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Same thing happened to me years ago at a gun show. Had a beautiful 1873 Springfield Trapdoor at a very reasonable price in my hand but I sat it back down, walked about 10 steps away, turned back to buy it but.................
Rick
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Do you guys have any price negotiation techniques to share? I'm always afraid I will offend the dealer.
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Well, the Foley, Alabama show is this weekend. I'm going in the morning with $100 cash and some ASEs to trade with.
I'll post my thoughts on my first coin show tomorrow. If anybody's going to be there look for me, 6'3, 275, mustache, white Guy Harvey fishing shirt.
Rick
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What a coincidence! My friend and I are heading to the Foley show tomorrow! Hope to see you there!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't plan on making the show, but would like to hear your thoughts on it.
Also I would like your opinions on what local (Pensacola) coin shops you like ...or don't like
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I've only been to a few coin shows but almost all the coins were priced clearly. Always haggle, it's fun !
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Ah Ray, that's just it. I hate haggling.
As for what Pensacola LCSs I like, I've really only been to Emerald Coast Coins and I've been happy with them. I think their buy prices are a bit low but that's how they make money. Roberts & Roberts bullion brokers is where I got most of my stash and I'm very pleased with them. They're mostly bullion and junk but they do have some numismatic coins to pick through. I was getting some near BU and BU Morgans for $31 before the crash. Last time I talked to them they had all been wiped out.
Rick
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If you're not famaliar with coin prices I'd pick up a copy of CoinWorld, at any good book store or CVS, and familarize yourself on how to use it (really easy if you understand grades). IMHO the CW prices tend to be on the high side, but it would give you an excellent starting point and keep you from asking the dealer about coins that would be way out of budget. In addition to price guide there are a lot of excellent articles in the mag. |
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Well I made the trip over to Foley and it was quite a nice little show. Everybody was very friendly, there was anything you would want. The prices for the most part were a little higher than I see things selling for on ebay. I saw one table with $24.90 ASEs but everybody else was in the higher 20s. I offered to pay with 2013 ASEs on a few items I wanted but they would only offer me spot, couldn't go that route. I'd say a good quarter, maybe a few more, vendors had prices marked. Saw some decent Morgans for about $36, rest were more toward the $50 and up range, and there was a bunch of them. There were cases and cases with nothing but pretty Morgans, some really exceptional. I managed to spend $90 on 3 Ikes and 6 junk Mercs. Got a 73 blue Ike, a 72 brown no box and a PCGS PF69DCAM in 72 also, a beautiful coin. Bought a few flips and airtites too. I can see you really need to know what you're looking for or it's overwhelming trying to take it all in, not really a place to browse unless you're learning. I saw my first 3 cent silver, 3 cent nickel and learned all the old pennies, large, half, 2 cent, ect. It was a great time, saw and learned a lot and will no doubt attend many others. Rick |
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Do you guys have any price negotiation techniques to share? I'm always afraid I will offend the dealer. Never, ever be afraid to haggle or chew down a dealer on prices. At almost every type of show I've gone to, dealers actually expect this and raise their prices accordingly. One coin dealer I know well told me he puts about 25% more on his coins than he should due to he well knows everyone will say, can't you do better on that price? And he always says things like of couse for you, I'll drop it 20%. In some instances he tells people he will drop his price 25%. Regardless, he still gets what he wanted and the buyers think they really did great. This is basically true at coin, stamp, gun, knife, computer, camera, etc. shows. If you pay full asking price, you become a looser since most dealers don't expect that. |
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Anybody here going to the Alamo Coin Show in San Antonio next week?
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Pillar of the Community
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A bit too far for me to drive, and I am so low on money I may be standing on a street corner with a cardboard sign and a donation cup next week. I wish I could go though.
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08/11/2013 4:54 pm
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Just wondering if there was anyone from San Antonio around here. Also, since I'll be moving to Houston in a couple of weeks, does anyone know of any shows happening there anytime soon?
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In my dealer days, I never put a price on a coin, unless it was a show special or a pile of coins - like "Your pick @$35.00" for a bunch of silver dollars. or maybe on a roll of Morgans. Prices tend to change too fast and too often for most dealers to price their coins. Most will have a code written on the holder that tells them some info like what they paid for it, when they bought it. Every show I've been to the dealers always used the current greysheet and went from there on pricing.
I'm in Dallas now lived in Houston many years ago but for coin shows check out the web - google is your friend just type in coin shows texas to find a list of them.
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I'm in Dallas now lived in Houston many years ago but for coin shows check out the web - google is your friend just type in coin shows texas to find a list of them. Not always works. By me if I did that I'd miss about 1/3 of all coin shows in the area. For some reason not all shows are listed in those Google, yahoo, etc. suggested listings. You just have to do a lot of searching. |
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