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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;baseball21, post: 4596596, member: 76863&quot;]My contention is that those completely on the sidelines miss a lot of information.&nbsp; The collector looking around for something and seeing various pricing in different venues is going to have much more knowledge of what prices are doing than someone just casually glancing at them from a distance </p><p><br /></p><p>For instance you like to say prices have been steadily declining since 2008 because thats what the chart you always point to shows, but that just isn&#039;t accurate.&nbsp; For one thing steadily implies a consistent gradual drop which it is not, there&#039;s ups and downs to it.&nbsp; Prices without question shot up during the metal run up, gold is without question more expensive today than in 2008 etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There were several years of pretty strong price increases between 2008 and now, yes some have given some of that back last year but we are again seeing increases again this year especially on premium stuff.&nbsp; The only steady part about it is that it goes up and down just like all markets, but no we have not seen 12 years of consistent steady price declines </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not really a comparison if you&#039;re saying 1 thing compared to everything else possible especially when most dealers sell on eBay as well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m pretty sure Heritage is still the largest in terms of total dollars, but eBay is the largest in terms of sales volume.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You just proved my point.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t like the data you just ignore it or say they don&#039;t know what they&#039;re doing and this is where being completely on the sidelines comes into play as well.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is many dealers do source inventory from eBay, while some things may appear more expensive on eBay there are also countless things that cost more at a show or LCS than they do on eBay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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