Recommended Dealers

Tonphil I was wondering the same thing, This site is littered with e-bay. I'm not an auction kinda guy plus I've heard way to many bad stories about people not getting their orders. Why is everyone plugging e-bay and why isn't there any mention of regular dealers?

Subject comes up a lot. There was a sort of post covering on line, not ebay, dealers somewhere. I too will not deal with ebay. Of course that is due to way to many chances on what you want you may not get and what you get you may not want. Don't know where I saw that post but many people did list their favorites and none ebay.
Only ones I remember were vtcoins and millersmint, but there was considerably more mentioned and discussed.

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This site is littered with e-bay.

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I would venture a pretty good guess that there isn't any place in the world that more coins are bought and sold by coin collectors and dealers than ebay.

That being said, I believe calling ebay "litter" is pretty harsh. If you choose to not use ebay that's just fine, but fact of the matter is that it's a huge part of the coin collecting community and needs it's fair share of attention.

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It just seems everyone is too quick to say e-bay instead of mentioning friendly dealers with good prices that they are happy to do buisness with.

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Now that I will agree with. It seems that way.

Although I'm not actually convinced it's true. ebay has pretty much dominated the on-line experience and brick and mortar shops are not very prevalent these days. I do think that the members here that do have a friendly and trustworthy local or on-line dealer do talk about them more than they talk about ebay. I just think most people don't have that luxury, hence it seems the other way around.

Or I could be wrong and just making all this up.

What does everyone else think?

I think ebay is king strictly do to the ease of use. You can browse, buy, pay for, and receive a coin all from the comfort of your home. Local dealers are fantastic, and some will go out of their way to find something for you if they don't have it. But you still have to drive to them and look and see what they found for you, etc etc. In my opinion, it is just the easiest way to look at millions of coins and buy them. We know there are risks, but there are risks in everything that you buy. A little education, a little luck, and a little patience will get you just about anything you want online.

Besides, you can't really compare local dealers per say like you can online auctions. Everyone can see the same thing you're seeing and help to give educated guesses/recommendations.

Some also live in Podunkville and have a 50 minute drive to a local dealer that is respected. That's ~100 miles, and in my truck, 5 gallons of gas. That is definitely more than I would pay for shipping, and there is no trip where I didn't find what I wanted.....

I prefer online dealers that has pictures. I've bought from the following dealer, they're a little expensive sometimes.

www.jjteaparty.com

I don't particularly like ebay, but I've bought a lot of stuff on ebay and will continue to do so. I've also learned a lot. I've learned that you can get skinned and you can get really good deals. I've learned there are some dealers you can trust and some dealers that are intentionally trying to deceive somebody. I've also learned about coins by comparing between dealers on ebay.