Help Understanding A Seller

I understand this seller operates from France?
I saw some gold coins I am interested in on their website (numiscorner.com), but not sure how it works with shipping coins from France to the USA. Will there be any customs issues?

The last time I checked (maybe a year ago), this dealer had more listings on VCoins than all the other firms combined!

I recently bought a couple coins from them. I made offers on 4 coins on a Friday and there was no response. I tried again on two of them again the following Monday and they countered at about in the middle on one, but declined on the other. The one they did counter on resulted in a discount of maybe $4-5 on a $55 coin. They had it shipped within a couple days and I received via USPS maybe 10 days later. Well packaged in a nice branded folder. Coins were well enough photographed for what they were. I was happy with the buy.

I am familiar with their listings across ebay, ma-shops, vcoins, their own website. It might be a larger operation than just a little LCS. Obviously a massive inventory that's been indexed. I don't think their prices always align, so maybe check all the platforms and see if one of them has the deal you need. There have been a few items I've had interest in over the years but were too pricey IMO to the point that I haven't bothered making an offer. One that comes to mind has been listed now for around 5 years. I'm not sure how much they review pricing on non-moving inventory. Lol.

After my order, I did receive a message from a William Haennig, introducing himself as my "englich-speaking contact" stating, "for a possible future order, I propose you to use my exclusive VIP service (100% free)... Before placing your order, email me to the following address: william.haennig@numiscorner.com." I contacted him with a question about my order, and he responded in German, so I had to use my trusty Google Translator. But we figured it out.

If I was to stereotype, I felt similar with other European dealers in that they set a price and stick to it. Basically take it or leave it, and doing the dance isn't really their thing. But it's not just this seller that leaves this vive.

But they provide legit service, if not overly friendly, and a browsing selection that can't be beat. Maybe you'll find something to pull a trigger on, took me over 5 years for my first order.

From a Celtic point of view, their coins are generally of good quality, and the specific types I know well are genuine. In that respect it seems to be a trustworthy company/dealer.

However the prices are very inflated compared to even the fancier UK dealers. Hence I've never been tempted.

On the translation front, Google Translate will give you good enough French output to break down the language barrier. You can always translate any French reply too, of course.

Collect82;

When you say,

"If I was to stereotype, I felt similar with other European dealers in that they set a price and stick to it. Basically take it or leave it..."

perhaps someone should tell them to look up what using a "make offer" button means. Unless they enjoy being annoyed and annoying buyers dealing with offers they just never were interested in entertaining in the first place.

With how many marketplaces they list in, I think they have some confidence in their e-commerce marketing abilities to get the price they want. Considering how long they have been holding firmish in their highish pricing, I think they found a formula that's meeting their revenue and margins goals.

I wonder if the BIN is used on their end moreso to gauge demand on a listing and less to actually do the dance with a buyer unless no one is making offers over an certain period of time. So for them, BIN is not a tool for buyers get a deal but to justify the highest price they thing they can get eventually. Also, buy using it, a buyer might also be giving them reason to say no it there happen to be a few others who also submitted an offer.

Ed...I completely agree with you, when I initially started collecting ancient coins this company were very helpful, their coins are always as described, photos are pretty good in relation to 'inhand' comparison...And yes their prices are at the top end without much flexibility but, at least for me, customer service was excellent.
At the end of the day each individual hand made ancient coin is unique!...If it appeals to the buyer, but it! As there isn't another the same!
Just my opinion.....Paul