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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oz_in_ohio, post: 2843132, member: 89534&quot;]The older the price guide then the more the customer will pay that price as it was from long time ago and the prices of present day are much much more expensive...This is excluding silver and gold as one can always melt them.</p><p><br /></p><p>We all have our ways of doing things. You go by your price guides and i will go by my way at selling at $1 per item....If we were both at a coin show i know i would sell out before you would and go home with an empty car which is a sellers dream. There is a saying out there and it has been around for a very very very long time. It only contains 4 small words and it will come into play in the generation growing up these days that are in college and school and especially the next generation that has not even been born yet.... We adults between the ages of 45 - 60 years that are in these threads and have the love for numismatics and philatelics will no longer be around as we will have died off due to age.... The hobby is only going downhill and i know that due to over 40 years in this field as i was a part time dealer in Australia from 1977 - 2011 and a collector from 1965 - present ( not just stamps and coins ) , i have seen the trends go both ways. However i am now retired and was living off my coin collections for nearly a decade.....The worst eras was from dianas wedding in 1981 - 1992 ( barcelona olympics ) ... Far too much was being issued and that made it way too expensive for the average collector which pushed prices of the older items down. Going back to the first part of this&nbsp; portion, these 4 small words are &quot; I TOLD YOU SO &#039; ... That is what will come into play in the next generations and this hobby...Anyone that does not want to see it is simply fooling themselves.... If they go to coin and stamp shows, just have a look around to see how many young collectors ( or kids )&nbsp; there are in attendance , the % will be miniscule. There are are few in attendance but i am sure eep down they have been forced by their parents to go and not of their own choice. I used to spend time at my kitchen table packaging coins but as my kids have no interest, i sold most on ebay and by the weight. My kids opened my eyes and from then on i just wanted to sell them....I even took pictures of them by the pound at placed them up at a start price of 4.99 on ebay in the beginning and sold that way...One person bought close to 40 pounds off me and i was so glad to see them go ( close to 1,800 items ) ... He lived in the same state as me so picked them up personally...I still have a lot more . They are in better condition than the bulk lot and more than likely i will be at a show with 1 table and sell all my stuff at $1.00 each, mainly to kill the other opposition or other dealers in prices... Sort of like a petrol company price war..I did it in Australia many times and know the ropes with very little advertising costs or overheads. I am now an american resident in ohio ...That will not happen for a while yet as i had to build up stock...As it is said, business is business and it is better to get $1 a piece than throw them all away. A lot of you and especially the the people looking after this site will disagree me but that is my 1st amendment rights in the USA. I have listed many in here already but due to the price i place on them, people think something is wrong... Well it is simply you peoples loss. Some people in this world simply want to get rid of stuff at a dirt cheap garage sale price which is me... Not everything is destroyed like i was asked a few times...Also if they were destroyed, why would i waste my time scanning both sides so buyers can have better views??? So i wish you all well paying your high prices in other items in here...have a nice day...OIO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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