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Posted 03/12/2013 1:04 pm
w/ sel
There is a bricks and morter coin dealer that I purchace from. He showed me a coin that he had the other day. It was priced and he said it was for sale. I couldn't get the coin out my head even though it was out of budget. I called him the next day and asked if he still had the coin and that I wanted to buy it. He complained that he didn't "really" want to sell it but because he had it priced and had shown it to me that he would sell it to me. On another day previous to this event I had pulled out my wallet to purchase a different coin that he had priced. He refused to sell me the coin, because he did not want to sell it. He has coins IMHO that are overpriced because he really does not want to sell them. He is not just a salesperson, he is a collector.
At NYINC I had a nice guy who was trying to sell me EF Claudius Gothicus for sale for $250.00. I picked up my VF Claudius G. for $35.00. All of his coins were way overpriced. Note: His silver Allectus (same that I mentioned earlier) was priced at around $500-ish.
A couple of things I have learned:
1. don't assume it is even for sale
2. the same dealer will likely have coins that are over and under-priced for many reasons
3. research first!
4. no one but me is responsible for my feelings and visa versa
5. value is what is realized
6. this hobby is dancing fruit fun, despite the fact money is involved
Just my 2 cents:)
