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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 1989298, member: 37839&quot;]Sometimes one does better, and sometimes one does worse online.&nbsp; There is an implied general condemnation of dealers and pricing that doesn&#039;t appeal to me in this post.&nbsp; I have had extremely positive experiences with some dealers, both in person, at shows, and online.&nbsp; One can&#039;t assume that this experience you had speaks for all relationships with dealers, and the fact that all coins are cheaper online--that simply isn&#039;t true.&nbsp; In fact, usually coins on Ebay are often inflated in price due to excessive fees from both Ebay and Paypal (in order to survive, dealers must pass along some of this to customers, or go out of business in terms of an Ebay store).&nbsp; I am not a dealer, and not a broker--I am a collector, who buys from various sources.&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten &quot;bargains&quot; from many sources as I mentioned, and sometimes, I just simply had to pay the &quot;going rate&quot; if I wanted a specific coin badly enough.&nbsp; As regards bargaining--I bargain for EVERYTHING I buy--coins, (you mentioned tires,and yes I have bargained for those), electronic gear, musical instruments, books, digital media, and even some consumer goods.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t hurt to ask the sales person &quot;can you do better?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes they can, and sometimes they can&#039;t, but life is a series of bargains, and there is room for negotiation in most things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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