Feel free to PM me with your question for: If you could ask any dealer whatever question you wanted…

jkrk · September 16, 2023 4:50PM

@mark_dak said:

@jkrk said:
If someone offered you 85% of retail, would you sell all your coins and move on from the hobby?

Would you give them 85% of retail on EVERYTHING they own? I most likely would take a pass.

Mark

So... make it 75%?

I have a fair sized number of DE's and I wouldn't accept a bid of 85%. Not because i like the coins. my average selling price would probably run around $3000 @ retail. Give me $2500 with gold @ $1900 and my interest to sell isn't there.

Boosibri · September 16, 2023 5:53PM

I asked my favorite dealer to critique me as a collector. That was helpful, interesting and fair.

messydesk · September 16, 2023 7:00PM

@Walkerfan said:

@johnnyb said:
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

I’m not a dealer but I want to share this advice with the group:

Best thing ever I did was to buy the key dates first.

Not a piece of advice I particularly like. You're inviting people to make expensive mistakes first.

Steven59 · September 16, 2023 7:07PM

Why is Mfeld so mean to people that are just trying to learn

Walkerfan · September 16, 2023 7:09PM

@messydesk said:

@Walkerfan said:

@johnnyb said:
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

I’m not a dealer but I want to share this advice with the group:

Best thing ever I did was to buy the key dates first.

Not a piece of advice I particularly like. You're inviting people to make expensive mistakes first.

I indeed made a few very expensive mistakes, so you're not wrong.

But, in the long run; I came out way ahead and I did, in fact, learn, too.

It worked well for me.

WQuarterFreddie · September 16, 2023 7:36PM

@Steven59 said:
Why is Mfeld so mean to people that are just trying to learn

From what I know about him I believe he is not being mean. In his mind he is being truthful with his knowledge and is giving his opinions and advice as succinctly as possible. 😎

Sometimes the truth is hard to read and in a forum post you cannot hear the tone of his words so you might not feel he is being mean if you heard his words instead of just reading them.😉

Perhaps he should use more emojis in his posts!🤣😂

MFeld · September 16, 2023 7:51PM

@WQuarterFreddie said:

@Steven59 said:
Why is Mfeld so mean to people that are just trying to learn

From what I know about him I believe he is not being mean. In his mind he is being truthful with his knowledge and is giving his opinions and advice as succinctly as possible. 😎

Sometimes the truth is hard to read and in a forum post you cannot hear the tone of his words so you might not feel he is being mean if you heard his words instead of just reading them.😉

Perhaps he should use more emojis in his posts!🤣😂

😕😡

😉

JoeLewis · September 16, 2023 8:34PM

@Steven59 said:
Why is Mfeld so mean to people that are just trying to learn

He is one of the last people I would call mean on this forum. I appreciate his direct honesty. I think it’s unreasonable for a new member asking for opinions to expect people to coddle them or play along with their unresearched hopefulness or fantasy.

jom · September 16, 2023 8:40PM

@MFeld said:

Perhaps he should use more emojis in his posts!🤣😂

😕😡

😉

jom

CaptHenway · September 16, 2023 11:47PM

John J. Ford: Did you know you were selling fakes?

PerryHall · September 17, 2023 2:33AM

@CaptHenway said:
John J. Ford: Did you know you were selling fakes?

From what I've read, he made several of the fake gold bars that he sold so I assume this is a rhetorical question.

cameonut2011 · September 17, 2023 4:07AM

How much did your “neutron microscope” cost?

cameonut2011 · September 17, 2023 4:07AM

What about your fellow dealers irks you the most?

cameonut2011 · September 17, 2023 4:09AM

What is the best way to negotiate with dealer {insert name}? Any inside information (e.g. Dealer X really needs rent money for his office and is eager to make deals)?

cameonut2011 · September 17, 2023 4:10AM

What are your honest, off the record, thoughts on CAC and the major TPGs?

Onastone · September 17, 2023 5:00AM

How can I detect a cleaned coin?

PerryHall · September 17, 2023 5:36AM

Which dealers that you have work with do you consider to be less than ethical or honest?

privatecoin · September 17, 2023 7:07AM

What will it take for you to leave me your entire collection on your will?

messydesk · September 17, 2023 7:14AM

@privatecoin said:
What will it take for you to leave me your entire collection on your will?

There are many that would do it for a sandwich, since they don't have a collection, rather inventory that is owned by a corporation.

WQuarterFreddie · September 17, 2023 7:55AM

@MFeld said:

@WQuarterFreddie said:

@Steven59 said:
Why is Mfeld so mean to people that are just trying to learn

From what I know about him I believe he is not being mean. In his mind he is being truthful with his knowledge and is giving his opinions and advice as succinctly as possible. 😎

Sometimes the truth is hard to read and in a forum post you cannot hear the tone of his words so you might not feel he is being mean if you heard his words instead of just reading them.😉

Perhaps he should use more emojis in his posts!🤣😂

😕😡

😉

Not JUST emojis....use words too!😉.
It just takes practice. You will get used to it!🤣😂

mark_dak · September 17, 2023 8:18AM

@Steven59 said:
Why is Mfeld so mean to people that are just trying to learn

Did you ever have a good doctor with crappy bedside manner?

I bet if you could take a post literally without adding personal feelings into it, you'd see he's usually pretty spot on. That's probably good for Internet posting in general.

...

Mark

jedm · September 17, 2023 8:28AM

@mark_dak said:
Surprised I must be the only one here who feels this way but my local shop owner is REALLY fair and honest. We talk all the time and I think he is always truthful...

Mark

You're not the only one Mark. My go to guy is @TwoSides2aCoin and I feel respected and treated with honesty always, (even though we don't agree politically).

dhikewhitney · September 17, 2023 8:57AM

@MrEureka said:
I> @ctf_error_coins said:

@dhikewhitney said:
Why are you a coin dealer instead of just a coin collector ?

I was forced into it as I had no other options.

Me too. When your allowance is a dollar a week, you have to get creative.

Well, not every dealer succeeds, and in my estimation, if one can succeed financially as a coin dealer, one could succeed in other career paths and have even more money to acquire choice coins.

To refine the question, did you become a coin dealer so that you could become a better coin collector (accumulate more choice coins that you could outside the business), or just to make a living selling coins because you enjoy the product but don't need to own (much of) it ?

manlye1 · September 17, 2023 8:59AM

Who do you use to get your recently purchased details coin "doctored" enough to now be straight graded?

ctf_error_coins · September 17, 2023 9:30AM

@dhikewhitney said:

@MrEureka said:
I> @ctf_error_coins said:

@dhikewhitney said:
Why are you a coin dealer instead of just a coin collector ?

I was forced into it as I had no other options.

Me too. When your allowance is a dollar a week, you have to get creative.

Well, not every dealer succeeds, and in my estimation, if one can succeed financially as a coin dealer, one could succeed in other career paths and have even more money to acquire choice coins.

To refine the question, did you become a coin dealer so that you could become a better coin collector (accumulate more choice coins that you could outside the business), or just to make a living selling coins because you enjoy the product but don't need to own (much of) it ?

I was in a much harder industry (High End Nature Photography) for 40 years which I abandon to become a coin dealer. I find coin dealering sooooo much easier than my other profession. Cash flow is King. It is also extremely fun being a coin dealer.

I have way more and way better coins now than I did when I was a coin collector. It's like being a coin collector on steroids

sellitstore · September 17, 2023 9:40AM

@Joe_360 said:
Do you actually make money doing this...??

You sound like a lot of my relatives.

CaptHenway · September 17, 2023 9:50AM

@PerryHall said:

@CaptHenway said:
John J. Ford: Did you know you were selling fakes?

From what I've read, he made several of the fake gold bars that he sold so I assume this is a rhetorical question.

I don't think that he physically "made" anything, as in make a mold, melt metal, pour molten metal into the mold, etc., but I do not know if that has ever been positively established or not.

There are some people who insist that he was duped by Paul Franklin, who made up fantasies and then convinced Ford that the fakes were real. I have my opinion on that question, but I would love to have been able to ask him the question under the original premise of the thread.

BustDMs · September 17, 2023 10:59AM

I would ask George Massamore where the E and L quarters actually originated.

MrEureka · September 17, 2023 11:04AM

@dhikewhitney said:

@MrEureka said:
I> @ctf_error_coins said:

@dhikewhitney said:
Why are you a coin dealer instead of just a coin collector ?

I was forced into it as I had no other options.

Me too. When your allowance is a dollar a week, you have to get creative.

Well, not every dealer succeeds, and in my estimation, if one can succeed financially as a coin dealer, one could succeed in other career paths and have even more money to acquire choice coins.

To refine the question, did you become a coin dealer so that you could become a better coin collector (accumulate more choice coins that you could outside the business), or just to make a living selling coins because you enjoy the product but don't need to own (much of) it ?

I started collecting at a very young age, and started dealing at 13 when the opportunity presented itself. At that age, it wasn’t a career choice. It just sort of happened. And maybe I would have been purely a collector if I had rich parents paying for whatever I wanted to buy, but that wasn’t the case. As for the career choice, it wasn’t definite until I got a year’s worth of college under my belt, at which point I realized that there was only one path forward.

pointfivezero · September 17, 2023 11:14AM

“Do you offer employee discounts?”

(I’m look for a part-time gig in retirement)

Tim

Catbert · September 17, 2023 11:56AM

What time is it?

logger7 · September 18, 2023 6:02AM

What are your buy/sell prices and can you give me a list of your last 100 such transactions including where you had "home runs"?

BLUEJAYWAY · September 18, 2023 6:38AM

Will you answer all my subsequent questions truthfully and patiently?

YQQ · September 18, 2023 7:01AM

I would take it...

SoCalBigMark · September 18, 2023 7:21AM

Would you hit Guru with a rubber chicken?

telephoto1 · September 18, 2023 8:25AM

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Will you answer all my subsequent questions truthfully and patiently?

Hey! That's a cop out, like getting a free wish and using it to ask for unlimited wishes...

lablover · September 18, 2023 8:32AM

When will @MFeld begin to answer all of these questions?

MFeld · September 18, 2023 9:17AM

@telephoto1 said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Will you answer all my subsequent questions truthfully and patiently?

Hey! That's a cop out, like getting a free wish and using it to ask for unlimited wishes...

That's not the same thing. The dealer could simply answer "No" .

WQuarterFreddie · September 18, 2023 9:45AM

@MFeld said:

@telephoto1 said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Will you answer all my subsequent questions truthfully and patiently?

Hey! That's a cop out, like getting a free wish and using it to ask for unlimited wishes...

That's not the same thing. The dealer could simply answer "No" .

Nice use of the emoji! I feel your friendliness leaping off the page!😎🤣😂

Garloo57 · September 18, 2023 9:48AM

Would you recommend to anyone you care about to buy any coin "deal" offered on TV ( Ie CSN,( Mike Mezack) RCTV( Rick T) etc.

CalifornianKing · September 18, 2023 11:23AM

@Garloo57 said:
Would you recommend to anyone you care about to buy any coin "deal" offered on TV ( Ie CSN,( Mike Mezack) RCTV( Rick T) etc.

Not a dealer, but they're terrible "deals" LOL. Only $2000 for $500 in coins.

WQuarterFreddie · September 18, 2023 11:45AM

Did you buy any VaultBoxes or Ultra Breaks?🤔

bsshog40 · September 18, 2023 11:57AM

Would you rather buy a collection from a person that knows nothing about the collection they have or buy from an experienced collector?

ctf_error_coins · September 18, 2023 11:58AM

@bsshog40 said:
Would you rather buy a collection from a person that knows nothing about the collection they have or buy from an experienced collector?

Experienced collector. They have the great coins.

bsshog40 · September 18, 2023 12:04PM

@ctf_error_coins said:

@bsshog40 said:
Would you rather buy a collection from a person that knows nothing about the collection they have or buy from an experienced collector?

Experienced collector. They have the great coins.

I can see that. And my definition of an inexperienced person would be mainly someone that inherited a collection that knows nothing about coins.

MFeld · September 18, 2023 12:13PM

@lablover said:
When will @MFeld begin to answer all of these questions?

Anyone who'd like to ask me their question, feel free to message me. If I know the answer, I'll be happy to provide it, and you'll be free to post it if you wish. But depending upon how many questions I receive, it might take a while for me to reply.

ElKevvo · September 18, 2023 12:21PM

Where did you get that hamburger?

K

logger7 · September 18, 2023 12:35PM

Can I see your browsing history for the last 10 years?

WQuarterFreddie · September 18, 2023 1:22PM

@ctf_error_coins said:

@bsshog40 said:
Would you rather buy a collection from a person that knows nothing about the collection they have or buy from an experienced collector?

Experienced collector. They have the great coins.

Not necessarily. People may inherit coins and paper money with no clue of the value.

TurtleCat · September 18, 2023 1:26PM

@Walkerfan said:
How do you sleep at night?

On top of a pile of money both literally and figuratively. lol.

My question: do you hold back information about a particular coin even when asked? Such as whether it went to CAC, whether you suspect problems or not.

Feel free to PM me with your question for: If you could ask any dealer whatever question you wanted…

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