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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2518155, member: 46237&quot;]Remember first and foremost that dealers are just people. There are good and bad, and if you take the time to establish a relationship with a good dealer you can get better results. I would suggest joining local clubs if you&#039;re not already a member. Many dealers will also be club members and it&#039;s a good way to get to know members of the local numismatic community.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding haggling, it&#039;s not required. If you know the market for your coins well and can identify that a dealer is giving you a <i>good deal</i>, then simply take it and say thank you. Sometimes a dealer really is just giving you their best price and they know the price is very fair; in those cases haggling won&#039;t serve any purpose but to insult them.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for selling, it really depends on the material. If you have high quality material that is really for a specialty collector then you won&#039;t get a very good price on it selling it to a dealer that doesn&#039;t specialize in the material, and you won&#039;t get a very good price on it selling it at auction with a low minimum. For specialty material you need to either shop it to specialty dealers or sell it at the price you want outright. Remember, if there&#039;s only one interested bidder and he would gladly pay $500 but you start the auction at $1; you&#039;re only going to get a dollar. For general material, you can pretty much sell it anywhere, but if it&#039;s very common you&#039;re probably not going to get a lot if a dealer is interested at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s very common for a dealer to point out flaws in a slabbed coin if there are any. Sometimes slabbed coins have minor problems and are net graded. These tend to sell better online than to a dealer. A dealer may absolutely have some of the same type of slabbed net graded minor problem coins for sale, but don&#039;t expect them to point it out for you. You already know, buy the coin and not the slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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