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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 24486677, member: 22331&quot;]The following is part of a personal conversation when trying to support the continuing existence of eBay coin sales, being destroyed by seller over-pricing coins on their site, especially pre-1933 U.S. certified Gold:</p><p><font size="4"><b>I&#039;m in my eighties, and have been collecting coins since being offered a &quot;helper&quot; position at age 9 in a B&amp;M facility, traveling with the owner and others to shows, so I can appreciate your position.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>My offer wasn&#039;t intended to offend, just to promote/support a relationship with sellers on eBay.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>I sold certified large quantities of pre-1933 Gold on eBay and other sites when in early 2000. $10 coins were selling for less than $200, $20 coins were less than $400, and buyers were trust-worthy! </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>I was selling scarce coins collected in the years prior, which generally aren&#039;t offered today, except at outrageous prices.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>A 600% increase in ~20 years is a remarkable return on investment for those that &quot;collected&quot;!</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>I made a less than 5% reduction offer to sellers of 3 different over-priced (i.e. ~30% above CDN &quot;market&quot; values) generic certified Gold coins, which were loudly rejected by 2 Sellers, and I purchased from the 3rd.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sellers are increasing Gold/Silver COIN prices in virtually all venues, and I don&#039;t expect a cessation! </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a typical example of a generic coin that has a CDN Greysheet value of $3420: <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/354268418037?hash=item527c0b0ff5%3Ag%3AhbIAAOSwtNBjGZ4v&amp;amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8CiHKeWEPJb41ShI2I4W3uwFNv8ZZAve7kiwSd%2FtJSoibHpSZ6hez17FKESWd7u%2Fo%2B8xB%2FVyqv%2FVW5NN%2FuJqCv%2B8Az22D3wXpKd4tgCCty%2FLx2sR9uhBiyYR4yh48N9piYcej1COr79UiZCn8PSiZRp4dXpMi9uug63ggHhpV6IiGy%2BG3IQ6cd6GFRyYRK619enJ2gE%2FZUwjjcKv111SacWIqSa%2F3PK5RmCC%2BJ4nsJgRojjDKB2XbJ4NE0qLS8SRT%2FlsUF7rNc%2FE6y9mxy891w2QycA6a%2FzR3jfdBhLUcBgqYY6k44y%2FfrFjPGBBmGGyCg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9Lv65jpYQ&amp;LH_BIN=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/354268418037?hash=item527c0b0ff5%3Ag%3AhbIAAOSwtNBjGZ4v&amp;amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8CiHKeWEPJb41ShI2I4W3uwFNv8ZZAve7kiwSd%2FtJSoibHpSZ6hez17FKESWd7u%2Fo%2B8xB%2FVyqv%2FVW5NN%2FuJqCv%2B8Az22D3wXpKd4tgCCty%2FLx2sR9uhBiyYR4yh48N9piYcej1COr79UiZCn8PSiZRp4dXpMi9uug63ggHhpV6IiGy%2BG3IQ6cd6GFRyYRK619enJ2gE%2FZUwjjcKv111SacWIqSa%2F3PK5RmCC%2BJ4nsJgRojjDKB2XbJ4NE0qLS8SRT%2FlsUF7rNc%2FE6y9mxy891w2QycA6a%2FzR3jfdBhLUcBgqYY6k44y%2FfrFjPGBBmGGyCg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9Lv65jpYQ&amp;LH_BIN=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/354268418037?hash=item527c0b0ff5:g:hbIAAOSwtNBjGZ4v&amp;amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8CiHKeWEPJb41ShI2I4W3uwFNv8ZZAve7kiwSd/tJSoibHpSZ6hez17FKESWd7u/o+8xB/Vyqv/VW5NN/uJqCv+8Az22D3wXpKd4tgCCty/Lx2sR9uhBiyYR4yh48N9piYcej1COr79UiZCn8PSiZRp4dXpMi9uug63ggHhpV6IiGy+G3IQ6cd6GFRyYRK619enJ2gE/ZUwjjcKv111SacWIqSa/3PK5RmCC+J4nsJgRojjDKB2XbJ4NE0qLS8SRT/lsUF7rNc/E6y9mxy891w2QycA6a/zR3jfdBhLUcBgqYY6k44y/frFjPGBBmGGyCg==|tkp:Bk9SR9Lv65jpYQ&amp;LH_BIN=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>+ is not a grade increase!</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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