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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The sellers that have the coins I'm looking for at a reasonable price.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Mike , I believe that's a loaded question . that's like a treasure hunter telling you the GPS numbers of his recent booty find .  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I look at the coin first and seller second. If it's a seller I'm not familiar with, I check feedback, comments received and left, what they have sold recently, and what else they are selling now.
There are some sellers I immediately run away from regardless of the coins I like (GS and centsless).
I look for the coins, not the seller.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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None of them. With the fees that ebay now charges it is hard for a legitimate dealer to do business there. If I can figure out who they are, I'll contact them and work on a private negociation. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I almost never do business with the same seller twice as I usually buy a coin when an opportunity presents itself, not when a certain seller lists it. Those I do repeat business with sell ancient Chinese coins, and are therefore not of your interest.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A seller with nice coins but without a huge following that drives the price up to or past retail pricing. Kind of a moving target. If you do not get many direct replies - it is because it is a bit like asking a rock collector where they find their hidden treasures...
I collect xf/au/bu Lincoln Wheat Cents & my favorites include fittedshirt2002, little_pine_tree, alpimon, rohrbacher6cqu & southparkcoins.
Good luck...
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Pillar of the Community
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I almost never do business with the same seller twice as I usually buy a coin when an opportunity presents itself, not when a certain seller lists it. I find that approach odd. I like to establish relationships with dealers and go back to those who have treated my fairly. They get to know what I like and sometimes give me a shot at something before they offer it elsewhere. I only take the "hit and run" approach with the sharpies who are often out to get you. I don't do that very often, but it's worked on rare occasions. |
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I always look up the user name on Google and see if they have a website. I know ebay fees are at least 6% and may be as high as 11.8%, so I'll start at 10% off the listed price and see what they will do if I deal with them directly. |
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United States
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Don't have a favorite, but I research seller and if I like what I see from listing and seller research, I try to bundle multiple listings at a decent discount. Works most of the time.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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State secret.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I usually don't have a favorite seller as I evaluate the coin and the condition. I must say that the exception to this is cudabob496 on ebay. Ive bought many coins from him and he is the best ever!! Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Edited by cipster
12/13/2016 8:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I find that approach odd. I like to establish relationships with dealers and go back to those who have treated my fairly. They get to know what I like and sometimes give me a shot at something before they offer it elsewhere. I usually save this for face-to-face coin-buying relationships. With the anonymity of the Internet, a good relationship is much harder to forge. |
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Great experiences with highrating_lowprice and romae_aeternae_numismatics
Willing to negotiate on price
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Also myself haha sostratosfinest
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Posted 12/13/2016 08:50 am
