Thursday's (November 5th) show featured a segment about coin collecting. http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/11/05/pm-coin-collecting/ Among the insights about coin collectors was: "They have three characteristics. A, most of them are men. B, a lot of them have pony tails. And C, what they do seems incredibly boring to the rest of us."
Cash Peters is their comic-piece guy. He's pretty funny. I see he talked to Jack Beymer (misspelled in transcript) about crooked dealers: Tsk, boys. So I instead I went up to one of the dealers and asked, "Are you a crook?" Jack Baymer. JACK BAYMER: If you polled 10 dealers, and you would find, maybe five out of 10 might try to pull a fast one. PETERS: Is this industry riddled with sharks? BAYMER: Of course! Is the used car business riddled with sharks? PETERS: Yeah, but I think these people kinda look like they might be too educated, too intelligent. BAYMER: I wouldn't say you're a very good judge of character.
