Junk silver or coins <$200 - I take my chances on eBay between $200 and $500 - Heritage over $500 - usually a dealer I've met and trust over $1,000 - see it in person unless it's value is all from bullion
BST - just starting. Good so far. Nothing expensive yet. B&M store - a single one ounce ASE, but just that once Shows - when I'm lucky enough to get to one
I have local shop here that I go to for most of my coins. I'm not in a hurry to finish my set of morgans, so they let me peruse for vams from their raw 2x2s. They're a good store who has treated me very well, don't feel the need to go anywhere else. If I hurting for a key or something a little more rare I'll hit up the online and local auctions.
For me, it's really the last three, ebay, shows, and BST.. I never mess with dealers online since they are usually all expensive.. >>
I do nicely with BST. The sellers seem to estimate their stuff fairly, sometimes slightly overpriced but there it is and you can make an offer. Interesting and unusual stuff turns up frequently. Shows are good but there is booth rental, one's time, etc... these things tend to drive prices up. Online dealers are often good. Ebay is too pricey, they have made simple transactions too complex and too expensive. Scammer's, BS artistes ( that 'e' is not superfluous), unreasonable fees, illegitimate refund policies, et al, make this an interesting but increasingly obsolete venue.
Many, many perfect transactions with other members. Ask please.
<< <i>I buy primarily from BNB, Where Quality is First! >>
I then buy them from RYK after a 168% mark up. MJ
Walker Proof Digital Album Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I like to buy from R.Tomaska .........., I can pay 3 to 10 times the going rate and most of the time he has little interest in buying any of the coins back !
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! and what a splendid Dodge 10 cylinder Viper it is
<< <i>I like to buy from R.Tomaska .........., I can pay 3 to 10 times the going rate and most of the time he has little interest in buying any of the coins back !
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! >>
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We've seen some slick ones around here but you're a very crude troll.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
<< <i>I like to buy from R.Tomaska .........., I can pay 3 to 10 times the going rate and most of the time he has little interest in buying any of the coins back !
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! >>
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We've seen some slick ones around here but you're a very crude troll. >>
there's nothing trollish about my comments girl .......
Over some 20 years I bought more Franklins from Rick then you probably ever even seen , and I paid thru the butt for each and every one of them .
And he seldom , if ever , bought ANY back that I offered for sale back to him .
He drives a nice VIPER , and he has a group of family/ employee's that get paychecks - from his pockets .
I'm sure calling me crude is a violation of one of the rules .......so don't go cryin' should you get the boot
<< <i>I like to buy from R.Tomaska .........., I can pay 3 to 10 times the going rate and most of the time he has little interest in buying any of the coins back !
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! >>
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We've seen some slick ones around here but you're a very crude troll. >>
THERE'S NOTHING TROLLISH ABOUT MY COMMENTS BOY.......
Over some 20 years I bought more Franklins from Rick then you probably ever even seen , and I paid thru the butt for each and every one of them .
And he seldom , if ever , bought ANY back that I offered for sale back to him .
He drives a nice VIPER , and he has a group of family/ employee's that get paychecks - from his pockets .
I'm sure calling me crude is a violation of one of the rules .......so don't go cryin' should you get the boot >>
Your response was a little crude and troll-ish, nothing like taking the high road to prove people wrong. Or proving them right by going all caps on a forum
<< <i>THERE'S NOTHING TROLLISH ABOUT MY COMMENTS BOY....... >>
Sir, (or madam whatever the case may be), if you were complimenting Rick on his choice of cars that would be one thing. But to come on a public forum and angrily blurt out private affairs of a dealer is trollish, childish and crude.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
<< <i>THERE'S NOTHING TROLLISH ABOUT MY COMMENTS BOY....... >>
Sir, (or madam whatever the case may be), if you were complimenting Rick on his choice of cars that would be one thing. But to come on a public forum and angrily blurt out private affairs of a dealer is trollish, childish and crude. >>
Mainly shows these days, occasionally from a coin store. I used to get coins from e-bay, but I haven't in a while. My most recent e-bay purchases were all unattributed VAMS where it didn't matter if the picture was fuzzy and it really didn't matter if the coin was overhyped or with low eye appeal.
#1. BY FAR - Coin shows because I can see the item before I buy it.
#2. Some work with on-line dealers I know who have no questions asked return policies.
#3. Mail bid auctions with a couple exonumia dealer whose gradinng standards as tough or tougher than mine. Let me put this way. Out of almost 300 purchased lots, I've returned exactly two pieces.
#4. Major auctions when I can see the item before I bid.
Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
i edited my post because i posted a link to something that happened a few weeks ago. i was on vacation at the time and was not on the forum. i was giving publicity to someone who definitely does not deserve it. after a PM from a member giving me a heads up on things i removed my link.
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Teletrade
Ebay
Vasbrocoin (Jeff Vasington owner)
eBay, The best selection but not necessarily price
Teletrade, some hard to find coins there and at descent prices too
Our Club's monthly meeting, lot of different collecting styles combined with good prices and can trade sometimes
Shows, some what but too far between
B & M dealers, well they seem to be into bullion more so than numismatic items
BST, ever so slightly, can't seem find much of what I like
<< <i>For me, it's really the last three, ebay, shows, and BST.. I never mess with dealers online since they are usually all expensive.. >>
Yup
Junk silver or coins <$200 - I take my chances on eBay
between $200 and $500 - Heritage
over $500 - usually a dealer I've met and trust
over $1,000 - see it in person unless it's value is all from bullion
BST - just starting. Good so far. Nothing expensive yet.
B&M store - a single one ounce ASE, but just that once
Shows - when I'm lucky enough to get to one
edit to add: Oh wow. Old thread.
They usually get my attention by going Pssst, I got
a deal for you on rare coins.
Camelot
Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.
Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
Jim
<< <i>Online dealers? eBay? Shows? BST?
and why?
For me, it's really the last three, ebay, shows, and BST.. I never mess with dealers online since they are usually all expensive.. >>
I do nicely with BST. The sellers seem to estimate their stuff fairly, sometimes slightly overpriced but there it is and you can make an offer.
Interesting and unusual stuff turns up frequently.
Shows are good but there is booth rental, one's time, etc... these things tend to drive prices up.
Online dealers are often good.
Ebay is too pricey, they have made simple transactions too complex and too expensive. Scammer's, BS artistes ( that 'e' is not superfluous), unreasonable fees, illegitimate refund policies, et al, make this an interesting but increasingly obsolete venue.
- Jim
<< <i>I buy primarily from BNB, Where Quality is First! >>
I then buy them from RYK after a 168% mark up. MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! and what a splendid Dodge 10 cylinder Viper it is
<< <i>I like to buy from R.Tomaska .........., I can pay 3 to 10 times the going rate and most of the time he has little interest in buying any of the coins back !
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! >>
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We've seen some slick ones around here but you're a very crude troll.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
<< <i>What a remarkable coincidence that this thread would be dredged up by a 'new' member.
Just bizarre, I mean what are the odds
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<< <i>I like to buy from R.Tomaska .........., I can pay 3 to 10 times the going rate and most of the time he has little interest in buying any of the coins back !
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! >>
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We've seen some slick ones around here but you're a very crude troll. >>
there's nothing trollish about my comments girl .......
Over some 20 years I bought more Franklins from Rick then you probably ever even seen , and I paid thru the butt for each and every one of them .
And he seldom , if ever , bought ANY back that I offered for sale back to him .
He drives a nice VIPER , and he has a group of family/ employee's that get paychecks - from his pockets .
I'm sure calling me crude is a violation of one of the rules .......so don't go cryin' should you get the boot
New Member
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Joined: Jul 2011
What are the chances this is the newest of a long line of memberships?
Looks a lot like a guy I saw on YooTube....;
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Great choice!
Grammar.
edited to add: i sure wish bongo would reappear
Darn, I've been ID'd
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<< <i>I like to buy from R.Tomaska .........., I can pay 3 to 10 times the going rate and most of the time he has little interest in buying any of the coins back !
I do it so he can support his employee's and he can keep driving his Dodge Viper ! >>
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We've seen some slick ones around here but you're a very crude troll. >>
THERE'S NOTHING TROLLISH ABOUT MY COMMENTS BOY.......
Over some 20 years I bought more Franklins from Rick then you probably ever even seen , and I paid thru the butt for each and every one of them .
And he seldom , if ever , bought ANY back that I offered for sale back to him .
He drives a nice VIPER , and he has a group of family/ employee's that get paychecks - from his pockets .
I'm sure calling me crude is a violation of one of the rules .......so don't go cryin' should you get the boot >>
Your response was a little crude and troll-ish, nothing like taking the high road to prove people wrong. Or proving them right by going all caps on a forum
<< <i>THERE'S NOTHING TROLLISH ABOUT MY COMMENTS BOY....... >>
Sir, (or madam whatever the case may be), if you were complimenting Rick on his choice of cars that would be one thing.
But to come on a public forum and angrily blurt out private affairs of a dealer is trollish, childish and crude.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
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<< <i>THERE'S NOTHING TROLLISH ABOUT MY COMMENTS BOY....... >>
Sir, (or madam whatever the case may be), if you were complimenting Rick on his choice of cars that would be one thing.
But to come on a public forum and angrily blurt out private affairs of a dealer is trollish, childish and crude. >>
the truth will set you free............
<< <i>I guess I am late to the party - I do not understand the comments here. >>
sure is a lot of editing going on
the innocent have to be protected ...... .
I went back and re-edited all my edited comments so no one would be disjointed
#2. Some work with on-line dealers I know who have no questions asked return policies.
#3. Mail bid auctions with a couple exonumia dealer whose gradinng standards as tough or tougher than mine. Let me put this way. Out of almost 300 purchased lots, I've returned exactly two pieces.
#4. Major auctions when I can see the item before I bid.
Hoard the keys.