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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2755554, member: 75936&quot;]A general comment on auctions - I wonder if they&#039;re worth it at all. I don&#039;t like buyer&#039;s fees, it&#039;s hard to guess the unfavourable exchange rate (that my bank or PayPal will charge converting AUD into €,£,CHF,USD), plus whatever tax I&#039;ll get charged at customs. I much rather negotiate directly with a dealer and know all my costs upfront - which is how I&#039;ve obtained my last few coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition - the biddr platform isn&#039;t user-friendly and requires you to be there as the auction ends... And most auctions finish when it&#039;s the very early morning in Australia (even with representation, I have to be awake to provide instructions)... They make it hard for the customer to participate - it&#039;s a pain in the a-- and it isn&#039;t a modern viable business model in my opinion. How many auction houses have gone out of business in the last few years?</p><p><br /></p><p>Compound this with the problems described above - where it&#039;s hard to even contact the auction house.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really, who can be bothered?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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