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Dealing With A Coin Dealer At Coin Shows

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 Posted 08/22/2015  06:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 732amran to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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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 Posted 08/22/2015  08:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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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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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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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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Love it.
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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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