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For some possible further hints, tips and suggestions, here is my list.
1. If your not from the area make sure you park so people entering or leaving can not see your car. In some areas cars tell that your from far away and not familiar with the area, people or situations.
2. Keep all money in front pockets.
3. Do not keep all money in the same pocket or roll.
4. Do not take a check book or credit/debit cards unless you really know what your doing.
5. If you do use a credit/debit card or check, make really sure no one is standing behind you watching or using a camera phone to photo your info.
6. If you do use a check, make sure you cover any personal information on that check while filling it out.
7. Do not take more money with you than you really want to use and remember that trip home may need money for miscellaneous reasons.
8. Do not take a Red Book expecting to find coins for those prices. And a Red Book is tip your an amateur.
9. Now here is an important item. Remember that a coin show is in reality a flea market for coins. In other words you are expected to chew down prices. Most dealers know this and have raised the prices accordingly. If you pay the price they are asking, you blew it.
10. If a dealer will not go down in price, walk away. Probably spotted you as a sucker.
11. If you feel like someone is always around you, go to a washroom to see if they follow you there. Then pretend to go outside as if you were leaving and then go back inside.
12. If you feel like someone is following you when you do leave, continue going in and out several times to let them know you know.
13. When leaving a coin show make sure no other car is leaving the same time in the same direction as you. If so, go back to the parking lot and see if they follow you.
14. Do not take a back pack to a coin show. Most aisles are small and a back pack bumping into people is not appreciated. I've seen people asked to dump the back pack or go home.
15. Be friendly with all dealers regardless if they appear a little harsh at times. Remember they are dealing with people all day and nothing is worse than dealing with people all day.
16. Move to Illinois. We have 4 coin shows a month within 15 miles of my house.
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