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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 616442, member: 37"]I don't want to buy anything at exaggerated prices any more. The market has dictated lower values and, consequently, lower prices. Dealers who still try to get top dollar for run-of-the-mill items are out of step. As a dealer, I have learned that I need to buy for pennies on the dollar to be able to make any kind of realistic profit in this market. Profit margins can be very good if you can do so but total dollar profit can only be sustained by increased volume. </p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector I am willing to pay a bit more for things but not like in the old days. Seldom do I pay more than $100.00 for anything. In the past, my collecting appetite would spring for items 3 to 4 times that without blinking. There is plenty of merchandise out there at lower price points to assuage me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 616442, member: 37"]I don't want to buy anything at exaggerated prices any more. The market has dictated lower values and, consequently, lower prices. Dealers who still try to get top dollar for run-of-the-mill items are out of step. As a dealer, I have learned that I need to buy for pennies on the dollar to be able to make any kind of realistic profit in this market. Profit margins can be very good if you can do so but total dollar profit can only be sustained by increased volume. As a collector I am willing to pay a bit more for things but not like in the old days. Seldom do I pay more than $100.00 for anything. In the past, my collecting appetite would spring for items 3 to 4 times that without blinking. There is plenty of merchandise out there at lower price points to assuage me.[/QUOTE]
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