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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 2014550, member: 11854&quot;]Security might be one legitimate reason why folks would be less inclined to be thorough or even truthful in what they have on-hand.&nbsp; Oddly enough, some dealers might intentionally lie or mislead the public into thinking they have certain pieces that they don&#039;t have and, when someone arrives, they might simply tell them it sold &quot;just a moment ago&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been doing shows for a couple of decades, but I don&#039;t have an enormous inventory, which means that I have great experience at shows and might even be a good test subject for the idea.&nbsp; My initial thoughts on this are that one would likely have to hire a new person on a daily basis for this work or would have to assign additional responsibility to someone who might already be taxed with lots to do already.&nbsp; Even though dealers get slammed on these boards for being lazy or whatever, I must admit that my time is fairly precious at a show.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t all buying and selling; there is quite a bit of meeting up with clients, meeting potential new clients, reinforcing business relationships, teaching collectors, planning auction strategy and walking the floor looking for new coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use carbonless, professionally printed receipts at shows and the great majority of those dealers who declare their tax income properly do so, too.&nbsp; Truly, I think once one gets up to speed with electronic record keeping in real-time that it should be able to be done by a certain population of folks.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t imagine that I would engage in this since I intentionally withhold coins so that I can offer them to my clients from my site.&nbsp; Additionally, I don&#039;t always know what the most fair price is for a coin once it is purchased and don&#039;t want someone asking me about the coin prior to my own figuring on the piece.&nbsp; Overall, I think the idea is great, but I think at this time there are enough impediments in its implementation and continuous usage that most will not embrace the project.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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