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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DallasCoinsNThings, post: 3021792, member: 91532&quot;]Well... Here&#039;s My Experience at the ANA Show this year:</p><p><br /></p><p>I showed up Friday afternoon, and had a pretty good time exploring all the tables, as there was a lot to see!&nbsp; LOTS of Large Cents about, which I planned on taking advantage of on Saturday.&nbsp; It was good UNTIL I went by a table with a guy that had two Boxes marked &quot;Foreign&quot; in front of him.&nbsp; I politely asked if I could look through the box that he was not looking through, and he proceeded to tell me it was &quot;DEALER ONLY&quot;.&nbsp; Now, I&#039;m not going to say that this didn&#039;t infuriate me, because it did... But I just walked away.&nbsp; For one thing, HOW would they know that I am not a Dealer??? Technically, I AM, as I sell on EBay and work at Dallas Rare Coins on Saturdays for the past 3 years.&nbsp; Anyway... I&#039;ll get back to this and move on to Saturday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Saturday, I went in the Morning, and only about 2/3 of the tables were occupied.&nbsp; This was very disappointing, as the Table I was wanting to go back to for Large Cents was EMPTY.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I take away from this (this is JUST my opinion, so you can yell at me if you want, and I&#039;ll take it with a grain of salt.):</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Dealers are Stupid, and the ANA really needs to pull their heads out of their butts about how to run a Coin Show.&nbsp; First Off, they shouldn&#039;t run the show from Thursday to Saturday... it should run through Sunday.&nbsp; Thursday and Friday, only Dealers are there, and they get TIRED of being there.&nbsp; The way to get people INTERESTED in coins is to be AVAILABLE on the Weekend, when the General Public has the time to come to the Show and Buy Coins!!!&nbsp; Secondly, Dealers should not be allowed to say &quot;Dealers Only&quot; OR put up &quot;Dealers Only&quot; signs (of which I did see one.)&nbsp; If you want to just deal with other dealers, then you are an Idiot.&nbsp; Why sell only to other people who need to make a profit on an item, when you can sell to a Collector, who will generally pay more money???&nbsp; Thirdly, the ANA should require the Dealers to be open to All for the ENTIRE time that the show is open.&nbsp; It is very disappointing to show up and see a bunch of tables listed with Dealers&#039; names, and the tables be empty.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Conclusion, Coin Collecting is NOT a Growing Sport.&nbsp; We need every chance we have to get more people Interested, give people Access, and, in general, be Friendlier to the Public who may be interested in Coin Collecting.&nbsp; Be Nice!&nbsp; Give people Information!&nbsp; Don&#039;t be rude, and don&#039;t treat people as though they are beneath you because they don&#039;t have as much Knowledge about Coins as you do!!!&nbsp; I try to Educate people in a friendly manner every chance I get!</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh Well... that is my Rant for the Day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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