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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3885022, member: 46237&quot;]As always, mlov is a wellspring of information. I wholeheartedly agree with the above. I frequently use vatera.hu (the Hungarian eBay) for Hungarian coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also frequently run into buyers that do not ship abroad and/or do not use PayPal. Also, I&#039;ve found it is prohibitively expensive to pay via bank transfer for smaller purchases and it&#039;s not worth the fees.</p><p><br /></p><p>My solution to this - I developed a relationship with a dealer in Hungary! When I am interested in buying on Vatera, I send them the auction link. They bid for me, pay for the coins themselves, and have them shipped to them locally (or in some cases pick them up in person). They also have my want list, so they go to local shops for me to inspect coins first hand (also for when I find a coin I&#039;m considering in a dealer&#039;s inventory online).</p><p><br /></p><p>Their service is especially useful for moderns, where I can potentially waste tons of money buying examples that look nice in pictures, but don&#039;t make my target grade. I&#039;ve found for moderns, people frequently sell coins with stock photos or pull out of rolls etc. Fine if it&#039;s local, but when I&#039;m looking for an MS67+ and paying a lot to ship it, I don&#039;t want to end up with a 64. Having a local buyer in the country solves this problem nicely as they can look through bags and rolls and select examples that meet my grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer invoices me for the coins in batches and ships many purchases together to me here in the states. I pay them a flat percentage for their services, and frequently buy from their own inventory, but I actually <i>save</i> money on this arrangement compared to what I would pay for the individual shipping charges and other fees. I also have saved myself from making bad purchases of coins that I wouldn&#039;t like in hand but are too inexpensive to return abroad. When they go to look at a coin for me and tell me it&#039;s not for me, I know I can trust their assessment as they know my collection and standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>I encourage anyone with an advanced specialized world collection to try this approach![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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