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(Silly) Frustration Dealing w/APMEX for a "Classic" PCGS Coin

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  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,522 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They're very professional with bullion, buy/sell spreads are good, and they will send an ach out quickly when you ship to them with minimum buying amounts close to $3K. The stock photos on certified coins are not favorable to serious collectors who want to see what they are buying.

  • pointfivezeropointfivezero Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @logger7 said:
    They're very professional with bullion, buy/sell spreads are good, and they will send an ach out quickly when you ship to them with minimum buying amounts close to $3K. The stock photos on certified coins are not favorable to serious collectors who want to see what they are buying.

    In my experience, they will use a stock photo if they have more than one coin available. I will only buy certified coins from APMEX when I see this caption:

    As I mentioned earlier in this thread, they have retrieved the cert number number for me when the above message was not present.

    Tim

  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,898 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not quite sure if this thread is dancing around Rule #2 or not but I'll play.
    As someone stated earlier, APMEX is primarily a bullion trade; very seldom have I noticed actual pics of the item unless it is somehow special or unique to their inventory... more commonly traded items like Morgans, common pre-33 gold etc. are usually represented by stock photos, it seems. That being said, it really isn't that hard to answer a few questions or send a pic. I'm thinking you need to get past the first line of CS reps if you want such things though.


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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 3,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @telephoto1 said:
    Not quite sure if this thread is dancing around Rule #2 or not but I'll play.

    I'd say, confidently, no. Steve was kind enough to tell a story about his experience, and I don't see anything here that could be considered libelous accusatory, or attacking.

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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,547 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DeplorableDan said:

    @winesteven said:

    @DeplorableDan said:

    @winesteven said:

    @DeplorableDan said:
    Steve, if you want to send me the details I’ll get you the pictures. I have someone there that could help…

    Dan - thanks, that's great! See the pm.

    Steve

    Got it, I just made a call. Stand by.

    Dan - Please PM the cert #, rather than post it here.

    Steve

    Don't have the cert number yet Steve, but i pmed you quality photos of both sides of the coin :)

    This is a perfect example of why this forum is great! Bravo!

  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,898 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DeplorableDan said:

    @telephoto1 said:
    Not quite sure if this thread is dancing around Rule #2 or not but I'll play.

    I'd say, confidently, no. Steve was kind enough to tell a story about his experience, and I don't see anything here that could be considered libelous accusatory, or attacking.

    Libelous, accusatory I agree with "no". The last seems to be up to individual interpretation I suppose. I've seen threads get locked for less (and not locked with worse). B)


    RIP Mom- 1932-2012
  • BStrauss3BStrauss3 Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SurfinxHI said:
    I know it was said here, but APMEX is primarily bullion….and their customer service has always been impeccable for me, on the buy or sell side. My guess is if you want a full service coin dealer, then APMEX might not be for you. But if you need to buy or sell bullion, they might be a good match.

    Surf

    They buy and sell a TON of non-bullion coins. There were at least two purchasers on the floor at the TNA show in Conroe last weekend. Cleaning several dealers out.

    Of course, they were at the OKC show in April (the only complaint I heard was the OKC banks were going to put 7-day holds on checks from them - and they're based in OKC!!!!).

    Pretty sure they were in Tulsa. Not sure about Grapevine this weekend.

    It's often easy to tell - they work in pairs, with APMEX lanyards and laptops with Cellular Network cards - no con-center wifi for them.

    -----Burton
    ANA 50 year/Life Member (now "Emeritus")
  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2, 2024 12:36PM

    By coincidence I just went through a bullion order from Apmex from several months ago to pull out a birthtyear Silver Eagle.

    I've always had a good experience with them on bullion and a few non-bullion clearance items.

  • hfjacintohfjacinto Posts: 872 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @winesteven

    I had the same experience, I wanted to buy a Type 3 gold dollar and they wouldn't provide a picture or even give me the number, I ended up passing, I have no interest in buying something sight unseen.

  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 1,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They can't show an image if it's in another dealers inventory and they don't have images.
    That's my main take away from this thread.
    Nice images are a must. Even semi-nice. APMEX's images are so tiny I can't see any surfaces.

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  • I had very similar situation happen with APMEX on E bay. They showed coin image of 1917-S Standing Liberty Quarter slabbed by PCGS without certification number visible and image showed an unattributed variety. Coin that arrived was different coin. When I reached out to them, all I got was crickets singing. Coin was only graded F12 so it didn’t cost me a lot of money. It was the principal. When I see APMEX as seller, move on. Very unscrupulous seller and will never buy from the again. THEY DON’T CARE. Caveat emptor. Avoid APMEX like the plague.

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