Who All On The Forum Works Or Has Worked In A Coin Store?

Another 'pet peeve' for a dealer would be when a customer
says that you overgraded a coin.

Example: The dealer grades a weakly struck Peace dollar
as "XF-40". A customer accused them of overgrading the
coin. The dealer sends it to NGC, it comes back "XF-45".
The customer then said that NGC overgraded the coin, too!

I see this slabbed coin, and I say "That's not very good
looking for XF-45, what a weak strike!"

The dealer said "At least you know what a weak strike is!"
and then he told me the above...

I can just see eaglefoot trying to charge a premium for rare steaks ...

mmmm Kobe beef.

I've worked at a few stores, and by far, the best ones are the ones that are store fronts for dealers who mostly sell through the mail/internet. Walk-in sales and purchases aren't too common, and they are generally handled by the owner. Also good if he only purchases by appontment. My best coin job was working in the back of one of these establishments, and my main job responsibilities were to catalog new purchases, pull coins for orders, and sorting of his inventory boxes. I also was lucky enough to drive to his bullion dealer when he needed to replenish his stock. He did some foreign exchange as well, but most of it was through certain dealers who took everything, but could only really work with the major currencies. He somehow came a cross a HUGE amount or Turks & Caicos currency, and made a deal that not only made him money, but allowed him to send one of the other employees (still bitter it wasn't me) to Grand Turk island for a week vacation, flight and room paid for, without hurting his profit margin. Coin stores can be a fun place to work, but especailly if walk ins are low in quantity.