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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    A number of fine dealers in Tucson share information freely.

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    FranklinFactoryFranklinFactory Posts: 236 ✭✭
    Exactly how much they have into a coin.
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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    What plastic the coin was in before be it years, months or weeks (even days) earlier. It speaks to the portion of the market that is counterproductive to profits as it adds too much visibility to the fluidity of grading and the market's perception of freshness. Too may fresh holdered coins with fresh prices with a broken trail to their last auction sale not to mention previous look.
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,591 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Exactly how much they have into a coin. >>



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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How much I feed them. Although I can see it around the midsection.

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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Exactly how much they have into a coin. >>



    Could never figure out why that would be important to the buyer.
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The number of hot dogs they ate over the duration of the show.

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    DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,041 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Exactly how much they have into a coin. >>

    That's totally irrelevant to me.
    When in doubt, don't.
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    TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,424 ✭✭✭✭
    Shoe size??
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    njcoincranknjcoincrank Posts: 1,066 ✭✭
    I would think they are very similar to the things a collector doesn't want a dealer to know.

    njcc
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    scotty1419scotty1419 Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭✭
    How to translate those silly codes on the back of the flip...
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,097 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How to translate those silly codes on the back of the flip… >>



    Just remember it's "I" before "E" except after "C" or when sounding like "HEY", as in "What are you looking there for ? " image

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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,515 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How to translate those silly codes on the back of the flip... >>



    That would be the same as expecting to know what a dealer has as a cost basis. Good luck with that if it really matters.

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Exactly how much your coin is worth

    How prevalent doctoring is in the hobby
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    bestdaybestday Posts: 4,271 ✭✭✭✭
    How much sales, store traffic have slowed because of declining gold,silver, middle class money issues .. and as the result ,,,, B&Ms lowering buy prices even more back of bid
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,503 ✭✭✭✭


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    Could never figure out why that would be important to the buyer. >>

    To insure the lowest possible purchase price (for later or immediate resale) and lowest possible profit margin for the dealer since they really should only make a dollar or possibly two on each coin sold.

    I agree with you, it should not really matter.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,097 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How much sales, store traffic have slowed because of declining gold,silver, middle class money issues .. and as the result ,,,, B&Ms lowering buy prices even more back of bid >>



    30% back of eBay is all some understand. image

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    scotty1419scotty1419 Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>How to translate those silly codes on the back of the flip... >>



    That would be the same as expecting to know what a dealer has as a cost basis. Good luck with that if it really matters. >>



    ...which is something I'd imagine a coin dealer WOULDNT want you to know image

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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't want them to know:

    Where I live, the bottom line on my inventory, my travel itinerary, be able to trace where I purchased a coin or how much I have in it.

    I don't want other dealers to know in addition to the above:

    What my price on the coin is (if it has price sticker its on the back, otherwise I have a printed inventory list or its on my laptop). Of course online this is unavoidable.
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    topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How to translate those silly codes on the back of the flip... >>



    I always added a few characters so nobody would know I bought a Brasher Doubloon for 2 figures as a foreign coin. image
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    TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,424 ✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>How to translate those silly codes on the back of the flip... >>



    I always added a few characters so nobody would know I bought a Brasher Doubloon for 2 figures as a foreign coin. image >>




    In this scenario, my poker face would prove to be ineffective ...because my head would have already exploded!
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I always added a few characters so nobody would know I bought a Brasher Doubloon for 2 figures as a foreign coin. image >>



    i've heard some monster stories and have a few of my own but that takes the cake for sure. those foreign bulk lots can be better than the lottery since the foreign lots are realistic!
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    Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That you know more about coins than they do.
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    NicNic Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would think they are very similar to the things a collector doesn't want a dealer to know.

    njcc >>




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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My best mentor is a dealer. Not what he doesn't share with me. Whatever it is I am too naive to appreciate it anyway.

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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Threads with titles like this often make me feel somewhat badly for the hobby and/or the board.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't want anyone to know how much I lost on my last deal with another dealer. image Sometimes it doesn't go as well as one may have planned. And if this dealer started ranting about grades he should have gotten when he submitted, then it would be a whine fest … and who really needs that ? A lot of the inner workings behind the counter go unreported. It's business, as usually. image

    Did a numismatist learn anything new today ? That's what I want to know.

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's just idle chat with people trying to create clever threads - the collecting world is not coming to an end. image
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
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    cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Things Coin Dealers Don't Want You To Know >>



    What's in their internet browser history.


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    EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's just idle chat with people trying to create clever threads - the collecting world is not coming to an end.
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    But, tell that to Laura
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    Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That they are so important, they can tell PCGS how to run their forum and company.
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    TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah....I can see how this hard hitting, highly contentious, and socially significant thread could be the end of coin collecting as we know it.....

    Wait....did I miss something useful here? image
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    BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who their super secret stealth buyers are on the bourse floor.image BTW is the term bourse floor redundant?
    theknowitalltroll;
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    Oldtimer49erOldtimer49er Posts: 2
    "Things coin dealers don't want you to know." ....

    How about that the check they wrote to you at the show on Saturday for your set of Morgans might not be good until Tuesday?
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,591 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Things Coin Dealers Don't Want You To Know >>



    What's in their internet browser history.

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    I'm sure this applies to more than a few collectors too.image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,591 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That they are so important, they can tell PCGS how to run their forum and company. >>



    Be careful or you may be the subject of her next Hot Topics.image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    greghansengreghansen Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭
    "How to grade".

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    Author1Author1 Posts: 246
    How many millions of dollars a year the Laura Sperber makes
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How many millions of dollars a year the Laura Sperber makes >>



    It is posts like this that validate the point that if you had your name tied to your posting you probably would refrain from posting it in the first place.

    Don't begrudge her for being successful, and don't forget that she has done more for the hobby than all but a few.

    Latin American Collection

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ......don't forget that she has done more of the hobby than all but a few

    Now that's provocative! image

    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal.
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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>......don't forget that she has done more of the hobby than all but a few

    Now that's provocative! image >>



    Thanks...iPhone

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    Author1Author1 Posts: 246


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    << <i>How many millions of dollars a year the Laura Sperber makes >>



    It is posts like this that validate the point that if you had your name tied to your posting you probably would refrain from posting it in the first place.

    Don't begrudge her for being successful, and don't forget that she has done more for the hobby than all but a few. >>



    If you think that's true you don't know Laura ask people who have done business with her when no one else will hear you will find out a lot!
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How many millions of dollars a year the Laura Sperber makes >>

    Why would this matter? If Legend, or any other coin dealer, was that successful, why is it relevant how much money they make (assuming they operate honestly)? They sell collectibles, not necessities and business with them is optional, not mandatory. If Legend or another dealer is wildly successful ... good for them.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They don't want you to know how much the remodeling for the kitchen cost It's embarrassing.

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    tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you think that's true you don't know Laura ask people who have done business with her when no one else will hear you will find out a lot!

    Prove it - name names. Do something more than just stir the pot with idiotic and false accusations like in the other thread.

    Just another monkey throwing feces....
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    EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If you think that's true you don't know Laura ask people who have done business with her when no one else will hear you will find out a lot!

    Prove it - name names. Do something more than just stir the pot with idiotic and false accusations like in the other thread.

    Just another monkey throwing feces.... >>



    I agree. Author1 should put up or shut up.

    How does one get a hater to stop hating?

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,591 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>If you think that's true you don't know Laura ask people who have done business with her when no one else will hear you will find out a lot!

    Prove it - name names. Do something more than just stir the pot with idiotic and false accusations like in the other thread.

    Just another monkey throwing feces.... >>



    I agree. Author1 should put up or shut up. >>



    Perhaps he doesn't want to be sued. Isn't that the excuse that Laura uses when it comes to her refusal to name coin doctors?image



    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>If you think that's true you don't know Laura ask people who have done business with her when no one else will hear you will find out a lot!

    Prove it - name names. Do something more than just stir the pot with idiotic and false accusations like in the other thread.

    Just another monkey throwing feces.... >>



    I agree. Author1 should put up or shut up. >>



    Perhaps he doesn't want to be sued. Isn't that the excuse that Laura uses when it comes to her refusal to name coin doctors?image >>



    Perhaps you should let him speak for himself. Unless you're just here to be partisan and stir the pot too.

    And, BTW, we all know that you are also a Legend/Laura-basher. I take it that you just can't resist yourself to make for hate.

    How does one get a hater to stop hating?

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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just how many coins there are.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Disregard, it's irrelevant.

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