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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 2752749, member: 76965&quot;]I think that for the quality offered, Heritage have some of the best coins at competitive prices. And in some auctions they offer coins that would suit almost every pocket. I have been following similarly graded coins on eBay and find that they can reach astronomical prices compared to Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for that....unfortunately the less experienced buyer with an itchy trigger finger is much more common on eBay (except perhaps for ancients) than on the experienced auction sites. Also people like HA and Great Collections are well kept (or perhaps better kept) secrets.....and its best kept that way<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now when it comes to feedback scores, I DON&#039;T TRUST THEM AT ALL!!! Why? Simple....most of the feedback scores represent feedback from inexperienced amateurs who could not tell a fake coin from a lump of lead and are too quick to leave positive feedback. In the past I have purchased coins from sellers with 10,000s in positive feedback and they&#039;ve turned out to be fake. If one leaves negative feedback, a &#039;well respected&#039; seller (read &#039;one who earns big bucks for eBay&#039;) can and will have the negative rating removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Returns policies do not matter. Ebay protection is always available and again I&#039;ve purchased fake coins from dealers offering a full refund, excluding postage, just to gain customer confidence. When the coins turned out to be fakes, they pleaded lack of expertise and did not even demand that the coins be returned to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore my advice would be....initially try to buy a cheaper coin and have it checked. Once you have identified the honest dealers, try to stick with them. Ask about dealers on forums like this one. And above all....pictures can be very misleading and deceptive.....so try to but slabbed coins whenever possible, to reduce risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps its time to start a thread identifying honest, reliable dealers for different types of coins on eBay.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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