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New Member
United States
33 Posts |
Does anyone use proxibid as an outlet to buy or even sell coins? I do a lot of buying on there from a couple of reputable auction houses wondered if anyone else did too
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2805 Posts |
Hi, as a new member it looks pretty suspicious for your first post to be asking about a specific auction website (especially plugging it in the subject line).
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New Member
 United States
33 Posts |
I am not plugging anything for the website? I recently came across coin community yesterday and decided to post. I can delete the post if it is against "code" to ask about it. Its numerous companies posting so I am not advertising anyone. Its like ebay many buyers and sellers. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
I don't think that you have to delete your post. I think, you however. Should Chang "proxibid .com" to just proxibid and maybe ask the question in a more general manner. I agree with Nala, you post kinda does looks like advertising.
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
I'll do it.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
Is this how we welcome a new member?
I've never personally had much luck with Proxibid. Images are small, and bidders' eyes are large.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3453 Posts |
 ! I used to when I was buying. I did ok most of the time with a couple of fantastic wins (unidentified small motto 1864 2 center no one else picked up on) and a couple of times I really got skunked. I have fun looking for misattributed coins.  If a collector is looking for high end coins, I do not think this is the place to look, though. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the community, all questions are welcome ! I get the majority of my coins at Proxibid. Like was said, it is just a portal, an ebay wanna be for auction houses instead of individuals. However, it is not for the uninitiated. Many....many coins, high end and low end. But many of the auction houses suffer from poor photography, over hyped coins, high buyers premium,shill bidding and obnoxious shipping charges. If you go in well informed, stick with the top ranked houses, getting a $100 coin for $80 is not a deal if you are paying 20% BP and $10 shipping and handling. But if you only bid with good photography, don't buy over hyped coins, know what you want and how much it is worth with all the fees ....... I just got a semi key date Libertad last week, all fees included, for $20 less than Provident Metals had them for. Deals can be had. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
I've seen coin/PM vendors mentioned frequently here in the last 2 years. Vendors and supplies vendors are frequently mentioned and recommended in the
PM forum. There are also occasional threads in which a poster will say "I'm going to be visiting the __________ area and I'd appreciate recommendations of
good coin shops to visit while I'm there" and other people mention area shops. I don't see where asking about some commercial enterprise in the coin/PM
world is suspicious. It's part of the information-sharing that goes on here and in other forums.
However... it's a different story when somebody drops in out of the blue and in their 1st or 2nd post they launch into a four paragraph long song of praise and
worship of some business. That's advertising and posts or threads like that tend to get deleted.
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New Member
United States
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Thanks for the supportive responses. Dont feel real welcome after this Ill just make sure to watch what I post
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
I have purchased a few coins over the years through there... No problems, just not great selection many times...
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Pillar of the Community
Mexico
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ccoins15, Be advised, we have had others come on here and plug their websites and it really turned some folks off. It wasn't pretty. Don't get too hurt over not knowing how to do the two-step around the forum history. Edited by harrison2
03/12/2014 11:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
Don't feel bad. Nothing that you said or asked was in any way out of line or inappropriate. If anything had been, our vigilant
and energetic mods would have indicated that long before now. The names of other websites are frequently mentioned in full.
Edited by Fat Freddy
03/12/2014 12:16 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Is this how we welcome a new member?  Quote:
Thanks for the supportive responses. Dont feel real welcome after this Ill just make sure to watch what I post As the other members stated you did nothing wrong. Quote:
I do a lot of buying on there from a couple of reputable auction houses Can you share some of these for the members to see.  |
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New Member
United States
33 Posts |
The only auction houses I seem to use are SilverTowne, Star Coin, Capital, Rolling M Auctions, and Weavers. Always have great coins reasonable bp and shipping cost/time.
(Also how do you quote a post?) Thanks
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Moderator
United States
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You did nothing wrong at all. I forgot to welcome you :-)
Hit "reply to topic" then, in format, it's second from right (with red arrow).
Insert quote here and then your text body below.
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Posted 03/11/2014 11:50 pm
