Message to dealers!!!

When you go to a dealer's establishment or to a coin show, be un-kept and have mustard stains on your shirt and have at least 3 cheesy fingers from eating Doritos. The end of the belt holding up your sagging pants must not be tucked away and white socks with sandals is a must.

Put your brief case holding your crib notes directly over coins other people want to see and then open it ans spread some sheets on or around the brief case. Take out your calculator and lap top and figure out KitCo spot prices on silver.

Push your black rimmed glasses up with one finger, look around dazed, scratch the top of your head and soon you will have all the US Dimes you could ever imagine.

Happy Collecting

 

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rotflmao.......

 

Let's see. I've put on a few pounds over the years, almost always have a beard and have sported a ponytail for years.
At times (especially in the winter) I let my beard grow while keeping my hair short. I always say it's my "holed up in a cabin shooting at law enforcement look".

Oh, did I mention I WORK in a coin shop? Today I wore shorts, a button down shirt and tennis shoes to work. My usual dress actually and I won't start wearing long pants till it's under 60 degrees.

Now when I was a customer at the shop and painting for a living I would sometimes stop in after work. Clothes and myself with plenty of paint and drywall dust on them but the boss knew I spent money.
Of course it took him time to figure this out but he did eventually and offered me a job on a few occasions before I took his offer. I actually went out and bought some "decent" clothes when I started as I had next to nothing without paint on it somewhere.


I don't judge books by the cover but I must admit my boss does at times. No real problem though as I greet MOST of the people that walk in the door to determine what they are looking for. Once I've figured that out I will start getting prices from the boss on items.
This generally works real well. I do the legwork, the boss is "more at ease" and we make sales.

Of course I have to remind the boss that "such and such" has become a good customer when I see certain people walk in the door. He's terrible with names and faces.

My most "interesting" new regular is a guy named Bob. He has very long hair, probably about 40 or so and has two piercings on his chest just below his neck.
Heck of a nice guy and when he comes in he knows EXACTLY what he wants and how much he has to spend.
The first time he came in he was looking at a Morgan priced at $160 and only had $150. I basically talked the boss down and gained a loyal customer.
Next time he wanted a 2-1/2 gold Indian. Boss showed him some and he bought one on the spot.
He buys every time he walks in and it's a quick transaction. Dealers LOVE these types of customers so for those that won't even bother to acknowledge them it's their loss.

In short I couldn't care less what you look like if your money is good. Personal hygiene is different though I must admit.
I've waited on some people that I'd swear have never heard of a toothbrush or bar of soap.

 

yea my regular dealers are very polite and know that im gonna buy coins. Matter fact the one has actually asked people to move so I can take a look. But shows are a way different story. If they were worried I was going to steal I would be fine with that because if I was on there side of the table I would be watching everybody close also. But to assume somebody cant afford something is ridiculous.

 

im confused

 

Cool thread. Get to know the dealers. I have one dealer that sees me from a distance and she automatically sets out the new wheaties for me to look at. I remember years ago at a bar/restaurant, several suit&ties were eating lunch when a group of bikers rolled in. They drank a couple beers and shot some pool as the suit&ties finished up and left. The waitress complained about the lousy tips from the Yahoo's. The bikers left not long after the titewads, and the waitress had a big smile on her face. The good ole boys left her 30 or 40 dollars after seving about 12 beers. The poor girl had told me that she was leary of bikers, but she got a good lesson of don't judge a book by its cover...

 

It's an unfortunate thing for sure Dimefreak.

Stereotyping happens and will continue to happen. I can be guilty of it myself as well as I have to be in essence. I actually worry more about the guy that comes in with his hands in his pockets. We have codes to announce such situations to everyone that works at the shop.

As for shows. Well, expect it and like I said it's their loss. My wife had an uncle that was well off. EVERY year he bought a new Cadillac at the local car dealer. He paid cash.

He liked to tinker around the house and do odd jobs. One year he went in after painting a room and asked to look at a few cars. A new "kid" wouldn't give him the time of day.

He went home and cleaned up as it were then went back. The "kid" was all over him not realizing he was the "bum" that was in earlier.

Her uncle asked for a salesman that knew him instead. He bought a car from that guy and advised them that the "kid" shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. Especially and old one I guess.

So the "kid" lost a nice commission and her uncle made sure he knew it. Bet he changed his tune at that point.

 

So if I am the only guy who still wears a suit in the numismatic world, why is everybody the victim of stereotyping. After all, it really sounds like everyone else dresses like slobs. Monday is casual day at my casino. Today I loosened my tie and undid the top button of my shirt at 2PM. Sorry guys, I am old school, it is all I can muster. The guys at the poker room refer to me as the mayor because I show up in a suit and tie every time I play and I walk around the room shaking hands with people before I sit down to play.

I don't have a story about how I was brushed off because it doesn't happen. All I get is "can I help you sir?" It's funny though. The guys in t-shirts and jeans with tats look at me and think how uncomfortable I must be. The truth is that I when I wear a t-shirt and jeans I am just as uncomfortable as they are in a suit. I even wear suits on my days off, if I go out.

 

Checkout this thread, someone just posted about bags of silver roosies at a show.

http://www.cointalk.com/t121141/

 

When i go to a coin show or shop i wear jeans, and a polo shirt, im not gonna get in my suit.... but im not a slob. But like leigh said which is very true- Money is money, if you dont like the dealer just walk out and go to another place, a good dealer will know that if he just takes his time with you and teaches you about the coin, and gives you a fair deal, he knows your gonna come back. But if he treats you like crap, just walk out.

 

Dealers should be careful not to judge... I'm 21 and recently walked into a shop with the intent of looking for new foreign coins and paper money to start new sets. I'm young, skinny, and wearing jeans, and the guy at the counter (he's the only one there, and had no customers) didn't even greet me. Just watched TV. I passed by the TV (interrupting his view) and he still didn't acknowledge me. I walked right out, his loss....

 

So Ward Cleaver lives and that's fine Lehigh. Once upon a time I wore a tie to work six days a week.
As it is now and has been for years I don't have to anymore. I can still "clean up" real good if I want but I rarely do because I don't have to.

Does this make me a "slob"? Here's your own words.

"After all, it really sounds like everyone else dresses like slobs."

I guess that's your opinion and you're welcome to it. Now, can you tell me is a "slob's" money as good as a "non-slob's"? Does that influence how YOU treat a customer?

When a potential customer walks in the door I don't care if they have nine eyebrow piercings and a mohawk. Not how I want to look but if the money is good and they have knowledge and an intererest or even just beginning they are a customer.
Walk in wearing the suit and you get the same level of service from me.

A customer is a customer after all and truth be told I'd rather wait on "Joe slob" than "Joe suit" in most cases.

 

Word.

 

Oh lighten up. We are not on PRWE and I was just having a little fun and poking a little at myself if you didn't notice.

 

This is a very interesting and in many ways a truthful thread. As a full time dealer in colonial coins I have done business with many different personalities. I learned my lesson (luckily!) right when I started that you "never judge a book by it's cover".

I try to deal coins the same way I deal with people in everyday life, unless someone gives me a reason to believe otherwise, all are created equal and everyone should be treated that way.

 

when u gonna go in the poker room and play me Lehigh? Its getting old being the top ranked player LOL

and btw this show was outside you would have died in a suit

 

I have a couple of filled Roosevelt folders and a couple of rolls of extra all circulated in that type condition. I am up for some kind of swaps, I just don't feel like filling another folder of them.

 

OMG, why would they hold a show outside in the middle of July?

What poker room are you talking about?

 

Well I don't wear a suit, mainly because I don't have one, but when I go to a show I do wear a white dress shirt and black tie, black dress slacks and leather dress shoes. Makes me easy to find if someone is looking for me. You don't see too many people at shows in dress shirts and ties, including the dealers.

 

My dealers treat me with respect. yeah, i'm 12, but i still spend about 200-300 bucks at each of their tables per show. they know my knowledge, know that I know as much as they do when it comes to coins, so they respect me. when I go to a new table with dealers that I've never met, they treat me like i'm a 2nd grader. it might get me a free penny from them, but I don't care. i want RESPECT from them. who cares if i've met them or not. ALL DEALERS WHO AREN'T SHOULD BE COURTEOUS TO CUSTOMERS, NO MATTER WHAT, OR THEY WILL, WITHOUT DOUBT, LOOSE BUSINESS!!!