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DoubleDimeDoubleDime Posts: 645 ✭✭✭
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Mike Mezack is always comparing his prices to a "nationally advertise catalog". What or who is this catalog or is it something he's making up ?

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    im not sure but do see some off of ebay. it could be off same expensive place as well, fwiw

  • fathomfathom Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anything on the web can be termed "nationally advertised".

    If it's so universally accepted than one referring to it would specify.

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Obtuse reference like that is a deflection from the truth. IMO. Peace Roy

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  • MJDMJD Posts: 87 ✭✭✭

    I’m pretty sure I’ve seen Mezek holding the Littleton catalog on air. I think the only reason Littleton exists is to make the TV prices sound reasonable by comparison.

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  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This guy? Doesn't it look like Mezack?

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's all crooked to me but I guess he needs a job to. Just saying

  • OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MWallace said:
    This guy? Doesn't it look like Mezack?

    I can't choose "Agree" and "LOL" at the same time, but I do!~~

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've seen him use asking prices on eBay. He is not technically lying.

    These TV shows are bad for the hobby.

    Vplite99
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,575 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 6, 2021 4:41AM

    @vplite99 said:
    I've seen him use asking prices on eBay. He is not technically lying.

    These TV shows are bad for the hobby.

    Good from the aspect of generating interest in collecting; bad when people find out they have overpaid or bought junk like gold or platinum plated State Quarters. As you can see, I have not viewed one of these programs in a while.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Garbage shows.... More verbal crapola than used car sales persons. Cannot watch them, would shoot the TV. ;):D Cheers, RickO

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One time I watched Pat Boone (yes, that Pat Boone of "Love Letters in the Sand") selling coins on television.

    :)

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  • olympicsosolympicsos Posts: 860 ✭✭✭✭

    I don't get why people still watch tv coin shows. In 2021 the internet is a lot more popular than ever before and it doesn't take much to see that the prices for coins on these tv programs are a colossal rip off.

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,953 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have never purchased a coin from a television show.
    They really jack up the prices.
    IMO, your money is better spent at a show or on a reputable auction site.
    Wayne

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  • Iceberg77Iceberg77 Posts: 37 ✭✭✭

    If there is nothing on the boob tube, I'll watch one of the shows. Sometimes I'll see them trying to sell something I want, then I'll search ebay or I'll call my local Coin Dealer to see if he has one for a better deal. But I really laugh my butt off watching Chopper trying to sell coins. He oversells everything, I wonder if he was a car salesman in a past life. :):):)

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