OK, so I'm kinda old

OldEastside

I was going through some old boxes and came across an old Teletrade weekly mailer
from the 90's........It kinda reminds me of a trader joe's mailer.....anyone remember those



Steve

lordmarcovan

I don't remember Trader Joe's, but boy howdy, do I remember those weekly Teletrade mailers!



Nowadays if you gave me a list like that, I'd say, "What? No pictures? Pffft! Into the recycling bin you go!"



But back in the day, I used to read every line of text in those TT catalogs, for there was nothing else to read in them.



It got so that friendly male robotic voice over the phone was more recognizable to me than some of my family members' voices.



And I did OK (in fact, pretty well) with most of the stuff I bought sight-unseen on Teletrade in my final pre-internet days.



Can't say that about all my pre-internet mail order purchases.

MWallace

I can remember when Teletrade sent out VHS tapes with pictures of many of the coins. I think I threw them away. Ugh!!!! That was stupid. Wish I still had them.

Dave99B

I do indeed.

I really miss Teletrade...got lots of great deals (and few dogs) on that site, especially in the earlier days.

Dave

TigersFan2

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan
I don't remember Trader Joe's, but boy howdy, do I remember those weekly Teletrade mailers!

Trader Joe's is a gimmicky small supermarket chain (smaller than a Walgreens or CVS) that is located in the western U.S. (perhaps elsewhere?). They have their own store brand for about everything they sell. A lot of the stuff is a bit unique from regular grocery stores. My wife and I believe their quality is low.

Walkerguy21D

They have Trader Joe's in Orlando, FL, so they have headed East. They seem to have a huge following, but I wasn't real impressed, my wife even less so. But the admin that sits across from my office makes the 100+ mile round trip every two weeks and loads up.

I remember the Teletrade ads in Coin World, but that's about it.

SkyMan

I remember the TJ mailer...

Al21

How about the yearly teletrade 'auction prices realized' guide. Not sure if I still have any....

DIMEMAN

I remember TT mailer and bidding by phone with them. I am OLD!

mannie gray

Oh yeah, I used to love Teletrade.

Used to do a lot of business with them, buying and selling.

You had to read between the lines: "Average strike and luster" meant overgraded or possibly a dog, "Above average strike and luster, no major marks" was a forerunner of the CAC sticker.

I called them to bid so many thousands of times I can still remember their phone # and my bidder ID.

Anyone remember the frustration of bargain hunting when you hadn't placed any bids yet and you could only inquire about a certain # of lots?

mannie gray

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

I don't remember Trader Joe's, but boy howdy, do I remember those weekly Teletrade mailers!



Nowadays if you gave me a list like that, I'd say, "What? No pictures? Pffft! Into the recycling bin you go!"



But back in the day, I used to read every line of text in those TT catalogs, for there was nothing else to read in them.



It got so that friendly male robotic voice over the phone was more recognizable to me than some of my family members' voices.



And I did OK (in fact, pretty well) with most of the stuff I bought sight-unseen on Teletrade in my final pre-internet days.



Can't say that about all my pre-internet mail order purchases.

LordM, you jogged a memory here.

When my kids were really little, I had to put Teletrade on speakerphone so they could hear him say "Goodby." They would laugh and laugh. And then, you know how kids are-we'd have to do it ad nauseum.

They also would want to place the bids for me on the pushbutton phone and would actually almost fight for the phone. The things that used to entertain us before the internet....

roadrunner

I figured why bid blind over the phone in TT auctions if I could see the coins in NYCity on my frequent trips to Stacks? I reviewed quite a few of their auctions in person in the 1988-1989 period. I won a lot of coins via TT but getting bargains was not easy. If you did, it often was the result of a catalogue error or the consignor forgetting to place a reserve. I recall getting a MS64 1893 $20 Lib for about 20% under wholesale at one time. Another auction had a group of MS65RD 1864 2 cent pieces where they forget to include the "RD" in the description. 98% of the bidders assumed they were RB. The written description suggested they were full brick reds. I bid stronger 65 RB money on all of them ($450?)....only won one. Later kicked myself for not bidding 10% higher to win them all. They were worth 2X that amount.

johnny9434

i remember hearing about trader joes and do miss teletrade.

northcoin

Never knew about the mailers but have a few coins in my collection that I got on Teletrade auctions of more recent date. Trader Joe's I have visited on occasion while traveling. Last visit I purchased some frozen ready to bake Baklava under their trade name. It was OK, but not as good as from an actual Greek restaurant or even Costco when they feature it. It was sort of a test product. Curious if it passed the test and became a staple.