snarfdacat said:
But there are people on ebay for one example...
Hold it right there.
They are allowed to. They break no law, and neither are they immoral. They don't hold a gun to your head to buy their goods.
This is a supposed free market buddy, and that also applies to Mints and Bullions (i.e. they too are allowed to ask whatever they hell they want).
Yes, we can agree some are asking too much, but they are allowed to. Just don't buy their product if you perceive it as being too 'expensive'.
Every new (or used) car dealer has their own unique ticketed price on the cars they are selling. No two are alike (excl. chains).
What world do you live in where you are able to get miners prices? So far in my lifetime I am only able to get true miners price for one particular industry (not metal related), rare for the majority of people to get any miners price.
Spot price is not what the Mints and Bullions are suppose to be selling their metals for.
Spot price is also non-fabricated metal price, not bars or coins et cetera, which is additional cost. Spot price does not reflect the cost associated with manufacturing coins and bars, this cost money.
Then you have the retailers, ones whom normally centre around numismatics, they add additional cost to both profit and pay for real estate space used in their shop.
Then on top of this you have your shytkickers, such as ebay sellers and SS members, sometimes selling the same price (or just below) compared to what their local Bullion or Mint sells for, and sometimes they ask for more (for whatever reasons such as Mintage numbers and hard to get authenticated coins/bars).
Legitimate reasons can be found behind most asking price.
Not many are like me occasionally, where we will sell at or below spot silver (sometimes), that's cause we are junkies and desperate for Dare Double Espresso Milk Drink <free plug>
/done in hurry cause i got to pee
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