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Currently you can purchase the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarter Silver 5 coin proof set for $39.95 and the 2011 Silver ATB Quarter set for $41.95. Each set contains .9 ounces of pure silver and the proof coins look amazing. I only picked up one set of each but I thought the possibility of these coins selling below melt in the near future is very possible if Silver turns around again. |
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Thanks, I've been waiting for the Silver sets release.
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I would pick some of these up but I am broke. Put all my money into silver and gold already
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United States
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Put all my money into silver and gold already Well, at least you diversified! There are an awful lot of people who have a lot of money hanging out in the silver market right now. With the big funds dumping it off, it's not going to get any healtheir in a big fat hurry. It's going to go dip between 28 and 25, then buoy back to between 34 and 36 and stay there. Many people are going to be really, really unhappy if I'm wrong, those folks being the ones who chased at 40+ per. I see a long term relationship that is around 40 to one. |
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Well, at least you diversified! - SPQR LOL! Only a true metal-head would think that diversification involved buying silver, gold, platinum, and palladium. PMs are PMs, folks, and if the PM market collapses, ALL of those will bite the big one... wholesale! Not saying that they will or won't but this is hardly diversification, at least in any terms I've ever seen. PMs are definitely worth having in any portfolio, though. Like salt on our food, a little is good but a lot may or may not be good. That's my story and I'm sticking with it!  |
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PMs are PMs, folks, and if the PM market collapses, ALL of those will bite the big one... wholesale! I remember the big comic book distributor telling their dealers to protect themselves by diversifying. Their suggestions? Comic t-shirts, comic school accessories, comic posters, comic games, comic trading cards etc. That's not diversifying. When the "experts" in an industry don't understand such a simple concept, there's not much hope for the weekend warrior. |
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When the "experts" in an industry don't understand such a simple concept, there's not much hope for the weekend warrior. No, there isn't. But... that's where we combat vets come in!  |
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I like to get bu or proof 90% for melt or slightly above melt.
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Rest in Peace
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No, there isn't. But... that's where we combat vets come in! One comic publisher hired a "successful" dealer to help other dealers improve their businesses. No one ever answered my question: If this guy was so good at running a comic shop/chain, why was he willing to sell it and settle for a steady paycheck from a publisher? |
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If this guy was so good at running a comic shop/chain, why was he willing to sell it and settle for a steady paycheck from a publisher? - BiggFredd Because he knows that is where the real money is?  Small businesses are very often hand-to-mouth operations that do not generate a lot of cash flow. My wife owns two of them. She does a lot of running around and interacting with various people but strong income generators they are not. :-/ |
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Call me crazy, but that is why the ol desk top comes in handy these days? If you can pay your rent, electric, and cable/Internet and afford a little merchandise to sell, then you can stay afloat. Little overhead, compared to paying employees to do what you can do, rent for bus location, overhead, etc....
Not saying the days of the small shop are dead, but perhaps farther and fewer between. Like collectible shops around here have mostly all gone out of bus, the comics, sports card, etc.. They will always have their place, as I and many like to PHYISICALLY shop, nothing beats hands on, buy it and take it home now....
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I've pointed out to a few business friends that their retail store isn't viable. They invariably come back with how with ebay or Amazon sales and their OTC business, they're making better than minimum wage, etc. My point remains. If the store itself isn't profitable, they're paying hundreds to thousands of dollars a month in overhead for a business that can be run with a computer and a desk. |
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Call me crazy, but that is why the ol desk top comes in handy these days? If you can pay your rent, electric, and cable/Internet and afford a little merchandise to sell, then you can stay afloat. Little overhead, compared to paying employees to do what you can do, rent for bus location, overhead, etc.... - Silverhawk For a lot of businesses, this will work. The businesses that my wife has deals in ladies accessories. She has a web site but usually only gets info queries from it. They all want to "feel the goods", try them on, or match them with something else they already have. |
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