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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 688248, member: 13650&quot;]Good question Kent.&nbsp; This will make a good reference thread for someone in the future.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; I really like pennyguys advise.&nbsp; Everything generally has a range.&nbsp; For example, the redbook lists a 1935 MS-63 Peace dollar at a price of 120.00.&nbsp; NGC lists one at 115.&nbsp; A magazine I get monthly puts one at 120.00.&nbsp;&nbsp; I got one at a show last year for 125.00.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; This just happens to be one I&#039;ve followed closely for whatever reason.&nbsp; &nbsp; So you can see the range.&nbsp;&nbsp; Knowing this, you would know if you found one for 100.00, you probably won&#039;t find another one cheaper.&nbsp; Or, if it&#039;s priced at 140.00, that&#039;s a little high and should be passed up or negotiated down.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; FWIW, there are no rules on ebay.&nbsp; We were just talking about it the other day in another thread.&nbsp; It was agreed that Ebay has raised the value of low dollar, poor quality coins and lowered the value of rarer nicer stuff.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Reason being, if a Good coin is valued at $5, it&#039;s nothing to have someone bid it up 3 to 4x that amount and pay $20 for it because it&#039;s not that much more.&nbsp; They just want to win it even though they will grossly overpay.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;On the other hand, Ebay makes locating rarer, slabbed coins easier.&nbsp; Higher dollar stuff tends to have a much smaller pool of people interested or that can afford it at any given time.&nbsp; Therefore buyers expect a deep discount on more expensive stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;You have to decide what you&#039;re willing to pay for a coin based on how bad you want it.&nbsp;&nbsp; You should not feel chained to a price guide in order to feel satisfaction about a purchase.&nbsp; It seems as though people focus more on how &#039;good of a deal&#039; they get on something more than the actual coin itself.&nbsp;&nbsp; If it&#039;s premium quality, dont be afraid to pay.&nbsp; The guides can&#039;t possibly cover the broad ranges of quality within individual grades.&nbsp; They&#039;re just guides that will show you a range that is most likely in the ballpark.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; There really aren&#039;t many loose, high quality coins on ebay worth chasing.&nbsp; My perspective of what&#039;s on there has really changed over the past year.&nbsp; Now almost everything I look at looks like a cleaned, problem or low grade, low eye appeal coin.&nbsp; &nbsp; I have paid more than red book on buy it nows just to get some stuff that was at least above average.&nbsp;&nbsp; Such as a barber series coin with most of Liberty left in the head band.&nbsp; There aren&#039;t many on there.</p><p>&nbsp; People who say they look to only purchase stuff at 15-20% below Red book, while a novel goal, truth be told, probably aren&#039;t buying much.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;The best deals I&#039;ve gotten have been at coin shows.&nbsp; I highly recommend them.&nbsp; You will get the most for your money and cut out shipping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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