LCS Guy Got Mad For Bringing Proof Sets To His Store

Wow. There are some real ignorant people out there. You should sue for discrimination. That would work. Hehe

"I'm sorry, but I won't be able to make you an offer on these. There is not much of a market for them and hundreds of thousands were made. I already have quite a number of them, but they just sit for months or even years tying up my business capital. And the same will be true of almost any coin shop you visit. I wish I had a better answer for you."

I have more than one coin shop in town. (Maybe you are so lucky too).
All of them do Internet Sales as well, but one is small and only does gold, silver, and high end coins. I learned this year's ago. He would even send me to the other shop for my coin album needs. He just doesn't mess with modern stuff, never has.
This other shop is wonderful for getting my moderns, and he will buy as well. But if he has Overstock, he does politely say so. He understands that repeat customers and word of mouth is longevity in business.
They all want the biggest bang for their buck and their time. But they also know that all ages collect coins.
Not everybody has $3,000.00 classic coins, $25,000.00 in silver bars, or $10,000.00 in gold coins for sale walking into their shop everyday.
All levels of customers (Combined with wise decisions on their part), is a winning strategy.
Telling you that you give coin collecting a bad name....is just wrong on so many levels....if he doesn't want something that's fine...but Geez !

I can guarantee you that he sells proof sets.
I think the guy is a jerk.. I would have told him so, but, I am like that...
Find another LCS...

BTW.. I have every year proof set from 1953 to 2016 in OGP.

Actually the bloom seems to be off the proof sets from the 50s and early 60s, my dealer friend who was cherry-picking the nice ones for slabbing has moved on to hanging paper. He seems to have saturated the local market.

My local store got to sell quite a few Eagles and Morgans to a friend because he was polite to me when I picked up twenty proof sets for grey sheet prices. Cost him some time, but he got his ten percent with little risk, and made out like a bandit on my better heeled friend. I figure you can tell someone's character by how they treat the ones they can take advantage of.

That person in the LCS is a nut. You should continue telling everyone you know about his attitude. He really should have tried telling you just info about proof sets if that is what he thinks. He really had nothing to gain and lots to loose by being rude and ignorant.

He isn't crazy or anything else. He is a plain and simple jerk. I really am getting sick of the number of people who constantly claim that modern coins arent worth a darn. Ignorance and limited intellect in operation there. Dont go back there ever again for anything.




Yep, what he said.