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Message:: [QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1215730, member: 12789"]So where do I think there was bad coin show etiquette? 1) The guy walking up and interrupting us while we were discussing coins. In my experience at shows, they seem to be a venue where the anti-social types come out in droves.  Indeed there is a characterisation there but there definitely are some "socially challenged" folks that are prevalent. 2) The dealer turning his attention to the rude guy that interrupted us. There are certainly dealers that appeal to the "socially challenged" folks, well because they are brethren of a feather. 3) The dealer offering to show a coin that I am interest in to the rude guy. "Socially challenged" catering to the needs of his brethren in kind.  Don't take offence, rather be understanding - these are folks that don't get out much - to whom etiquette is a mysterious French sounding word that only females use, but the meaning thereof is lost on them. 4) The dealer becoming persnickety when we got to within $10 but could not agree on a price. Kindly think of that as the "socially challenged" tax.  Yourself and myself, being the pecuniary all knowing of proper etiquette(not a mysterious French sounding and meaningless word) types would not elect to pay.  But your socially challenged folks, well chump change for the lesson in perfidy. [/QUOTE]