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Coin Collector on Home Shopping Network... Doesn't it make you ill?

CgbCgb Posts: 710 ✭
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I am watching this right now on the home shopping network.

$40 dollars for 7 Sac Dollars?

$400 for a set of Kennedy Halves 1964-2006

And an Adams first spouse, With an UNCIRCULATED (WOW) Presidential dollar for only $1000

Ugh it makes me ill... Is anyone else watching this?

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  • bstat1020bstat1020 Posts: 2,157 ✭✭
    I saw that too. I wonder if people think they are getting a good deal?
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  • CgbCgb Posts: 710 ✭
    It amazes me that they sold over 150 of these sets at $1k each...

    I feel bad for the people that buy them.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
    I never watch long enough to hear the spiel, I'm quick with the remote and I don't need to raise my blood pressure by watching it.
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    You can fool some of the people some of the time ......!

    They have been on the air for a long time so they are finding lots of idiots!
  • TommyBTommyB Posts: 676
    Did the Kennedy set include Proofs? I think without the proofs the set goes for about 150 on ebay. Or somewhere around there. Not sure about a BU set W/ Proof and Silver Proof.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i happened to catch a glimpse this evening when they were seling PR70DCAM sets of the Presidential Dollars and the Gold First Spouse $10.......................in ICG slabs for the discount price of $999!!!!!

    why is it that i'm never watching when they sell anything in PCGS holders??
  • PaleodalePaleodale Posts: 290 ✭
    One thing you've got to remember,, some of the coins they sell are knee jerk reaction then buyers remorse.... I personaly talked a friend of mine into sending back to HSH network bought late night after midnight a $20 gold eagle certified by NGC back about six years ago... She thought it was a "Real Good Deal".... But then again maybe it was,, if I remember right I think she paid $599 for the one ouncer St. Gaudens... Gold then was at $315. an Oh Zee... image .. But anyway,, a lot of it is all hype,, TV is expensive and these guy's keep coming back so they must be selling something....
  • PrivateCoinCollectorPrivateCoinCollector Posts: 2,415 ✭
    And then next year when the need money and want to sell? They look at me like I am ripping them off. I try to explain that the "rip-off" occured some time ago, but they still look at me like I am the bad guy. I can understand why some coin dealers get a thick skin.
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  • TrustNo1TrustNo1 Posts: 1,359 ✭
    they'd sell a drowning man a liferaft for 40k
  • djdilliodondjdilliodon Posts: 1,938 ✭✭
    yep i watched some of it and was just shocked at the prices they try to move stuff at. The sad part is they have to be moving something to stay around. I was watching when they where trying to sell proof sets. The deal was 1995-1998 proof sets for 200 bux. The guy says "its so rare we get these sets, Where lucky we can do this at most 3 times year". He goes on and on and then says "proof sets are in such high demand right now, especially the 50's sets". "when we get a 1955 set which would run about $500 they just fly". A 1955 proof set for $500!!! Ive bought 2 1955 proof sets with cameo halfs at a local dealer for $175 for both sets! Heck you can go on ebay and get them from 175 or way less per set. I still love watching the show though its always good for a laugh. Any one catch the part where he tries to compare the first spouse golds to the 20th ann. reverse proof lol.
  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭
    You can make out on some stuff if you wait 10 years. Coin Vault is always pitching the 1999 Silver Proof Set they sold initially for $59.00. Of course they say it is now worth $600. About $300 over the estimated value today.
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  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭
    They messed up on the 2006 W Plat 4 pc set IMO @ $4995.00 it wasn't a bad deal They really slipped on that one.
  • ModernCrapNutModernCrapNut Posts: 2,086 ✭
    I saw it when flipping through the channels and had to stop for a few minutes to get some laughs. Those guys are pretty good at acting excited.


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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,605 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Television is not that entertaining. At least the coin show is a reality show. Somehow we don't feel as stupid when we watch it, as those who partake in it after they turn it off !

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  • lonelyplonelyp Posts: 1,634


    << <i>Did the Kennedy set include Proofs? I think without the proofs the set goes for about 150 on ebay. Or somewhere around there. Not sure about a BU set W/ Proof and Silver Proof. >>




    Last time I saw the Kennedy Half W/Proofs sets on coin vault it was $1500 or more
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  • LongshotLongshot Posts: 353
    I like to watch those guys. One of the better comedies on TV.
  • BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,425 ✭✭✭✭
    It's the kind of stuff that gives coin collecting a bad name.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Never watched it. Like to think it helps create collectors who will soon learn enough to shop elswhere. I like to think of it as free advertising for the hobby.

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