Who Is Your Favorite Dealer?

Most of my US and Canadian coins come from people who are members of CCF, so CCF has to be my favorite.

Ken

Almost an impossible task to note one dealer. I go to so many coin shows and meet all kinds of dealers. Many have coin or hobby stores in the area so they take their time to make you feel like a person. So few dealers at a coin show are rude or ignorant since they well know people buy from people they like. And too, if they also own a store, they want you to go there so being nice just helps that too. At one show I go to of about 80 to 100 dealers there is only one that is just not friendly. Most treat people like a lost family member. Of course that is just buisness.

This is great guys. I do not want a new collector to become disillusioned
for having run into one bad dealer. Most are just fine. And a few go beyond the call of duty. Brad is one who goes beyond for me. That makes him special.
Brad does not maintain a brick and mortar shop, but he does do a number
of shows in the Northeast region.
His email address is:

bradscoins@ymail.com

Tell him that you know Matthew Student and that he provided
your email. And say that you are a CCF member.
Then proceed to give a detailed want list.
Mention color, strike, grade and any particular characteristics you prefer.
As I collect by strike color is not important to me.
I would write something like this:

Brad, I am focusing on the Barber Days in XF and AU.
These are the dates that I am seeking for now:
1895 and 1901-S. I am particularly interested in these two at present.
Oh, color is not important but sharp strikes are, especially from those nasty New Orleans
issues.
Please keep me in mind.

Your want list of course will be different.
One thing to know is that he is not heavy into bullion or modern issues.
He doesn't care for silver dollars so you may be able to take them off his hands,
especially if you buy in quantity..
I will be seeing him in Willimantic, CT. this coming Sunday, so I can
examine coins from your want list if you write to him soon enough and give you feedback.
I'll give him a heads-up to expect incoming mail.

I plan to introduce dunkinbishop24 to him.
This is Duncan's first coin show and I will tutor him in what he needs to know. Any other CCF members will also be introduced to him as well.

Really, Brad is the only dealer that I can recommend without reservation.

Send me your want list as well. I usually see him once a month and can evaluate the coin for you. I'm sure that he would appreciate a small but dedicated group of mail clients.

Great thread! I am looking for dealers who sell on line and who have a web site that makes ordering easy- like a shopping cart. I have been buying from Alaska Coin Exchange- they take Paypal which makes ordering easy for me. I also like the site for Village Coin in NH altho I think they are a bit overpriced in some areas. If anyone knows of dealers with active websites and a good stock, let me know, thanks!

One other criteria I didn't mention- I'd love to find more dealers who carry stock that appeals to the average collector. Time and again I followup on a suggestion to go to some dealer's web site only to find nothing listed but the high powered stuff selling in five figures. Where does this leave the guy like me who is filling spaces in Dansco albums?

I will check out all the sellers mentioned, with what coin I am chasing at any given time!

The best cheapest coins seems to be at one store or another at any given time or day.

So I look at as many different sellers including Aus & US & UK ebay's plus a growing group of other on line stores to get my best price.(nice to have windows 7 still)

I personally think it is a big mistake to get soft with a couple or one seller.

It does not hurt to play one seller with another.

Is it not about the best cheapest coin and not the seller? So long as the seller are good ones of course.

Very good thread it is going to help a lot to get that buy!

I could tell you my least favorite dealer. Del Parker...Absolute nightmare dealing with him when he came over to the UK. He's based in the states, Texas I think? If anyone comes into contact with him, just know he has a bit of a temper. Agreed a price to sell some coins to him, he kept hold of them for about 2 weeks, realised he couldn't shift them and so returned them back to me. Not only did he return them to me, he returned them back damaged. Note I received no money in the first instance, he kept them the entire time without paying as he agreed to upfront.

My local coin dealer owns a small shop in the centre of town. I've been in there once but as you say, some just have a hard sell attitude that puts you off going back. I went in to have a look and ended up coming out with an overpriced 1979 Isle of Man proof 50p. It is something I needed for my collection but at the price, I'd have much preferred to scout online and grab it at a lower price