Is It OK To Ask Dealers To See If They Have Coins Available Without Buying Anything.

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I think I understand & agree that you probably shouldn't do business with them.


I appreciate that it's a weird situation I was watching one of there videos today and heard him say that and I was shocked caught me of guard.

If a dealer makes it difficult for his customers to view coins, has a short fuse with customers, or is not reasonable, then take your business elsewhere. There are too many honest, friendly coin dealers in this world to be dealing with jerks. They lose your business, so it is ultimately affecting them the most. You can buy coins elsewhere, there are many deals on the horizon.

geez, I spent half of my childhood in a LCS just looking until I was ready to pull the trigger on something that wanted to come home with me

I've been been to enough shops and shows to understand there is simply a given % of dealers that are simply grumpy human beings. Maybe it was just a bad week, or maybe they reached their professional expiration date, or whatever. But they have lost their interest in dealing with humanity and we all annoy them in our mere presence. Customer service has gone out the door and they honestly don't care. I've felt judged more times than I can count where they think I am too young to afford anything or even carry a knowledgeable conversation, and treated me as just an annoyance.

But on the flip side there are lots of cool, friendly, serviceable, and motivated sellers who still have a passion for this and are cool sharing there time and knowledge along the way. Hang out with that crowd and spend some money as you can and this is where you will find your fulfillment with the hobby. I remember a LCS near where I lived in high school that was always cool with my spending 2-3 hours on a Saturday even though that might only mean $10 to them, they were cool talking the whole time and showing a few pieces. They once gave me terms on a $35 coin, lol. Today, I've graduated up to $50-$125 coins, but I know the local dealers and regular show attendees and I've learned who the friendly guys are, and they get my money. It's got to be something REALLY eye catching for me to bother with a couple of the others.

Have a short memory of the grumpy fellows and just move on. They will likely be gone sooner than later anyways. Very little in this hobby is truly rare, very little that the next guy wouldn't have too. Sorry for the negative experience.

Well of course he would. I'd appreciate it if people would buy every time they look at one of the products the company I work for sells.

But that's not how sales work. If you've ever worked in sales or for a company centered around sales, you understand that sometimes you win a sale, sometimes you don't. Good salesmen and saleswomen will follow any lead, provide any information requested and hope to close as many as possible. It's a numbers game; get enough selling opportunities and the sales will come.

So, no, you did nothing wrong, it's just sour grapes from a bad salesman.

I do not think I could have said it better.

This dealer is not local, I don't know when he is busy or not, like I said in a previous message I didn't tell him I was going to buy anything, and I really don't think somebody should call somebody out in a video it's bad business, I wouldn't do it.