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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bromac4, post: 24317, member: 663&quot;]Perhaps this is a good place for my little rant.In Canada we have &quot;The Shopping Channel&quot;. About 4 times a year there is a dealer who comes on for a few days to sell coins and banknotes.He has a couple of ways of parting you from your money. One way is to tell you things that are grossly misleading, the other is to lie to you.</p><p>The most common way of misleading is one that I have talked about here before and it concerns proof sets. The Royal Canadian Mint has been making what they call &quot;prestige proof sets&quot; since the early seventies. Over the years these sets have improved greatly in both quality and presentation. A set comparable to one which sold for $12.00 in 1971 now sells at current issue for about $80.00. So he sell a bunch of early sets with values still under $20.00 for $50.00 and tells you what a great deal it is compared to current issue price.</p><p>Then he says he gives &quot;crazy deals&quot; and that&#039;s why he keeps getting invited back year after year.I am amazed that people don&#039;t undersand that the repeat invites are related not to the deal he gives but to his positive contribution to The Shopping Channel&#039;s bottom line.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other lie is a constant assertion that 90% of the lots shown will sell out during the current airing.If this is true then why are almost all of the items still available 3 weeks later?</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry I just can&#039;t help it. My wife asks me why I watch the shows if they upset me so much. My answer is I still just like looking at the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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