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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2892536, member: 36230"]First, and please don't take this wrong, if you don't want the coin in ANACS plastic, you need to ask yourself why someone else would, no less at par. This isn't meant to be an insult, but only something to consider.</p><p><br /></p><p>As others have already said, an opinion is different than plastic, so expecting a dealer to buy raw, and at that level as if graded, isn't in his best interest. Just as you're looking out for your interests, it's only wise to remember the other guy is rightfully looking out for his. Many people here seem to think that any/every dealer should be able to perfectly grade to whatever TPG standard across the board and every time, but the reality is that in most cases, unless he wishes to go out of business, he has to err on the side of caution.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, the notion that absolutely no dealer short the likes of APMEX can ever work on a 10% margin of wholly ridiculous, and I've a very hard time believing that anyone claiming such has ever personally lived it. Generally speaking, no... margins need to be higher, and often significantly higher, but what it all boils down to is the individual dealer's market, situation, and/or need. If the case may be that all it's going to take is a phone call in order to sell it, or there are likely back end benefits, 10% on something like this can be done. However, the bigger question is will or should it be done, and this will depend on the dealer. Still, expecting such a margin in all but select or rather extreme cases is a fool's errand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2892536, member: 36230"]First, and please don't take this wrong, if you don't want the coin in ANACS plastic, you need to ask yourself why someone else would, no less at par. This isn't meant to be an insult, but only something to consider. As others have already said, an opinion is different than plastic, so expecting a dealer to buy raw, and at that level as if graded, isn't in his best interest. Just as you're looking out for your interests, it's only wise to remember the other guy is rightfully looking out for his. Many people here seem to think that any/every dealer should be able to perfectly grade to whatever TPG standard across the board and every time, but the reality is that in most cases, unless he wishes to go out of business, he has to err on the side of caution. That said, the notion that absolutely no dealer short the likes of APMEX can ever work on a 10% margin of wholly ridiculous, and I've a very hard time believing that anyone claiming such has ever personally lived it. Generally speaking, no... margins need to be higher, and often significantly higher, but what it all boils down to is the individual dealer's market, situation, and/or need. If the case may be that all it's going to take is a phone call in order to sell it, or there are likely back end benefits, 10% on something like this can be done. However, the bigger question is will or should it be done, and this will depend on the dealer. Still, expecting such a margin in all but select or rather extreme cases is a fool's errand.[/QUOTE]
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