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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
1304 Posts |
NathanASE, mind turning on PMs on your profile? I'd be interested in knowing her ebay id. |
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New Member
United States
15 Posts |
I answered an add on CL. It was for a local pawn shop. He had 42 liberty half dollars. 10.00 each. I snagged them all. That's been my only luck on CL.
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Valued Member
United States
300 Posts |
A couple of weeks ago I picked up $26.60 face of 90% for a good price, it was the first time in a loooong time that one of my want add's paid off.
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Valued Member
United States
117 Posts |
Well, I live in Los Angeles, Between Downtown and Hollywood. I never get any answers for my ads of buying 90% silver U.S. coins or bars or anything. I guess due to so many people that are tying to buy, the sellers are overwelmed. I've probably gotten 75% of all my silver throu CL. All are from people selling. I've noticed that with people that leave a phone number on their ad, always answer or they call back fairly quickly. There are a lot of dealers and pawnshops that advertise in my area so it's a pain to go through CL sometimes, but it's worth it.
I've gotten some great deals on CL, better then any conventions or shop deals.
I've heard stories and read news articles about bad situations from CL, but I've never had a problem. Meet everywhere, from people's homes to banks to starbucks to gas stations to malls. Once in the parking lot of a casino. Someday, I'll probbaly get robbed and shot, but in the mean time, I'm going to be working these great deals. HAHA.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Someday, I'll probbaly get robbed and shot, but in the mean time, I'm going to be working these great deals. HAHA. Well, we all sure hope that this doesn't happen but... consider that ONE deal gone wrong completely outweighs a lifetime of "great" deals. |
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Valued Member
United States
200 Posts |
CL has been a mixed experience for me. I did manage to some some sterling silver coins at around the same price they sell on ebay. But I have been trying to sell 90% coins at a little less than spot and haven't been able to sell them yet. Don't know if I am pricing it too high or what? I live in NJ/NYC area, so I thought there will be plenty of people interested in buying here. |
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Valued Member
United States
117 Posts |
I'm not to worried about that one deal. It's like life, if it comes, it comes. Why worry about it when you can enjoy it. And it's not like I plan to take it all with me to the grave. I'm hoping to surprise the poop outta my bro/sis when I kick the bucket and they each open their own SDBs. It'll be my last Zing. :)
To bad your not in my area, you probably would have sold within the day. I'd be lucky to find anything under spot. Usually it's spot, or a little more due to a long drive, which I don't mind, since it's usually cheaper then shipping and any of fees, but I usually see just one every month or so, if I'm lucky maybe more. I've lost a bunch of great deals for being slow. I guess it just depends on the area. In Los Angeles, everything is usually priced high and everything cheap is gone. And I've seen tons of fake mexican coins and fake bullions as well. Gotta love having a magnet around for those times, which I keep in my wallet. And I carry a scale with me for transactions, and my red/blue book for basic info about the coins I'm buying, since I usually only buy 90% junk, since I haven't seen or heard about someone making fake ones. At least not I've seen or noticed so far. But that's the risk with CL.
I'm not saying to use CL but I'm also not saying to not use CL. Just do what you want, if you feel comfortable. If I lived in a safer neighborhood, I probably wouldn't worry all to much, so it just depends on everything, I guess.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not to worried about that one deal. It's like life, if it comes, it comes. Why worry about it when you can enjoy it. Not saying that we should worry about it but that none of us should be stupid about it and walk right into a trap. There ARE smart ways to operate and there are not so smart ways to operate. Just be smart about what you are doing.  |
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Posted 09/19/2012 11:40 am
