vetteguy96 said:
We really wish they would STOP the monkeying around and let it stabilize for a few days or weeks....WE want to BUY, BUY, BUY, but nobody is SELLING, SELLING, SELLING, because the price is so all over the place, that they have just locked it all up and WE can't get it.....
I think everybody is puckering up right now, and even though this is a brilliant opportunity to buy, nobody will sell....If a dealer bought it at a spot of $37 or $40, why would he sell for $34?
...Or am I misunderstanding how this all works? Can somebody correct me if I'm wrong?....set me on the right path.
Here is the right path vetteguy.
A coin dealer will sell something for less than he paid for it IF he can replace the one he sells you with a new one for less. Let's say coin dealer buys coin for $38 when silver is $38.50 (as most dealers pay less than spot around here unless ASE or Maple, etc.). Silver drops down to $34 in a day or two. You go in and he charges you $35 (one dollar premium). That dealer should be able to buy silver at wholesale to replace it cheaper than that, or if the store gets alot of traffic, he will then buy from some other silver seller for $33.50 (when spot is $34). These numbers are just approximate but you see what I mean.
This does not work if absolutely NOBODY is selling, like when silver tanked to 9 bucks in 2008. Coin dealers make their money moving inventory, no matter what the price of the commodity is doing. If a coin dealers sits on inventory instead of taking a slight loss he may wind up taking an even bigger loss later if silver continues to tank. The coin dealers I know will ship out daily to wholesalers when the market is moving this fast, so they don't have to sell at a loss.
I went to a coin store today and could have scored Merry Christmas type silver rounds/bars for 50 cents over spot, whatever the spot price was--I decided not to buy because silver had gone up to over $36 bucks when it was only $33.80 when I woke up today (and decided I was going to buy). The coin dealer told me there were plenty of sellers bringing in inventory, even more than buyers.
Thus it is more replacement cost as opposed to what they paid for it that will determine how much they will sell it for. At least if it is a decent sized coin dealer that is how it is.
Jim