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Message:: [QUOTE="gbroke, post: 1475014, member: 22585"]Here is my opinion based on personal experience. The question of "are they obsolete" is too black and white. In short driving distances from my house there are 5 B&M stores. Of these 5, 4 are obsolete. Why are those 4 obsolete?3 of them have owners/employees who have some sort of "Numismatic God" complex. They are rude, know everything, and the customers are stupid (according to them). It's like you are bothering them if you actually want to purchase something. 1 of them is staffed with the opposite. Complete morons who looked and acted like they just left the crack house.Case in point. I went in and was looking at the case with Jefferson nickels in it. I asked if they had a 1938-D Jefferson. The dirty employee (smoking a cigarette right behind the counter) said: "Is that a quarter?". I said "Umm, yes!". They didn't have any... Another store. me: Do you have the following Danscos in stock? (I named a few albums)them: No, but we can order them.me: Ok, great! Go for it.them: Just call us every week and ask if they came in yet.me: Good bye. To me, I would much prefer to go to a B&M store, but only if it is a quality store, with a nice selection, and nice employees. There is one like this by my house, and it is fantastic. But since the attempted murder and robbery last year at the store, it is now by appointment only.Anyone in the Detroit area, the store is The Coin Cove on Gratiot just north of 10 Mile rd. The question to me then becomes: "Are quality B&M coin shops obsolete?"My answer, no. When you collect toners, or purchase raw like I do, even the greates images on eBay cannot compare to actually seeing the coin in hand. Carry on...[/QUOTE]

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