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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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1 store in town. Pawn shop. Overpriced, low grade coins. I hate going there but its nice to talk to the lady and to handle the coins in person. 3 stores in Omaha -The rich one. Attends a lot of show, has a lot of inventory. Has 2 stores. Decent prices, a lot of customers. Frendly staff, but most of the inventory is located at one store that is in a sketchy neighborhood. DSS Coin & Bullion -The small one. Doesn't have a lot of inventory, but has great prices. This is where I got my 1961 Proof Set. Located in a nice part of town, near a Walmart. Dealer is nice ABC Coin & Collectables -The Middle one. Fairly nice inventory and great prices. No online store for this one, but the staff is awesome. Located in a decent part of town. J&J Coin & Collectables I have to shop online alot because I hate the pawn shop and I don't want to drive. Not sure If I should post the names of the businesses, but oh well. Edited by ChildOfTheWheat
05/29/2015 4:52 pm
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Those three stores sound exactly like my town here in Florida. I don't know if I come across rude to people or what but I tend to dislike the coin dealers' personalities for the majority. A lot of collectors seem very hermitish and lack interpersonal communication skills from my experience.
but maybe it's just me... Maybe I'm the problem.
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United States
337 Posts |
The nearest coin store to me is about 25 miles away. The owner is pretty friendly and also a jeweler. He has a separate jewelry store across town but works on rings and things when no one is in the coin store. He doesn't usually have many slabs but most of his prices are fair. Non graded ASEs, maples, harmonics, etc only get a 2-3 dollar premium over spot. I also get my 2x2s from him and there $5.00 for 100 and I can mix and match sizes. The pawn shop 5 miles away is hit or miss. He doesn't really know much about coins and way overcharges on some things and way under charges for other things. He sells common wheat cents for $1 and sometimes will have earlier ones for a quarter. I stop in and check for bargains occasionally and sometimes pick up a worn Morgan or raw ASE for $15-20. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I stick to coin shows. I have a massive amount of them in my area so that makes it easier. One of the many regular coin show dealers I know has a coin and hobby store. I went there a few times and found his prices for the same items were more at the store than at the shows. I basically keep away from ebay, on line dealers and coin stores. You really just can't beat a coin show. When you think of no postage, no handling, no paypal fees, no ebay fees, no wrong coin sent, no lost in mail, a coin show is the best. |
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United States
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I went to my first coin dealer shop today. First of all, it was like an hour drive to get there which I wasn't too upset about but then my fiancee and I walk into the store and the two employees working which were also the owners seems less than impressed to have to be burdened with customers. They were quite rude, kind of stuck up even. On top of that, when we did show them our coins and medals they didn't even know what half of them were and they didn't make much of an effort to help us figure out what they were. Maybe it was the fact that we are not regular customers but we may have become regulars had their attitudes not been terrible. I was super disappointed and now I feel hesitant to stop at another store. Who knows though maybe I'll try another place and not get let down.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I needed some coin supplies.. I figure, "hey I will use this as a chance to know what they have, hows the store, etc etc". go in there, there is a reallly olllllld man sitting in the back at a desk looking at coins but he doesn't come up front. I look around for supplies and its soooo limited. I figure, let me look at some coins, nope very little in the case, finally some comes in and asks what I need, I explain and they tell me they can order it :/ I just I dunno, I collect modern coins and I dont know if most coin shops will have that sort of thing. I mean I cant recall seeing a shop with "authorized Perth Mint dealer" on the window.... Its much easier for me to look at ebay, online for time reasons and getting what I want. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i have one shop in town went there for some flips. small place lady was real nice talk to her about some coins I was looking to sell. told me her husband did all the buying.
ran into them at a coin show and showed him what I had and was told 25.00 is what he would pay. sold then to another dealer for 600.00 so iam sure you know were I wont be shopping.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have a GREAT local store (actually about 30 miles). Its like the good old days when you step inside b/c there are many large cases full of coins. But he is smart b/c he also has a large presence on ebay. So even if the store oes not do as much walk-in business, he does a lot through ebay. If you go there and tell him of something on his ebay store, he will pull the auction and take off money to compensate for fees he would have had to pay ebay if it sold. I just wish I could get ther more often. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Slovenia
459 Posts |
As for an impression from another part of the ocean :) : I have a good relationship with my coin dealer (cca. 60 km away), I visit him every time I'm in the city. BUT I can't beleave how east/south oriented the offer here in general is. Yeah, there is Euro, but otherwise everybody seems to be interested in all but 'west'. There are a few bullion coins offer (Libertad, Eagle) and that's about it. When I was searching for some nice coin/set from Great Brittan for my mom's 60th birthsday, I had no other alternative than the web.
Not really a big trouble, but it seems the east/west border is still strong here in that field.
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Valued Member
United States
297 Posts |
If I buy a cheap coin from your coin scrap bucket----for 3 bucks it does not mean ill not be interested in a $5,000 coin in your show case some other time. Coin dealer get insulted that I'm just seemingly browsing-lol. I may not carry over $100 in cash at a coin show let alone over $10,000.I may choose to pay later via check ect. while your at a show-- what about the idea of writing a offer for a coin on paper with cash in hand-- many ebay sales have the offer options.But most coin show dealers don't offer a -Best offer option -you kinda have to ask and then put up your paper with the number . Its way stronger than asking |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Those three stores sound exactly like my town here in Florida. I don't know if I come across rude to people or what but I tend to dislike the coin dealers' personalities for the majority. A lot of collectors seem very hermitish and lack interpersonal communication skills from my experience. Socially inept is how I describe them. Like the comic book store guy on the Simpsons. Had one fellow arguing terminology on a replica bullion coin with me one day, needless to say no sale. What is it with just giving good customer service with a smile, I get much better deals on-line with no attitude, if I have an issue the return policies are usually good. I honestly feel like I am putting them out by asking questions. Heaping piles of poorly sorted inventory does not support sales. Some LCS stores are better than others, without competition, they can become complacent. Just my experience to date. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1314 Posts |
I stopped in my local B&M and I thought it was Christmas, and the owner was Santa. I like to stop in once or twice a month and spend $5 on flips or foreign coins. A couple of times a year I take a little more money, and he brings out stuff that I think he's been saving just for me. He has a small mark-up and a fast turn-over and believes that an educated buyer is more likely to invest in the rarer or better condition items. So he takes the time to educate any customer showing an interest. I wish I could find a computer technician like that.
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
I had an experience once with a dealer.
He had a $125 price on a Morgan I was interested in so...I pulled out the Greysheet and decided to ask if the price was negotiable. His response verbatim.
"You see the price on the coin don't you?!".
I will NEVER even talk to this clown again. I see him at shows occasionally I frequent and to me, he ain't even there.
On the other hand, 95% of dealers are polite good ethical people who are willing to talk to you and haggle within means.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
297 Posts |
Vermontensium - Most coin store dealers feel freaked out when asked for a offer price. The coin dealer body is not trained for that--lol - Write the number on paper hand it to him. Example-- $ 180. Ask for $120. $3400. ask for 2655. Its all in a game out there. Stores must pay rent taxes. They got the coin Blue book price or less most likely so there is wiggle room. AA
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