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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 697524, member: 4552&quot;]1. Do not take a Red Book with you. It marks you as an amateur and you&#039;ll get a lot of high prices with little ability to haggle.</p><p>2. If you like a decent reference to take along, yes the Red Book is a good idea of what you really should never pay for a coin. Copy or print out the pages of the coins from that book you are most interested in and take that with. NEVER pay more than about 20% less than the Red Book prices. </p><p>3. Remember a coin show is a flea market for coins. Every dealer I know raises the prices of all their coins due to this factor. This means they expect customers to haggle them down. Some raise thier prices as much as 25% over what they expect. </p><p>4. Many dealers will say things like &quot;Ignor the prices shown, my son did that&quot; or &quot;Those prices shown are from another show. My prices are much less.&quot; or &quot;I didn&#039;t put any prices on my items since I have to look them up all the time and prices change so much&quot; or many other silly stuff. </p><p>5. Most dealers look up on the grey sheet what coins are supposed to be selling for and then look you over to see what you might really pay.</p><p>6. Never purchase coins from the first dealer no matter what he says. Walk around checking the place out first. YES, you might miss out on something but then too, you might find something you like better later. </p><p>7. Try not to take a check book or credit card with you. If a dealer says you can pay with one of those and you do, make REALLY sure no one is standing behind you looking over your shoulder at your person information. </p><p>8. Do not take a back pack with you. They have a tendency to hit people as you walk though congested aisles. Also, a great place to plant a device to follow you later.</p><p>9. Pending on where your at, security has become a big thing. At all the coin shows I go to there are numerous security guards and cameras. If you have a wallet full of cash, make sure it&#039;s in your front pocket. </p><p>10. Do not pull out large quantities of cash to purchase something. Keep cash in several places on you.</p><p>11. If you find someone near you all the time, go to the washroom and see if they attempt to follow you there. </p><p>12. Any coins you purchase make sure you have a place for them that is not easily accessable to others. </p><p>13. If at all possilbe, go with someone. </p><p>14. When leaving any coin show, make sure your not followed. If you feel someone is following you, pull into a gas station, restaurant, police station to see what they do next. </p><p>15. Back to coins. Make sure you do not get caught up in buying frenzy and purchase something you don&#039;t need, want and will be sorry for later. Many people buy something they think at the time is something they just must have. </p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun and let us all know how it all worked out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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