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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1898709, member: 27832&quot;]This is worth emphasizing -- it&#039;s not something that&#039;s obvious to beginners, or at least it wasn&#039;t obvious to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Selling to dealers at tables</i> is perfectly fine. In fact, the local show is where I sell off bullion and junk silver -- offers are competitive, and there&#039;s less risk than trying to sell on eBay, although there&#039;s also less upside potential.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Trying to sell to other attendees</i> is generally a no-no. The folks putting on the show want you to pay for a table if you&#039;re going to be selling to attendees. Besides, without a table, how are you going to connect with buyers?</p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest faux pas, though, is <i>poaching</i>. When you see a non-collector put down Grandma&#039;s old coins on a table, and hear the dealer offer half what (in your opinion) they&#039;re worth, it&#039;s terribly tempting to tap the non-collector on the shoulder and say &quot;I&#039;ll give you a lot more than that!&quot; <b>Nothing</b> will get you kicked out of a show faster (well, except stealing, of course). It might be okay to swing back by that dealer&#039;s table after the deal is done, and make an offer TO THE DEALER for those coins, but don&#039;t expect a better bargain just because you saw what the dealer paid. That&#039;s bad etiquette, and it&#039;s likely to backfire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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