05-20-2002, 07:29 PM
Dear Guys
I think its a very good thing that the Russians are buying their own medals at good prices. This is a very important factor for collecting. In South Africa our currency continues to fall every year and recently we had a 35% devaluation. UK delaers can walk in and buy all the stuff on offer at prices that we South Africans cannot afford. I think the same happend in Russia. It took the South African collectors about 5 years to wake up and start competeing properly for our stuff and now dealers know they can get good prices locally and the stuff is not exported.
How would you like it if foreigners are buying up all the medals around you becuase their currency is strong. Worst of all the poor Russian guy knows what treasures the foreigner is getting. The foreigner in many cases has no idea what he is buying (the members of this forum excluded) I am sorry but I must take the side of the Russian collectors becuase I have had this happen to me.
And remember a rise in prices is good for all of us. It keeps value in our collections.
Hope I have not upset anyone but I know what its like to be on the other side.
regards
Munroe
I think its a very good thing that the Russians are buying their own medals at good prices. This is a very important factor for collecting. In South Africa our currency continues to fall every year and recently we had a 35% devaluation. UK delaers can walk in and buy all the stuff on offer at prices that we South Africans cannot afford. I think the same happend in Russia. It took the South African collectors about 5 years to wake up and start competeing properly for our stuff and now dealers know they can get good prices locally and the stuff is not exported.
How would you like it if foreigners are buying up all the medals around you becuase their currency is strong. Worst of all the poor Russian guy knows what treasures the foreigner is getting. The foreigner in many cases has no idea what he is buying (the members of this forum excluded) I am sorry but I must take the side of the Russian collectors becuase I have had this happen to me.
And remember a rise in prices is good for all of us. It keeps value in our collections.
Hope I have not upset anyone but I know what its like to be on the other side.
regards
Munroe
