07-11-2003, 02:23 AM
William,
I agree with you. At current prices, I am going out of business. I cannot resupply my stock at the prices I can sell the medals for on my web page. I do not know what I will do in the future.
I've had one major supplier stop exporting medals as he makes more money in Russia, another cannot find anything good, and the third major supplier, sends all of his old stock back into Russia and brings out garbage now.
People have to adjust to the times and understand that if you pay a bargin price you are going to get a fake unless you get very lucky and buy from an idiot. Even if this happens, you will have bought ten fakes to find the one bargin.
Please everyone, study the laws of supply and demand and understand that we are dealing with a finite number of good pieces which have been in demand for 13 years. Would anyone disagree that there are more then 120,000 Soviet ODM collectors worldwide? That means that even at this small number, if everyone had an Order of the October Revolution, there would be no roginals left. If everyone had a Partisan Medal 1st or 2nd Class, as large majority are probably fakes. Hell, if everyone of these people had 5 Orders of Glory 3rd Class, most would be gone. Granted the numbers are soft, but it should make you say, "Hmmm?"
Just my opinion, which I hope will cause people to scratch their heads,
Ed M.
I agree with you. At current prices, I am going out of business. I cannot resupply my stock at the prices I can sell the medals for on my web page. I do not know what I will do in the future.
I've had one major supplier stop exporting medals as he makes more money in Russia, another cannot find anything good, and the third major supplier, sends all of his old stock back into Russia and brings out garbage now.
People have to adjust to the times and understand that if you pay a bargin price you are going to get a fake unless you get very lucky and buy from an idiot. Even if this happens, you will have bought ten fakes to find the one bargin.
Please everyone, study the laws of supply and demand and understand that we are dealing with a finite number of good pieces which have been in demand for 13 years. Would anyone disagree that there are more then 120,000 Soviet ODM collectors worldwide? That means that even at this small number, if everyone had an Order of the October Revolution, there would be no roginals left. If everyone had a Partisan Medal 1st or 2nd Class, as large majority are probably fakes. Hell, if everyone of these people had 5 Orders of Glory 3rd Class, most would be gone. Granted the numbers are soft, but it should make you say, "Hmmm?"
Just my opinion, which I hope will cause people to scratch their heads,
Ed M.
