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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2971298, member: 19463"]The question of the place of small coin dealers these days reflects the overall economy 'buy local' movements and people suggesting we should all be paying extra to 'mom and pop' stores and boycotting Amazon and Wal-Mart. My view is a small dealer needs to offer something extra, perhaps service or education, to offset the extra mark up they require between big dealer and end consumer. Just saying you are a dealer and posting some lots online does not make you entitled to making double your costs. I know dealers of both kinds that I would term 'small'. </p><p><br /></p><p>Last April, I bout the lot of four below because I wanted one of the coins and saw the others as acceptable. Even selling over estimate it struck me as reasonable but no small dealer wanted it for resale so I got it. Most CNG sales have end of sale lots of 2 to 200 assorted coins that I assume feed the reseller market but making a profit after outbidding all of the other real and pretend resellers might require a bit of skill in selecting and discipline in walking away when the price passes what you know is reasonable. Not all small dealers make a profit. </p><p><br /></p><p>After the fluff was added, it was $136. I decided to keep all four so which one was $50 and which was $15 makes not real difference to me like it would had a dealer bout it for resale. Deal? or Stupid buy? </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=332744" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=332744" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=332744</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]728984[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]728982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]728985[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=394&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=lot&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&VIEW_TYPE=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=394&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=lot&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&VIEW_TYPE=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=394&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=lot&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&VIEW_TYPE=0</a></p><p>That same sale have several other group lots which I did not win. I have to wonder if their buyers were satisfied, thrilled or bummed when they got their coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2971298, member: 19463"]The question of the place of small coin dealers these days reflects the overall economy 'buy local' movements and people suggesting we should all be paying extra to 'mom and pop' stores and boycotting Amazon and Wal-Mart. My view is a small dealer needs to offer something extra, perhaps service or education, to offset the extra mark up they require between big dealer and end consumer. Just saying you are a dealer and posting some lots online does not make you entitled to making double your costs. I know dealers of both kinds that I would term 'small'. Last April, I bout the lot of four below because I wanted one of the coins and saw the others as acceptable. Even selling over estimate it struck me as reasonable but no small dealer wanted it for resale so I got it. Most CNG sales have end of sale lots of 2 to 200 assorted coins that I assume feed the reseller market but making a profit after outbidding all of the other real and pretend resellers might require a bit of skill in selecting and discipline in walking away when the price passes what you know is reasonable. Not all small dealers make a profit. After the fluff was added, it was $136. I decided to keep all four so which one was $50 and which was $15 makes not real difference to me like it would had a dealer bout it for resale. Deal? or Stupid buy? [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=332744[/url] [ATTACH=full]728981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]728984[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]728982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]728985[/ATTACH] [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=394&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=lot&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&VIEW_TYPE=0[/url] That same sale have several other group lots which I did not win. I have to wonder if their buyers were satisfied, thrilled or bummed when they got their coins.[/QUOTE]
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