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<p>[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 325045, member: 8247"]The better coin shops don't have alot of cluttered inventory in the display cases, but they do have items that are "On Sale", targetted towards window shoppers, novices, young numismatists, people looking for gifts, etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>Types of items I'll see in the display case are AGE's/ASE's, current proof sets, rolls of state quarters/presidential dollars, and a very small assortment of type coins at the lower priced end. I will also see other "one of a kind" type items that dealers inevitably receive with estate purchases. All the types of items I see with prices are items that don't change in value quickly and I'm sure the price applied already reflects a profit for the dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are people (especially noobs, YN's, and window shoppers) that will never ask the price of something because they are too shy or are casually looking (especially true for coin shops located in malls/stripmalls). More often than not, people from this demographic will automatically assume it's too expensive if there's no price tag. Obviously it's too much to put a price tag on EVERYTHING, but at least put something out for those that won't ask.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 325045, member: 8247"]The better coin shops don't have alot of cluttered inventory in the display cases, but they do have items that are "On Sale", targetted towards window shoppers, novices, young numismatists, people looking for gifts, etc... Types of items I'll see in the display case are AGE's/ASE's, current proof sets, rolls of state quarters/presidential dollars, and a very small assortment of type coins at the lower priced end. I will also see other "one of a kind" type items that dealers inevitably receive with estate purchases. All the types of items I see with prices are items that don't change in value quickly and I'm sure the price applied already reflects a profit for the dealer. There are people (especially noobs, YN's, and window shoppers) that will never ask the price of something because they are too shy or are casually looking (especially true for coin shops located in malls/stripmalls). More often than not, people from this demographic will automatically assume it's too expensive if there's no price tag. Obviously it's too much to put a price tag on EVERYTHING, but at least put something out for those that won't ask.[/QUOTE]
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