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Posted 05/20/2005 12:11 pm
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So in your opinion what is the solution ?
Finally someone has asked the right question. I was beginning to wonder if anyone would ask. The solution is to do our best to educate the person in their coins. Not give quick and easy answers. If the person has no desire to learn, I always suggest getting two different dealers to look and evaluate the material. This will give them a baseline to work from. If the results are conflicting, use a third. From this point, they can check to see what ebay has been bringing for simular coins. Some coins if properly listed on ebay will bring better money than a dealer will pay. There are some coins that do considerbly better with dealers. Knowing the difference will help the new collector much better than any quick answer.
I know that I am in the minority in feeling that collectors and dealers alike have a responsibility to new collectors to provide quality information. By giving quick advice, we do a disservice to the new collector, the hobby, and ourselves.
Before recommending to anyone what they should do with their collection, a detailed answer must be provided. They need to know that new users of ebay receive less money. They need to know that not all dealers are honest. They need to know exactly what their options are. They need quality advice, not quick answers. Most importantly of all, they need those of us who know better to direct them to the correct answers, not just the easiest.
