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Valued Member
United States
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HSN is now selling a pair of 2008 2007 Reverse Error ASE coins for around 1900 dollars. (or 850 a coin) Does anyone here ever buy anything from HSN? I've never seen anything from them that wasn't either A. Extremely overpriced B. Extremely common and overpriced.. or C. Dipped in gold and overpriced It's like they have this big warehouse full of nice proof coins and they've decided to make a game out of which HSN employee can plate them all in gold the fastest. And how about those two mokes that try and sell the product. 'This is the best price I've ever done, This is the best price I have ever seen, I can't do this forever, I only 1100 sets and they are flying off the shelves' Who are these 1100 people paying 500 percent over book value for this stuff? 'These 50 State Quarters came directly from the mint. We pulled them off the truck, and immediately dipped them in a giant pot of boiling 24 karat gold. We all know what the price of gold is doing! If you want to get in on these before gold skyrockets to $15,000 and ounce then tonight is your chance' IDIOTS! Alright I'm done oh and don't forget the autoship option! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1703 Posts |
The problem is people keep buying them. I'm guessing their target audience is older retired people who buy a lot of their stuff to pass down to their children & grand children. I watch the HSN coin shows quit often just for a good laugh and hear the sales pitch they come up with. The heavy one,Alan can barely keep a straight face. He always has a smirk.  I emailed him one time and asked if he had any trouble sleeping at night but I never received an answer. I also had an account with HSN for other things I have purchased through them. I called and closed the account and told them very clearly it was because of the coin show ripoffs.If you check any coins they have for sale are usually marked up 50% of market value. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Member
United States
3242 Posts |
Since this is a family forum No is all I can say !  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
I agree with everyone. HSN is a rip off. However, I did buy a complete set of Peace dollars in 2001 from a different home shopping network. Its the only thing I've ever bought from one of these companies. It was late at night, been working all day, and had a few too many. At the time I probably paid too much, but now the 1928 is worth almost what I paid for the set. BUT, that was 7 years ago. Silver was probably at $5.00 or so. mfhorn |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ah, the "Coin Vault" guys? They aim straight for the jugular of the collector mania. The fraud/greed/cynicism is so thick I choke every time I watch--just to observe the worst kind of marketing/sales tactics.
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Valued Member
United States
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I watched that HSN Coin Vault for the first time a couple weeks ago and I was totally shocked at their prices / sales pitch...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How about the coins that are slabed from icg/anacs that are numbered from 1 to 187 and thats all there is for life and as soon as they air it they say 160 are gone just like that better get on the phone only 27 left,or what about when they arent selling any of one coin and ass soon as the airing is over they put up a screen that says sold out so they dont feel so bad lol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
201 Posts |
Admit it, we all watch it because we like looking at coins on tv.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
749 Posts |
 I like the guys on coin country, just to watch of course  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Face it...You all LOVE it and you know it! Car guys have car TV shows Gun guys have gun TV shows Sports guys have sports TV shows Coin guys have the home shopping network and we all know that's the closest we'll ever get |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
178 Posts |
That Mike guy is atleast knowledgeable. That Alan guy is pretty much there to hold coins and sound like an idiot. He once tried to convince the audience to start a coin collection... I wonder who he thought his audience was? Then he claimed gold-plated coins were the best thing since sliced bread because "we all know what the price of gold is doing." His comments do provide comic relief I guess. Maybe he can't hold in how much they're ripping people off.
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Valued Member
United States
372 Posts |
I wonder if the guys that work there get a company discount on their products and only pay 20 times what something is worth versus the normal 40 times what all the old ladies that watch that channel normally pay.
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New Member
United States
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They will have to answer for their actions one day.
If you believe in such things you have to believe
the direction they head will not be up.
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Posted 06/21/2008 11:55 am
