have you EVER seen a good deal on HSN?

jmwarren

or something close to a good deal? Just wondering.

FC57Coins

I got a nice set of wrenches from them once

wingedliberty

They are the plague!!!!. Stay away from them. You will never get a good deal from them.
They are a vile blight upon the hobby.




Brian.

FC57Coins

Other than THAT, you're ok with them Wingedliberty???

DCAMFranklin

WingedLiberty-
Maybe another cup of coffee and a couple of aspirin will help that hangover.

BigE

I hear that wingedliberty had breakfast with gmarguli, they had chili-dogs------------------------BigE

cladking

Most consumer items are marked up 100% to 200% by retailers. It's unlikely
that HSN deviates a great deal from this. Most coins on the other hand are
marked up much less in the industry. Many collectors can even buy wholesale.
HSN marks up coins 100% to 200%. These guys aren't the devil incarnate. But
they do sell coins at about the highest price you can find.

wingedliberty

Cladking:
You are correct , they are not the "devil incarnate", but they are his minnions.

Brian.

SarasotaFrank

<< <i>I got a nice set of wrenches from them once >>



I'm thinking you over paid and they were whizzed!

goose3

I saw some generic morgans on there one time. Some were NGC and some were actually PCGS. Thinking they were just nice BU common dates and the price wasn't as hateful as I would expect. I don't remember what it was but do recall that it wasn't too bad.

Only saw that one time.

ARCO

I don't know if good deals can be had. The hawksters pitching those coins have the loudest, whiniest, most exceedingly obnoxious blabber mouths that I usually start to feel a siezure coming on and I am forced to turn the channel.

Tyler

cladking

No problem. I watch with the "moot" on AND the sound turned down. If anything
interesting happens, I listen too.

DCAMFranklin

BigE-
That breakfast conversation would have more negativity than 30 days on MSNBC!

jom

Yes, everything has a high mark up. That is because TV costs a fortune in overhead. This isn't good for the consumer but as long as the consumer doesn't know how to get coins cheaper HSN will continue to do business. This goes back to that "knowledge is power" thread, BTW.

jom

src53

I happened to be watching their show late one night, when the hawker brought out a roll of 1940- something Walkers in GEM condition,
He said "Let me open this roll and show them to you."
The next thing you hear is a roll of Walking Liberties hit the floor.

I wonder if they still sold them as "GEM".

Scott