Will anyone be taking advantage of Heritage's "5% Off Sale" this weekend?

Longacre

I am just curious if these "% Off" sales work or not. DLRC seems to run them, and this is the first time that I recall Heritage offering one. Is anyone taking advantage of this sale? Here is the email that I received:

August 30, 2007

Dear [Longacre],

Heritage is offering an additional 5% discount on all inventory items for sale this holiday weekend. This offer is valid for all orders placed between 6 PM CT Friday August 31st and 8 AM CT Tuesday September 4th, 2007.

Click Here to see our complete inventory:

The 5% discount will be applied when your order is processed after being confirmed. The discount will not appear on your original order confirmation. This offer does not apply to Virtual Bourse, Make an Offer, or Post-Auction Buy it Now offerings.

Thank you,
Coin Sales Department, Heritage Auction Galleries

PerryHall

These % off sales are a joke. If you ask most dealers for their best price on a coin, they will knock at least 5% off their listed price.

seemyauction

"Will anyone be taking advantage of Heritage's "5% Off Sale" this weekend?"



Not I........

AL

GFourDriver

Nothing on there that I like this weekend.

RYK

<< <i>These % off sales are a joke. If you ask most dealers for their best price on a coin, they will knock at least 5% off their listed price. >>



Agree! If that had anything I wanted,I would have already bought it. OTOH, this is a good way for Heritage to remind you to take a look at their inventory.

TwoSides2aCoin

Taking advantage of a discount . I'll cherrypick. To get a discount off of an already cherrypicked piece is like getting a hundred dollars off the sticker price of a new car
On the same token... I have the utmost respect for the Heritage name and it's business model.

Coxe

<< <i>These % off sales are a joke. If you ask most dealers for their best price on a coin, they will knock at least 5% off their listed price. >>



Exactly. If I am interested in a coin offered, I'll get on the phone/net and tell them what my offer is. If they agree to it, fine. I cringe thinking people are really routinely paying retail asking prices for static listings.

fc

i got the email and typed in coins.ha.com but then i got distracted
by dinner or what not and never went back to it. i highly doubt they
have what i want. they never seem to and if they do it is priced fully
to the max.

roadrunner

Sure, I'd take 5% off from their purchase price.........but not the listed retail price. Buying slow movers for 5% or multiples of that are often not the best deals. It's been said here many times that buying the best coins from fresh deals, at even 10-30% over sheet, is often the true bargain.

If DLRC offered a 40-60% off sale I might think about it...a little.

roadrunner

291fifth

No.

GoldDigger66

5% off is not a deal. What a joke.

Animalkeeper

I check their New Inventory everyday. At full retail, I will only purchase that one coin I've been searching for a long time. Generally I'll pay their price if it's the right coin. Five percent off the right coin sounds like a good deal to me.

A week or so after a coin shows up in inventory it generally goes to auction. That's where the good prices generally can be found - although I have had to pay the original asking inventory price at auction several times recently. The folks at Heritage have a pretty good idea of what price the market will bear.....

jobiwan115

Nope. I've been buying too many coins elsewhere, and besides 5% isn't enough to even get me interested. 20%, maybe.

NumisOxide

No.

tightbudget

No.

Broadstruck

Peeked at DLRC, and HA and since most Virtual Bourse coins are hyper inflated a 5% discount feels more like .05%... I'm waiting for the "Pick A Free Coin" holiday weekend special.

AU58WALKERS

<< <i>I am just curious if these "% Off" sales work or not. DLRC seems to run them, and this is the first time that I recall Heritage offering one. Is anyone taking advantage of this sale? Here is the email that I received:

August 30, 2007

Dear [Longacre],

Heritage is offering an additional 5% discount on all inventory items for sale this holiday weekend. This offer is valid for all orders placed between 6 PM CT Friday August 31st and 8 AM CT Tuesday September 4th, 2007.

Click Here to see our complete inventory:

The 5% discount will be applied when your order is processed after being confirmed. The discount will not appear on your original order confirmation. This offer does not apply to Virtual Bourse, Make an Offer, or Post-Auction Buy it Now offerings.

Thank you,
Coin Sales Department, Heritage Auction Galleries >>



I tried, but every thing I looked at should have been stickered by RUSS. WOOF! WOOF!