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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2931753, member: 19463&quot;]I agree fully with this idea.&nbsp; It would seem reasonable to have a routine where you input a few details like where you live and how you will pay&nbsp; so at least a close estimate of the final cost could be figured.&nbsp; Buying more than one lot will reduce postage costs but might trigger a different tax status for some so writing this routine might prove more complex than you wished. There is one other factor to consider we have not covered.&nbsp; Some sales charge a different buyers&#039; fee according to some factor of the bid.&nbsp; The new Triton XXI sale catalog clearly lists a 20% fee for bids placed electronically and in person at the sale but 22.5% for bids placed by snail-mail on the enclosed paper form.&nbsp; Let&#039;s see, Lot 1127 might sell for the estimate of $2 million but mailing in the form to avoid placing the bid online would cost an extra $50,000 plus a stamp for the envelope.&nbsp; I somehow doubt that this coin will sell to a mail bidder.&nbsp; If I were bidding on it, I would send an agent to the sale and cover his fee and expenses (at least partly) with the 2.5% savings.&nbsp; That would be <i>really</i> hard to write into our Excel. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is just another example of how we have progressed since the time some college friends of mine were teaching the school&#039;s computer to play checkers back in the 1960&#039;s.&nbsp; We laughed at them but history geeks and computer geeks could still be friends back then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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