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17.5% - A ridiculous buyers premium for a less than attentive and extremely slow customer service?

I had my finger on the enter key with a $1k positioning bid but I still could not bring myself to follow through with the press of the button. Why? Well it certainly was not because I did not have the money - no, far from that. It was the thought of paying an arrogant company (will justify that allegation later) a 17.5% buyer's fee for what? To pay for their bloated overhead, that's what! I don't understand how this company can get away with charging such a high buyers premium as well as a siz
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I am curious as to just how badly inaccurate the census and other data are.

I recently broke out about 20 or so coins and medals from NGC as well as PCGS holders. All were graded without 'details' and were fine except for the fact that they were behind a piece of plastic, which I can not stand. Out of all of those that were freed from the plastic vault, this is one example and how it further increases the inaccuracy of the census data.               I would imagine that if NGC and various other TPG companies would wish to have more accurate data on hand, the
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I wonder when it is time to buy a small track-hoe?

I had mentioned a while back in a thread about gold that I was tempted to do a bit of digging in an old creek bed back in the woods on my property and focus on an old small waterfall. I finally got around to it with a shovel, metal detector, 5 gallon bucket, and my water hose back at the house. Brought some good looking dirt out, by bucket, and worked it with a pan using the grand kids little swimming pool. I did this on 5 different occasions and on each I would only dig up one, and sometimes
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Collection reduced from over 100 NGC and PCGS Certified Coins - Now the methodical rebuild.

In my last journal entry I reflected on my reevaluation of my current collection goals, or lack thereof, and what path I would choose for a future collection, that would more accurately reflect the pride I have in collecting these small slices of history. More than likely most have noticed that I have listed my current certified collection, both moderns and classic coins, through Great Collections and, although I will be lucky to even come close to breaking even, the response has been excellen
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Not leaving the hobby - Just following through with my previous plan to reevaluate my collecting goals.

Not long ago I mentioned in a journal entry that I was reevaluating my collecting goals and the box of twenty, or something similar, was the direction I was going. I have consigned the majority of my collection with an auction house that is known well, Great Collections, and to many it would seem as though I am getting out of the hobby altogether since I also have listed in the Money Marketplace the sell of all the plastic NGC and PCGS Slab Boxes that I own. This could not be further from re
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Treasure maps, historical research, and metal detectors ...

Recently I had mentioned that I was buying a metal detector and maybe I could get lucky and find some Georgia Gold, or anything numismatic related. Surprisingly my metal detector arrived earlier than I had anticipated. I have spent the entire night researching my county history, as well as the history of my particular area in the county that I live. I have found maps dated far back, and one in particular, dated 1884, that looks very promising. I also uncovered some very interesting information
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Numisma-Quest Win and then the let down ....

It is not very often, since I moved from Utah and would frequent the Nevada state line and Wendover, NV. for a little excursion gambling, that I find myself in the position of actually winning something. However, I overcame the odds somehow and actually knew the answer to the weekly Numisma-Quest trivia question a week or so ago. As is known by all that participate - knowing the answer is just part of the challenge as you have to be picked randomly as well. I felt confident that I had answe
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Wow! What a year full of education ...

It has been close to a year now that I first became involved in numismatics. I was buying and selling gold and silver bullion prior to becoming intrigued by the coins that I saw being bought and sold on eBay. It was not so much the buying and selling that intrigued me as it was the history involved with these coins. It was not long after discovering this hobby I decided to become involved and it has been a year, or close to it, in which I have bought many coins, both raw and certified, and dab
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The 1783MO FF Mexico 8 Reales Shipwreck Coinage

In the early Colonial period of American History the United States (not yet the US) had no mints established and it was common to use currency from other nations to buy goods that were not bought directly from Great Britain. The other national coinage included France and Spain and the Spanish King Charles III had ordered the minting and shipment of this Spanish silver to be delivered and used by Americans in order to further establish and concentrate his power. This was at a time, after the Re
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Change .... and not what is in your pocket either. Change can be a good thing.

There is quite a bit of discussion that takes place complaining about eBays fees, shill bidding, proxy bidding, and disagreements with certain eBay policies. It is my personal belief that these problems can not be corrected without an alternative auction house option. Complaining to eBay will do nothing and the rates are going to rise regardless. eBay has to do everything it can to satisfy it's stock holders so you end up with the current environment that you have now. There
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