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<p>[QUOTE="clembo, post: 255467, member: 8033"]Dealers gotta eat so they gotta make money.</p><p>Like has been said there is overhead etc in a shop. What do you get for that - A REAL PERSON and a lot of knowledge in most cases.</p><p>I have 4 shops within easy "striking" distance of my house. I go to two of them because they know and respect me as I do them. They will give me better deals because they know I've been at it a long time.</p><p>On the other hand if a customer walks into their shop looking for 2 Cent Pieces and I'm present they'll refer that person to me for info as they know I've been into them for years. I scratch their backs and they scratch mine. They will make a sale and give me a discount on something.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin market is getting much tigher. I think it was bqcoins that said how he saves for months. I'm pretty much the same way anymore. I have committed to 4 coins in the past few months. Three are paid for and I still owe $550 for the last one. Total was $1750 and my wallets been pretty bare so it hit me hard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why did I commit? Three of the coins I could sell at a profit today (I won't) but they'll continue to rise. I love the coins and they are part of my retirement funds. One day they'll go to someone like me but that's a long ways off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clembo, post: 255467, member: 8033"]Dealers gotta eat so they gotta make money. Like has been said there is overhead etc in a shop. What do you get for that - A REAL PERSON and a lot of knowledge in most cases. I have 4 shops within easy "striking" distance of my house. I go to two of them because they know and respect me as I do them. They will give me better deals because they know I've been at it a long time. On the other hand if a customer walks into their shop looking for 2 Cent Pieces and I'm present they'll refer that person to me for info as they know I've been into them for years. I scratch their backs and they scratch mine. They will make a sale and give me a discount on something. The coin market is getting much tigher. I think it was bqcoins that said how he saves for months. I'm pretty much the same way anymore. I have committed to 4 coins in the past few months. Three are paid for and I still owe $550 for the last one. Total was $1750 and my wallets been pretty bare so it hit me hard. Why did I commit? Three of the coins I could sell at a profit today (I won't) but they'll continue to rise. I love the coins and they are part of my retirement funds. One day they'll go to someone like me but that's a long ways off.[/QUOTE]
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