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the buyer says "it's such a nice piece I would have even considered double your asking price!"

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  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    Unless your buyer or you can definitively prove otherwise, all that talk is just after-the-fact fodder. It's sort of similar to the way many dealers tell you how that one coin you picked out of their case just coincidentally happens to be the one that he "paid very strong money for" while you're left wondering "why doesn't he pay that strong money for the coins I offer for sale to him?" It's really nothing more than "could'a, would'a, shoud'a". You live with it and move on to the next deal.
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  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    I once sold a coin, took my shoes off, and then realized I had an ingrown toenail.

    That was teribad.

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sounds like the begining of a long term beautiful relationship! imageimage
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  • MillerJWMillerJW Posts: 649 ✭✭
    Hey as long as you made a profit then you both should be happy and it might ensure future business!!!
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭
    I only feel bad in that case if I've shaved my price to the bone after misreading the customer. Usually you can tell a guy that will move on if he thinks you're making a buck from someone who thinks you should make a living. There is never a 2 to 1 ration of the respective prices either. --Jerry
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,063 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>the buyer says "it's such a nice piece I would have even considered double your asking price!" >>



    What a stupid thing to say to a dealer. Next time he sells him a coin, they may very likely jack the price up.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,021 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>the buyer says "it's such a nice piece I would have even considered double your asking price!" >>



    Well, that comment sure beats, "You charged me way too much for this coin. I will never buy from you again."
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No different than listening to car salesmen... all part of the noise.... Cheers, RickO
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's always so painful when you sell a coin and then...

    see the person you sold it to immediatly list it on ebay and resell it at a very healthy premium.
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>the buyer says "it's such a nice piece I would have even considered double your asking price!" >>




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  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806
    << the buyer says "it's such a nice piece I would have even considered double your asking price!" >>

    The key word in that sentence is "considered", the buyer didn't state they "would" have paid double.

    The buyer is strongly conveying no buyers remorse on that transaction.

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