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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1422650, member: 30574&quot;]Mark,</p><p><br /></p><p>You are exactly right and you just made my points for me , we are near in perfect agreement. Lets go through your post</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course many dealers sell on EBAY. Why, becasue EBAY fits their buisness model, quick turnaround with lower cost than more traditional channels. The desire for quick turn around leads to better pricing in the end. Now some dealers play the BIN route, price it high and sit back and wait for a sucker. The second path is obiously not we the bargains are found <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> BTW you can still get so good deal with BIN if you search for newly listed BIN where you can cherry pick coins when inxperienced sellers don&#039;t know what they have. So, even though there are many high priced coins on EBAY, that has nothing to do with the original premise, that almost any coin can be found cheaper by a dealer. It simply is not true and many bargains can be found on EBAY. It just takes a bit of work to find them.</p><p><br /></p><p>You next point is barely worth mentioning since a few examples of coins selling high means nothing except that a few coins were sold at a high price. I could just as easily go and find you a bunch of coins that went for a bargain price. This serves no purpose and I decline to play.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you admit for some coins EBAY is a better place to go. EXACTLY, could not have said it better myself</p><p><br /></p><p>Your next point is you would rather pay $30 more from a coin from a dealer you trust. See, you just admitted that more traditional dealers have higher prices, it is just your preference to pay the premium. EXACTLY right again. No one is arguing there is no upside to buying from a trusted dealer. This is only about cost. There are two things to consider here though, many EBAY sellers offer excellent return policies and between EBAY and PAYPAL backing up the seller, you are VERY protected on EBAY. The second thing is you may be willing to pay $30 more for a coin from a trusted dealer, but are you willing to pay $200 or $300 more? Yes, the spreads do get that high and higher.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now your final point is to check out Heritage and Teletrade. Exactly right again, these are excellent places to buy coins. You can throw Stacks in the mix too.</p><p>Remember, this is not an argument if EBAY is the BEST place to buy coins, it is just about whether you can get almost any coin cheaper from a dealer. The places you mention, we all know are auction based formats where the purpose is a quick turnaroud. Again, that is my point, where a quick turn around drives better prices than the traditionl coin dealers buisness plan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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