What are your favorite online coin buying spots?
Stork
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I'm currently feeling put out because I tried to buy a coin at Heritage and lost out.
I toyed with the idea of hopping on the train and hitting NYINC...until I realized just how much of a coin budget buster that would've been. Instead I opted to use the proxy bidding and watch live and bid if necessary. There were three lots in a row that fit my criteria and my budget only allowed for one buy.
So, I dropped a solid bid with the 'bid protection' feature set at +1 on the first lot.
Unfortunately the website closed that lot down very quickly (and for a price I thought my bid protection would have made me a winner) but noooooo, it was not to be. I was not sure if I'd won or lost and trying to flip to the 'your bids' to show winning/losing bids took just long enough I'd missed both the following lots...so no bids and it looks like mine was the underbid.
Sigh, I should have taken the train and bid in person. Grumble Grumble. Or, is that whine, whine?
So, I still want to buy SOMETHING (not just anything, but something key to one of my core collecting interests) and my usual spots don't have anything close to the 'wow' coin I was after.
Help me out and tell me your favorite online haunts....
Mine are:
Heritage
Stacks
Goldberg
Great Collections
Ebay
Civitas
Northeast Numismatics
Atlas Numismatics
Clark Smith
Steinbergs
VCoins
edited to add: I never should have done that silly bid protection thing. Never used it before, and if I hadn't then it would have been clear to me that I'd lost. Poop.
I toyed with the idea of hopping on the train and hitting NYINC...until I realized just how much of a coin budget buster that would've been. Instead I opted to use the proxy bidding and watch live and bid if necessary. There were three lots in a row that fit my criteria and my budget only allowed for one buy.
So, I dropped a solid bid with the 'bid protection' feature set at +1 on the first lot.
Unfortunately the website closed that lot down very quickly (and for a price I thought my bid protection would have made me a winner) but noooooo, it was not to be. I was not sure if I'd won or lost and trying to flip to the 'your bids' to show winning/losing bids took just long enough I'd missed both the following lots...so no bids and it looks like mine was the underbid.
Sigh, I should have taken the train and bid in person. Grumble Grumble. Or, is that whine, whine?
So, I still want to buy SOMETHING (not just anything, but something key to one of my core collecting interests) and my usual spots don't have anything close to the 'wow' coin I was after.
Help me out and tell me your favorite online haunts....
Mine are:
Heritage
Stacks
Goldberg
Great Collections
Ebay
Civitas
Northeast Numismatics
Atlas Numismatics
Clark Smith
Steinbergs
VCoins
edited to add: I never should have done that silly bid protection thing. Never used it before, and if I hadn't then it would have been clear to me that I'd lost. Poop.
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I have found some interesting stuff at times.
Stephen Album's site may also be worthwhile.
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