Wow Im livid

Same thing happens when similar groups come to area hotels.

I don't frequent these types of coin shows.After reading this I think my presence will now be O . Thanks for the post. Very interesting.

They came to a hotel near me a while back so I thought I would take some coins over and see what was up.After waiting for "The Silver Dollar Guy" I handed him about 15 Morgans to look at that were all in AU or better but they were mostly common dates.Without even looking at the coins he said he would give me 12 dollars each for them.I promptly took my dollars back and went home. These guys are touring the country just taking advantage of people who don't know any difference.They do say in their ad "Roadshow" thinking that people will confuse them with "Antiques Roadshow" from PBS stations on T.V. Crooks.

Yup. And those guys are taking advantage of people, but ... well ... people are lazy and if they're unwilling to learn what their stuff is really worth, well...

They were called the "Great Canadian Roadshow" last I seen... taking out full page newspaper ads with extremely rare items pictured along with their values. This would prompt people to bring in their stuff... seeing a silver dollar worth thousands... and arriving with hope, but typically being fleeced especially on gold and silver items.

They are the Canadian division of a U.S. company called "Treasure Hunters Roadshow"(< corrected in edit). I will find the link to a newspaper reporter's test of this company... the results are, well, sad really.

Worse, there was a lineup for the 9 days when this company outfit was in my town. And there are plenty of local companies buying gold and silver at a decent/fair rate... they have newspaper adds as well, yet the name chosen, and the ads placed by this outfit just packed these folks in... and a lot of older individuals... like I said, sad really.

The link I will provide... I had printed out the article(and another) and presented it to the front desk of the hotel hosting the show. He said that the atmosphere was almost intimidating with the setup for having items appraised(eg. like sitting in a lawyer's office!), and that more than a few people had left just shaking their heads.

An educated consumer, well... I just don't know. I wanted to post something in the lobby and tell these people to shop local. Well, that wasn't gonna happen, but the article I gave the front desk did stay on the desk.

>>> edit... Just to back up some facts VVVV.
http://www.simcoereformer.ca/Articl...px?e=2784582

>>> 2nd edit... What I was flappin' me gums about! VVV.
http://www.theexaminer.com/main.asp...ticleID=3679

The Canadian version of this company as mentioned above, just did a major tour in central Canada. Just google the news items to see where they've been. Oddly enough, the local press seem to always report on ONE astonishing find... after their gone!

>>> 3rd edit... I make mistakes when I get all flabblasted and try to type too fast... I will now talk like a stereotypical western, grizzled prospector for the rest of the day... tarnations.

I have just moved into this neighborhood and know only a couple of people. One person that knows I collect coins suggested to another neighbor, who had 100 silver dollar coins to sell, was looking at the newspaper article about someone staying at a motel and offering $6 per one dollar of silver. I went over to here residence and looked at them. I told her I could get ten dollars for every silver dollar. She could not believe that so I took them to J & M coins in Vancouver where I did get the ten dollars per one dollar of silver, this is about three months ago. A difference of four hundred dollars, and she was totally shocked at the difference. She used the extra money for when she flew to Australia. They remind me of the commercial on TV where they advertise cash for gold. No conscience.

Enforcer al, that was really nice of you help out this lady. Good for you!

IBGolden, thanks for the links to the articles..sounds like the same group of crooks I encountered...:(
Its just plain greed and lack of conscience.