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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Copper56, post: 2346322, member: 74010&quot;]Cherry picking from dealers is what we go to shows to do. It makes no difference to me what someone pays for an item. If you paid $20 dollars and are offering it to me for $1000 my only concern is that is it worth 1K or more to me. Everyone wants to &quot;steal&quot; a coin to add to his collection or inventory, that&#039;s just nature. Also, everyone has a different idea of what it takes to steal something. A hard to find coin bought 20% back of bid is a steal to most collectors. Yet, there are times I have bought a seriously hard variety from a dealer for bid, or even ask or more, and I felt that I truly &quot;ripped&quot; the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are concerned about getting &quot;ripped off&quot; when offering coins to a dealer, then you should educate yourself before offering them. But make no mistake, dealers are not in the business to swap money. They are there to make a living. Don&#039;t expect to get all a coin is worth when selling it. If it bothers you so much then buy a table and become a dealer. It may open your eyes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, for the dark side. I had gone into a shop and was looking at some coins when a lady came in with some large cents to sell. She told the dealer that her dad had always collected them and, although he had tried to get her interested in them it was just to hard to understand. She thought some of them were rare and worth a lot of money and would he guide her as to those better coins. The dealer looked them over and told her that her dad must have already sold the good ones because none of these were of any consequence. He paid her an average of less than $10 each for them, and she was on her way somewhat disappointed. After she had walked out the dealer almost did back-flips with excitement. Not being able to hold his excitement any longer, and not even knowing me, he held up a 1793 chain cent that was likely in true VF condition and told me that is how he is &quot;able to keep a young, hot wife&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>I pushed the coins I was about to buy back to him and walked out.. never to return.</p><p>(I can also give examples where I observed dealers paying more than the uninformed seller was asking.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get hung up on words. You must realize that we were all raised different and we react differently to things.. and, that we are all here together and should try to understand that when we enter someones domain that we are not familiar with that we should try to learn if we want to participate. You will never be happy if you expect everyone else to conform to only the language you are comfortable with.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are plenty of dealers more than willing to help you, to educate you, if you are willing to learn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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