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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 24674396, member: 13650"]If I'm looking for something I usually make the rounds to Ebay, Great Collections and USA Coinbook. Ebay has the most selection and is most well known. I like the sellers that refer you to their online stores where you often times can find their products without the associated ebay fees tacked on. </p><p><br /></p><p> If there isn't an example on ebay, it probably won't be at the other options. I've had some good scores on coinbook but not often. </p><p><br /></p><p> I go to shows as well. Shows aren't as exciting to me as they used to be unless it's an ANA World's Fair. Some people go to shows and want 50 to 90% of what's there. I usually go looking for something more scarce that probably won't be there. I'm not interested in 99.999% of what's at a show. Often end up buying something I was not intending to when I went. The unknowns of what could be at the show I guess keeps it kind of entertaining. Never know what products might come on the market since the last one. </p><p><br /></p><p> Use the US Mint some years, other years not at all. As for the why, some offerings are just more interesting to me than others. </p><p><br /></p><p> I like my LCS (which isn't all that local) occasionally just becuase you can drive there and get something in hand at any time. Though prices are through the roof on everything. If you want a specific coin they might have one you want, but you're going to pay. They're often asking hundreds more than similar options online and are so stingy on buy offers that I'd never sell anything there. They're content to sit on product until somebody pays.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 24674396, member: 13650"]If I'm looking for something I usually make the rounds to Ebay, Great Collections and USA Coinbook. Ebay has the most selection and is most well known. I like the sellers that refer you to their online stores where you often times can find their products without the associated ebay fees tacked on. If there isn't an example on ebay, it probably won't be at the other options. I've had some good scores on coinbook but not often. I go to shows as well. Shows aren't as exciting to me as they used to be unless it's an ANA World's Fair. Some people go to shows and want 50 to 90% of what's there. I usually go looking for something more scarce that probably won't be there. I'm not interested in 99.999% of what's at a show. Often end up buying something I was not intending to when I went. The unknowns of what could be at the show I guess keeps it kind of entertaining. Never know what products might come on the market since the last one. Use the US Mint some years, other years not at all. As for the why, some offerings are just more interesting to me than others. I like my LCS (which isn't all that local) occasionally just becuase you can drive there and get something in hand at any time. Though prices are through the roof on everything. If you want a specific coin they might have one you want, but you're going to pay. They're often asking hundreds more than similar options online and are so stingy on buy offers that I'd never sell anything there. They're content to sit on product until somebody pays.[/QUOTE]
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