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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2694790, member: 112"]My example doesn't have anything to do with fakes, or with a watch. What I am trying to get you to understand, to realize, is the principle, the idea behind it. That being that no matter how many people overpay for an item, as long as you can go around the corner and purchase the same item for much less the item will never, ever, be worth the higher amount. </p><p><br /></p><p>And that is what happens on ebay with coins. Ebay buyers, because they don't know any better, consistently pay more for coins than they are really worth. No, not in every single case, but in the majority of them. You can go to dealers or other venues and buy the same coins for less, pretty much any day of the week, and with just about any coin. The same thing goes for the watch I used as an example.</p><p><br /></p><p>So for you to say this - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- flies in the face of all reason when you can go to any discount store and buy the same watch for $3 or $10, or whatever. You see, it simply cannot be said that the watch (or the coin) is worth $300 when you can do that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2694790, member: 112"]My example doesn't have anything to do with fakes, or with a watch. What I am trying to get you to understand, to realize, is the principle, the idea behind it. That being that no matter how many people overpay for an item, as long as you can go around the corner and purchase the same item for much less the item will never, ever, be worth the higher amount. And that is what happens on ebay with coins. Ebay buyers, because they don't know any better, consistently pay more for coins than they are really worth. No, not in every single case, but in the majority of them. You can go to dealers or other venues and buy the same coins for less, pretty much any day of the week, and with just about any coin. The same thing goes for the watch I used as an example. So for you to say this - - flies in the face of all reason when you can go to any discount store and buy the same watch for $3 or $10, or whatever. You see, it simply cannot be said that the watch (or the coin) is worth $300 when you can do that.[/QUOTE]
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