Bad Coin Shop Experience...

I was unaware of the $10 limit part of that, but the "the buyer has every right to pay for purchases anyway he sees fit" part still stands. If nothing else, there is even a law that they are not required to take wheelbarrows of cents.

 

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Well obviously, pertaining to the discussion at hand, I was refering to either cash, credit or debit. I didn't feel that any more specificity was needed but I guess I was giving credit where credit wasn't due. LOL

 

I love it!! ROFLMAO... This hits close to home...

I have to admit, I can be a jerk sometimes, I always keep a mint bag full of $25 of cents close to the door to give to the pizza delivery guy if his service is slow!!

I have used it once!! His jaw dropped and he stuttered well I guess money is money... His reaction was priceless, I then pulled out cash and gave him the bag of cents as a tip... I said next time lets see if we can get here a bit quicker...

I now have a friend who makes my pizza delivery a priority!!!

Sorry to get off topic... Back to the Bad Coin Shop.....

 

ROFL dak! lol I'd have loved to see his face.

 

They can get around this one by offering a "cash discounted price". I see it all the time.

 

There's actually a coin shop around here that I don't go to. They have two prices on everything - credit card/debit card price and cash price. And there is a HUGE difference. Back when I went there, something for $25 (credit/debit price) could be had for $18.50 if you paid cash. I just thought it was really suspicious. It was way more than 5% or 10% difference.

Can't resist about the wheelbarrow. I remember Business Law in High School. One day we talked about "tendering" payment. Apparently, people would go to a movie theatre really early, offer a $100 bill to pay and the cinema didn't have change. Technically, the cinema had to let them in because they had "tendered" payment.
Anyway, therei is the LETTER of the law and the INTENT of the law. If Dak's case of giviing $25 in pennies to a pizza delivery boy went to court, it could very well be that the pizza delivery boy is right to refuse and not give the pizzas. Because it is not normal that a pizza delivery boy should have to take a bag of pennies as payment - much less count them while standing on the steps outside the door.

I'm not a lawyer and please don't nail me for wrong vocabulary or whatever. I think you get the idea....

 

I love storie of coin shops adventures in America, you not know what service in store is until you run into argumental 'uschka in kiosk that know you cannot go anywhere else.

 

After your treated badly, ask to look at an expensive coin. $2,500 + ponder the purchase for a few then say, never mind, I was testing the waters with smaller stuff, I dont think that I can deal in an establishment that only likes deep pockets. I have went as far as pulling out a large wad of cash and changing my mind.

 

Here in New Zealand,there are some traders that impose a surcharge for paying by credit card or EFTPOS.To me,this is unethical.Every time that I have paid my power bill at the post office by EFTPOS,I get charged 50c.,so I withdraw some cash from an ATM just outside the post office so I don't get stung with this fee.

Aidan.

 

I don't see the problem with this. Just pay cash. If the dealer is otherwise pleasant and knowledgeable, there isn't any reason to patronize the shop.

 

Well, since I am a recent MA transplant (Watertown, MA to Denver, CO), I have to say that the root of the problem is that you visited a coin store in 'Wista' (or 'Woosta', if you prefer) :smile:. Not exactly my favorite town in MA as I've met some real jerky kids from there (I'm 22) who think Worcester is a billion times tougher than Boston (which it ain't :mouth, but pleast take no offence to that since you live there, and obviously it's close to you (and you're not a jerky kid). BUT, if you want to hop on the Pike for about 20 mins., I beg you to go to Colony Coin Co. in Newton. That is the ONLY shop in the greater Boston area I can recommend. It's small, but the two owners (Harvey and Arthur) and extremely knowledgeable, and BOTH have helped me WHILE eating their lunches! As a bonus, I believe Arthur is currently running for an ANA gov. position right now, and has held high ANA positions in the past. Check 'em out: http://boston.citysearch.com/profile/4796477/newtonville_ma/colony_coin_co.html

 

I think the Bid Board is like a wall with coins on them you can bid on coins. You would enter the amount and your member #
We had one in Upper Darby Pa. when I was a kid (Bill's books coins and bid shop)

This guy who now advertises on the back cover of coin world would come in and do a last min bid on almost everything.

I would have said here I do not want the papers.

 

Yeah, maybe disappear from his shop for a bit.

 

Yeah, I flashed the wad of cash a few times to rude dealers at the last couple shows I attended.

 

Well I go there every once and a while. The place has it's moments and my opinion is generally good with reservation. I have to give them credit for being the first place that would actually take a stand saying one of my coins was a fake. Other shops said it "could be" a fake. Lincoln Coins really implied that I had better get this coin checked out. It did turn out to be a fake.
Another time I brought a known fake 1796 120 Granna in there for them to look at. That's when the owner told me he doesn't have time to fool with something like that. But he had absolutely nothing to do at the moment!
And a third time I brought in a miniature 24 Kt. Gold St. Gaudens novelty piece. I waited until I had just paid for my purchases to ask about it. I think it helps to ask about your coins only after you buy something...
The owner did give proper info, did answer questions about the piece, and said he has one on his desk right now just like it. I said "Oh yeah?" and kind of walked towards his area. He then sat down and started working on his computer. I had somehow expected him to show me the coin. Guess not. So I walked out.
Another time as I went to leave, I entered into his desk area because I thought there was an aisle going through it to the door. Nope, and he got huffy sticking out his stomach like a puffer fish to butt me back where I belonged. Ha I got a good laugh at that.
I will return though. The quality of some of their stuff exceeds other shops. The prices are competitive, maybe even good. There are not a lot of choices for coin shops around here anyway.
The gold in the showcase is a bit skimpy. But other shops, like here in Connecticut have no Gold or else keep it hidden. Lincoln Coins has a good selection of raw Gold $10 Indians in XF and priced at about $495.
Also they priced other gold for me at lower amounts than I got at other coin shops.
Adian, a bid board is a large bulletin board with various coins pinned up in plastic baggies. You register and place a written bid on an index card. Every 2 weeks on a Sunday the bids close and the high bidder can collect his winnings. The only items allowed are Lincoln Coins own items. Some are problem coins but not all. No outside persons are allowed to enter their own coins. They also sell cigars and empty cigar boxes. Some really neat cigar boxes too.
Another factor for me is that they also are into stamps big time.
And lastly they are into the Quabbin Reservoir history, which interests me too. I have read extensively about the Thompson Dam in Thompson, CT. Also about the Scituate Reservoir in Rhode Island (provides water to Providence) and have been there. All 3 water reserves took land by eminent domain. Much land was taken for no reason and isn't even used today. People were uprooted and lost their homes and farms for these 3 places.
Anyway I suggest you do what I did about Lincoln Coin: go back there. Remember he inherited the store from his father so he can do as he wants, I surmise. And they do no eBay selling.

 

I haven't had too many bad experiences. Just weird ones. I'll write a post about it later. That's why I like going to shows. Dealers tend to be a little more friendly at a show rather than in their own store because they know people are watching. I have had some rude dealers at shows, but that's why I spend my money only at bourses that make me feel welcome first.

 

Hey, I'am from boston, and there is a great place on the corner of tremont and becon, right near gov. center, the back. I'am sorry i can't remeber the name, (brain cramp) but it's right near a starbucks that has a tea pot on the building. They are exteamly nice and helpful, and money is not an issue, spend a $1 or $1000, same respectable service. If I remember the name I'll post it. Good luck!