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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2339024, member: 15588&quot;]I&#039;ve experienced an absolute continuum of dealer dispositions. From the nicest people I&#039;ve ever met to the biggest jerks one could ever imagine. Be yourself and gauge whether the dealer is treating you fairly. Some can be a little temperamental, but sometimes it takes a little patience and perseverance.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, years ago I used to frequent a coin shop near where I worked and I got to know the dealer a little bit. He was impressed that I could read Arabic coins and he didn&#039;t believe me when I told him some modern Mexican coins still contain silver, until he looked it up. He once let me hold a 1798 silver dollar and I could finally steal a glance at the edge lettering, which I had never seen in person. </p><p><br /></p><p>So far so good. </p><p><br /></p><p>Later, I entered his shop and he looked at me sternly and said &quot;I saw you on the bus yesterday and I said hello to you but you didn&#039;t say hello back. What was that about?&quot; I honestly didn&#039;t remember seeing him and so said &quot;I didn&#039;t see you&quot; and he snapped back &quot;no, no, you saw me alright.&quot; I just apologized and ran out of the store. </p><p><br /></p><p>After a decent amount of time passed, I went back to the store and he greeted me in an extremely friendly manner and so I thought, ok, chock it up to a fluke. Then when I started looking around he said &quot;do you know what you want?&quot; I said I was looking for a full red Lincoln. He opened a book and shoved it in my face and said &quot;there, that&#039;s full red.&quot; It looked more brown to me so I said &quot;uhhhh... thanks, but not that one.&quot; He became very irritated and said &quot;well, I have things to do so I have to go in the back.&quot; And he left. Eventually I skulked out of the store empty handed. The rest of the day I kept thinking &quot;did I do something wrong?&quot; I used to visit over my lunch hour so I doubt that I was loitering much. Oh well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t go back to the shop for a decade or more. When I finally did return he claimed not to remember me, not that he should, and he instantly became my best friend when I purchased something of fairly decent value. We had a great chat about the coin market, the precious metals market and the state of coin shops in the region. It was awesome. </p><p><br /></p><p>So one apparently never knows what will happen, but definitely don&#039;t let dealers push you around if they get irritable or nasty. Looking back, I should have never returned to that shop after the &quot;hello&quot; incident, but it&#039;s such a cool shop. It still exists with the same owner. I&#039;m sure I&#039;ll go back again, though with a hint of trepidation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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