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Message:: [QUOTE="gmarguli, post: 7605764, member: 246"]Businesses adapt to survive. The Mint is in a position that they have to try and appease both sides. Like it or not, the dealers are needed by the Mint. They provide advertising for the Mint in their shops and carry products that many collectors would not know about and/or not take the time to buy direct. They also buy up a ton of product. While Joe & Jane collector are buying up one silver eagle and one proof set, the dealer is buying up 100 proof sets and 300 silver eagles. And let's be honest here, most collectors that complained about not getting one would have bought multiple examples and resold the others if they had been lucky enough to get through. We've seen that over and over again. "I just wanted one for my collection" is really "I'd have bought one for me are resold the other 9 on eBay". We all know that is true. And how come these collectors that lost out never post about their other Mint purchases? Where are their posts about buying the Christa McAuliffe commem or the Women's Suffrage commem? Funny how so many collectors are only interested in those that will sell out and go up in value. The system is only rigged when it comes to these items.[/QUOTE]