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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tommybee, post: 995061, member: 24999&quot;]I go to the local coin show every month. Usually 30 to 40 dealers depending upon the time of year.&nbsp; (more in winter...less in summer).&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve found that the guys that are always there are pretty reputable.&nbsp; Every once in a while an &quot;out of town&quot; dealer shows up, usually from the Detroit area, and they can be very rude and sometimes dishonest.&nbsp; I&#039;m not one of those guys that feels compelled to buy something from a dealer just because he spent ten minutes showing me coins.&nbsp; If I like it, I&#039;ll buy it.&nbsp; If I don&#039;t I say thanks and move on.&nbsp; The dealers that are there all the time know I buy when I like something.&nbsp; They all talk amongst themselves.&nbsp; If you as a buyer are a pain in the @ss, or rude...it gets around amongst the dealers.&nbsp; You will be treated accordingly.&nbsp; I&#039;m always polite and friendly and I usually get reciprocation in kind.&nbsp; If I don&#039;t, I say thanks and move on to the next table.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some red flags for me while I&#039;m at shows:</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s an MS 65 and I&#039;m willing to sell it to you for an MS 62 price!&nbsp; (lie. why would some guy who doesn&#039;t know me from Adam cut me a deal on a coin?&nbsp; A dealer I trust and who I&#039;ve done business with may give me a deal if he got one on the coin, but not some guy I don&#039;t know and who doesn&#039;t know me.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone trying to sell you new stuff like its going to be rare.&nbsp; Like 2009 Linconln cents.&nbsp; Give me a break.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone who tries to sell me a raw coin, but won&#039;t buy it back if it turns out to be cleaned, damaged, counterfeit after it is sent to NGC or PCGS.&nbsp; Remember there is a reason that 1928 Peace Dollar isn&#039;t slabbed...it has PROBLEMS.</p><p><br /></p><p>A guy who gives me the business card to his brick and mortar store.&nbsp; That guy has overhead.&nbsp; You are going to pay for that overhead.&nbsp; I stick to the weekend warrior dealers.&nbsp; Best deals from those guys and most are dealing because they like the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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