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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Virginian, post: 413842, member: 15201&quot;]I am sure this has been beaten to death after being dead and decomposing for some time, but I am still astounded at how rudely brazen some dealers feel they can treat you at shows even when you want to give them business. PLEASE, no names for the presumption of innocence and to keep you or Coin Talk from being sued. My example harkens from the last ANA show in Baltimore earlier this month, one dealer ignored me for almost 10 minutes with no other people at the table after I finally thought I had gotten his attention, I asked to see a coin and get a price, he finally got around to let me see the coin and I asked about the price-get this he told me to come back in an hour!!!!! WTFHIT? So, I did and he said he still didn&#039;t look it up and said to come back at an even longer time interval, eventhough he was sitting down reading and eating a sandwich. I asked did he really want to sell the coin, he said yes, I said wait an hour and left the table. Some other dealers were really pushy, but I don&#039;t mind that as much since I sell for a living too and some knew the power of negotiating and got my business if they had what I was looking for. So many of the dealers never said hello even and often times just meandered like a sloth to see you, looking annoyed that you even wanted to see their inventory. One dealer was visibly upset that I said I&#039;d pass on a coin, and sarcastically said so-well guess what, in sales you get more &quot;nos&quot; than &quot;yeses&quot;. Given the way he acted in that instance, I did not ask to see another coin I saw in his display and walked away. I think it is a regional thing since the dealers from the South and West (other than California) seemed the most friendly, while those from the Northeast seemed to be the least-sorry, no offense intended and it is a general observation with notable exceptions to the CA and Northeastern dealers. For example, one dealer I really liked and was friendly from Southern California was Doug Bird who deals in early coppers. He got the lion&#039;s share of my money at the show and was a pleasure to deal with. I wish more dealers were like him, too bad so many aren&#039;t. I guess it is something that just goes with the territory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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