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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 86578, member: 112"]You're entitled to your opinion CT, but I see nothing underhanded or shady about it. It's not like it's a surprise waiting for you at the end of the auction. You know about it from the very beginning. And I have absolutely zero doubt that hammer prices would end up the same if buyer's fees were done away with. For everyone who buys from an auction house on a regular basis factors them in as part of the cost. And hopefully you also realize that when you buy a coin from any dealer - you pay well in excess of that 15% - you pay closer to 30% - 40%. Everybody charges for their services whether it's a dealer, an auction house - even an individual. That's the nature of business and how they stay in business. But I think if you would do a little honest comparative shopping you'll find that the vast majority of the time you get a far better price for a given coin buying from an auction house, which includes the buyer's fee, than you ever will from a dealer's shop. And in many cases that even includes ebay - where you supposedly pay no fees at all as the buyer. But by all means - this is a choice that every individual must make for themselves.[/QUOTE]