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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Thornton, post: 5265896, member: 105289&quot;]Here&#039;s my take.&nbsp; You have a great relationship with the shop owner and shouldn&#039;t risk it.&nbsp; He runs a business for profit, so be a good customer and buy some stuff when it makes sense for you.&nbsp; If you feel he&#039;s asking too much for a coin, tell him what you think and why, (cleaned, dinged, damaged, etc).&nbsp; The same if he&#039;s asking too little.&nbsp; Strengths the relationship and the trust.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure he will appreciate the feedback and at the same time you&#039;re setting the benchmarks for the value you see in a particular coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a similar relationship with a couple pawn shops that also sell coins and currency.&nbsp; Both graded and raw.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never asked them to take something home to evaluate, but at this point, I&#039;m sure they would let me.&nbsp; Or at least, allow me to return the item if I decide I don&#039;t want it for a refund.&nbsp; They&#039;re knowledgeable but somewhat limited and uses the grey sheet to price coins to me.&nbsp; Often below grey sheet or at wholesale.&nbsp; Of course, they still make a profit and I walk out with a deal.&nbsp; They will also set coins aside for me to look at and let&#039;s me know when they will have something coming out for sale that they think I might be interested in.&nbsp; Both great sources for me.&nbsp; One recently offered me a 1883 CC Morgan, raw, but UNC.&nbsp; I passed, already have several in GSA holders both raw and graded, but let him know he had it priced too low for the condition.&nbsp; He really appreciated it, looked it up and found I was right.&nbsp; I then purchased a raw 1835 Capped Bust Half.&nbsp; He came down on the asking price by $40.&nbsp; It would grade &quot;VF Details&quot; but I won&#039;t bother sending it in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good hunting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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