Dealers State Of Mind And What To Expect?

She was probably horrified that the post office had issued those awful drawings of country singers.

I hope it didn't discourage you from using a lot of stamps.


I would have and did.


May I always be offended this way. ;)

rogdcam, the claim is that Covid was started by someone who ate infected bat soup.

Kiloware has always (unless expressly stated)meant to contain some damage and duplication. If it's advertised as no duplication and no damage, you are going to pay significantly higher pricing. The definition of kiloware is stamps sold by weight. Historically it was often advertised as "unpicked" from the source, meaning the dealer never looks at it but buys it by weight and sells it by weight. For reference, remember the Linn's articles every week where kiloware mixtures were dissected and analyzed?

I would expect some damage and duplication unless stated otherwise. If it's a packet of stamps advertised I would expect minor duplication unless stated "all different" and minimal damage. For that I would be willing and would expect to pay a premium over something advertised as kiloware.

Like others have said, it's important to find a dealer who sells what you are looking for. There are dealers who advertise "no damaged included" or "minimal damage and extras added" and "all different". Those dealers will charge (mostly) a premium over straight kiloware dealers.

Jackie

Paulsonja --"remember the Linn's article every week where kiloware mixtures were dissected and analyzed "

YES ,I do .....He did one on me .He wrote a very positive one .......problem was Linn's didn't warn me that the article would be posted ....can you see it ,coming home from work and 30 different checks were in the mail box ,then the next day 10 more ,then 8 more . I believe the total was 120 checks in two weeks . Problem was I was makeing up 5 mixture boxes a week ,if I was busy with 10 per week once in a while .

Panic set in .

Classic restaurant review syndrome. National newspaper ecstatically reviews small, family-run restaurant. Inundated with bookings. Can't cope. Disgruntled diners grouse about restaurant.

GeoffHa ----- Wife and me were very excited ,worked for hours to fill orders each night ,the good thing back in those days ,was you didn't mail out any orders until you gave the checks time to clear the bank . So orders went out 7 to 10 days after we received the check ......clearly not like ebay is now ,where customers are looking for their order 3 days after they make a purchase .

Floortrader shorted me 3 stamps in 1978.

Speaking of kiloware and charity bundles, I have another point:
5) When a dealer declares that the batch/album is "unpicked" - how unpicked they really are? Which of you ever found an inverted plain or penny black in an "unpicked" album? And how often do you buy a stock book or hinged album only to find "the presence of the absence" (as an Israeli playwriter defined it), suspicious holes in an otherwise packed album?
Should we expect an "unpicked" batch of stamps to really be unpicked, and if so, is that dealer honest, or stupid?

I never believe them, especially on ebay. The best is when you get your hands on an album and there's holes all over, even whole pages ripped out.

Most material has been picked…many, many times over. Sometimes not by the last seller.

When an ad says 'unpicked', I simply don't believe it. It may be unpicked as it pertains to 'flyspecking' - the tiny printing varieties that can only be seen under magnification. Yes, I am implying that they have gone through the lot to see if any particular scarce design type or perf or watermark may be hidden in there. At some point, it is no longer worth the effort to look closer - but it IS worth the small effort to go through and look at least in a cursory way. Also, as rogdcam says, it may be unpicked by the current seller, yet he may be the 4th or 5th seller in a long line of pickers that have ended up with nothing and sold the pile wholesale to the next seller.

The idea that a collector would want his collection to be sold 'as is' and 'unpicked' is pretty rare, unless it is a specialized collection. Most sellers want to maximize their return and the fact of the matter is that it makes monetary sense to pick out the better items, sell them individually, and blow out the remainder as one or two large lots.

'Unpicked' is hard to tell without a close examination - it has obviously been picked over if there are hinge marks or empty mounts in the album. Also, check to see if quality is similar from the cheapies up to the more valuable stamps - even then, some collectors buy the best quality that they can afford, which means the cheapies are nice, but the (depending on financial circumstances) more valuable stamps could only be afforded with faults.

If you find yourself intrigued by an ad, buy it and see what is in there if it is not too much of an outlay. If it seems pretty good, then buy from that seller again. If you are not happy with it, then avoid that seller in the future. Of course, your expectations of your level of happiness needs to be realistic. If you want the lot to be worth 10x what you paid, you will always be disappointed.

If I am buying an expensive lot I always ask for it to be sent with a printed label not with a mass of discounted stamps from yesteryear.

Which even if they are cancelled will be far out of period. I realise that these are sold at a huge discount over face and so put some extra money in the dealers pocket but they also shout this letter contains postage stamps and may be valuable ie worth stealing.

AQ