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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 2011387, member: 36248&quot;]Yeah, slabs help.&nbsp; But this is NOT a slab-only system.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do dealers do now when they buy a collection of raw coins and unload it at the same show?&nbsp; &nbsp; Are they recording this on pen &amp; paper now??&nbsp;&nbsp; Are they not recording the coins at all?&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The only people my system would be more work for are people with photographic memories who record all the buy /sell stuff <u>after</u> the show, and for dealers who don&#039;t record anything other than Net $500 at Show X.&nbsp;&nbsp; (IRS probably doesn&#039;t like those guys)</p><p><br /></p><p>My system merely replaces whatever good record-keeping dealers are currently doing, with a database version that can then speak to a centralized system at the show.&nbsp; &nbsp; Heck, even if you skip the centralized aspect of it, and it&#039;s only dealer-by-dealer,&nbsp; think about how great this would be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any collector could use their phone, tablet, desktop in hotel lobby, etc., to bring up the dealers website, and see a &quot;live&quot; list of what is currently available at the dealers table.&nbsp; Not necessarily with photos.&nbsp;&nbsp; At this point, just a simple list of coin, grade, grading service or raw, price, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The collector or other dealer could chose to walk over to that table, or find better hunting grounds elsewhere.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Its all about data-capture at time of buy and sell event.&nbsp; its about maximizing efficiency for the collector AND the dealer.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My guess would be that &quot;Great&quot; dealers of the near-future will record ALL transactions in an electronic manner, and use that same internal system to show <u>select fields</u> to a customer-facing website / app.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Obviously, you wouldn&#039;t share where a dealer got the coin, or the price paid, and other &quot;private&quot; details of a transaction.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Why keep multiple databases / ledgers / notes / inventory systems / CRM / when a single database can drive all of this, and be in real-time?</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess Ill keep dreaming.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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