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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Detecto92, post: 1778741, member: 75105&quot;]Scottish...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Price guides are just that, guides.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I got a good deal on it because it was priced below guide. If put in an eBay auction, it would probably sell for what I paid for it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The problem is<b> many</b> dealers price at or above guide for GB coins. Even though a coin worth $300 in the guide is worth $200 in reality, they use the guide...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Their idea is &quot;Well if the guide says it&#039;s worth X, I will price it at X&quot;. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is because there is no greysheet for GB coins, at least not in the states.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dealers are not going to take there time to dig through eBay auctions to determine a price when they have a guide right there in front of them. Especially if they have a coin inventory of over 100,000 pieces. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Say you saw a really rare coin you liked, and it was priced at guide value, would you buy it?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I liked this piece, and it could&#039;ve fallen prey to one of the dealers that could in fact priced it at $300.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So in essence, I got a good buy in the fact that I did not have to pay $300 for it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I do send it off, I won&#039;t be unhappy if it gets MS61, grading is subjective anyway. I do not like NGC&#039;s holders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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