honor their ad.</p><p><br /></p><p>I try to avoid my natural impulse to wring the last cent out of any deal, other people need to live also, if it seems all one way to me, well then there is no law saying I have to part with my money, so far no dealer I have gone to has pulled a gun on me and demanded my money.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far I have not become so enamored with my hobby that I have dropped a ton of money for a coin, maybe after a few years I will have better knowledge of what is really worth good money and what is not and then I may take the plunge, in the meantime I am merely testing the waters with my toes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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