Whenever there is a demand for any product or service there will be those who deal in these. I am just a collector but thanks to the dealers I have found many a strike that I would never had in my collection without them. Yes, sometimes they price gouge but that is their reward for the travel to shows, the overhead, the bad checks, the returns, the griping customers. As a collector I keep my eyes open for goo deals. The harder I work the luckier I get. Also, many times I will pay an inflated price for a strike only to find it cheaper later on. Then I sell or trade one for another I need. That is the nature of this dreaded silver strike addiction.