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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1675011, member: 24633&quot;]I realize that this can be annoying, and maybe the other fellow should have at least had the decency to ask, &quot;Would you mind?&quot;, but things like this are going to happen from time to time whether it is an antique shop or a coin show or whatever.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember one year at the FUN Show I was scanning various tables for medals as I walked down an aisle, and I spotted this large medal in a dealer&#039;s case from about 6&#039; away. At 76mm in diameter and 9mm thick, it was hard to miss.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH]249644.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]249645.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a couple standing in front of the two cases appearing to be just browsing, but I didn&#039;t want to take any chances since they were taking quite a bit of time. So, I moved in to the end of the nearest display case quite close to the man and pretended to be browsing, myself. The medal was in the case farthest from me. I kept leaning more to the right pretending to get a better look at the items in the case, the man would instinctively move a few more inches away and I would &quot;crowd&quot; him once again. Finally, when I was close enough and able to make eye contact with the dealer, I asked to see the medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I know that this would be no different from what the OP experienced at the antique shop, but in this kind of situation, there is no easy way to accomplish your task without ruffling a few feathers especially when you have already made up your mind that you want to buy a particular item. Let&#039;s suppose that I was the considerate type who quietly waited my turn in the background, the couple continuing to browse the cases without asking to see anything in particular, another customer walks by, spots the medal and does something similar to what I did to get the dealer&#039;s attention. Do I have the right to say, &quot;Hey, I wanted that!&quot;. Sometimes, that&#039;s just the way the cookie crumbles. You snooze, you lose!</p><p><br /></p><p>In the OP&#039;s case, doing the polite thing allowed the other person the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. If you had been fully committed to buying some of those coins, you should have stood your ground and asked the other customer to wait his turn.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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