There Are 4 Coin Home Shopping Shows On TV Tonight!

I used to like the HSN show just for the variety of it and introducing me to things with world coins I might have missed, can't say I've been able to watch long since it became mostly the ASE show

Or a bristleless toothbrush to your Mother-in-law...ooooooooo....

I think this is the most important conclusion here.

Either that, or the US is becoming a bit like Norway, where coin collecting as a hobby somehow got forgotten a bit and where, in this case a few TV shows, some company brings it back with exclusive deals on 'highly collectable items'. If it goes the same as in Norway, then a horde of people will pay the biggest possible premium on the most common and numismatic uninteresting items. And in 5 years those will pile up at local coin shops, where no one gets them sold anymore, as the market will be saturated and the amount offered is still flooding the market.

I am thankful I've never watched one of those shows, but between TiVo, Netflix, YouTube and digital antenna I'm proud to pay only $15.97 a month without the thieving cable companies in my pocket.

There's actually some good educational coin stuff on YT, so if I'm feeling numismatically deprived I head there.

Another reason why I gave up cable ten years ago, I guess. I recall seeing such sellathons.

Let me say, however, it's a free country and the public gets to spend their money as they please.

The goods are overpriced, but at least it's genuine, and hardly overgraded, unlike material that can be seen in any coin shop.

They are fun to watch. Only thing that gets me is do they really get people to buy that stuff? Guess so or they wouldn't stay on TV.

My wife the other night told me there was a coin show on, which surprised me, because she hates me buying coins. For grins, I went ahead and put it on, but it's always the same, overpriced coins, most of the time silver eagles. I always enjoy looking at old US coins for sale, but even if I had unlimited funds, this would be the last place on earth I'd buy coins.

A big cut. I don't know if the rates are still the same but it used to be the Network got 25% of the gross just for network access. That doesn't include paying for the airtime or the studio rental. Then there are the labor costs, a producer, director, sound man, at least two camera men, a lighting technician, electrician, on air talent (usually at least two people) probably a gaffer and a couple of assistants. All paid at union scale. Then there is the staff that takes the phone orders. And of course the wholesale cost of the material to be sold. So what kind of markup do you have to have to cover those expenses?