"Vendor" Or "Commercial" Hot Deals

It's CA's turn to dump their overstocked inventory. They are doing a "loyalty" sales now, if you search for "loyalty" using their product search you will see what's on sale. Examples are:
- Two Loon for sales at release price (109.95)
- Some Go7 on sales
- 5oz Stampede for 460$
- the Perth Mint Emu for 106$
- 2012 silver proof set for 198$

Some decent savings (few dollars here and there) but I think CC&C had better prices on most of their sale items and based on how long it's taking to ship my order, they must have moved a lot of product.

But why is C/A hiding this sale? No e-mail notification, nothing on their home page, no special page for the 'sale'? Strange way to show appreciation for customer's loyalty.

Edit to add: the 2006 Square beaver is a very good price at $115.

Maybe they will send out email tomorrow? I found the sale accidentally during my daily deal searching, thinking those who missed the 2012 proof set sales at GW might want this one...

Thanks Shopaholic! I missed the 2012 proof set from Gatewest. I probably will get it as it is only $6.50 more than Gatewest.

Interesting that the two loon coin and Bateman Moose coin is going for list price when everyone was going crazy over the hype. Some people bought 10 or more of them.

I purchased SML set from GW, and $20 for $20 maple leaf and $3 beaver from CA. They are all good deals. Thanks for the infomation.

was browsing around Colonial Acres website and saw this. Maybe some of you may be interested.

http://colonialacres.com/products.p...47272&ref=49

reg price of beaver is 99.95 and arctic fox is 84.95 = 184.9
a good deal if you like both coins

Through patience and research you will often find surprising deals. The only problem I find with mail order is that quality can vary widely. And although returning is a possibility it is a deal breaker given the cost and effort involved.

I have learnt it the hard way that for a must have long-term collectibles an unseen purchase is often not as a great deal as it sounds.

Although I understand that for folks who are not close to some of these shops there is not other choice.

However what I find very useful is the price structuring at these dealers. With the information I can often get a good feel about how much a coin is really worth and therefore it helps is selling and purchasing decisions.