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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Setree Rare Coins, post: 2339497, member: 74719&quot;]Sometimes someone calls with a questions such as, &quot;Do you have a 1934 S silver dollar and how much is it?&quot; Well, yes. I have that but I don&#039;t recall the grades of the ones I have in the shop. Secondly, I am getting old and can no longer store the price of ever coin in every grade that I stock. So I have to take a look. Sometimes I know I have a grade and what the price is in that grade but that price is flexible once I pull it out and check it for imperfections, luster, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I take a call while I have people in the shop and am distracted so that I sometimes have to stop and shake my head to clear it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes the call is for something obscure to me or something that I don&#039;t handle very often and haven&#039;t looked at the market prices for years.</p><p><br /></p><p>The price I charge is sometimes fluid depending on who you are. Yes. You read that right. I have sold things at a loss. Sometimes the smile on the newbie&#039;s face is all I really need. It doesn&#039;t have to be a kid either.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is so much more that can affect a price. I am human and have good days and bad. Business isn&#039;t done in a vacuum. Other times I really don&#039;t want to sell a piece for whatever reason. I keep an 1889 CC dollar in VF with graffiti displayed with a $2750.00 price tag. Why? Because it was the coin that got me started when I was eight and has a great backstory that has started a thousand conversations with folks. I really don&#039;t want to sell it but if someone insisted at that stupid number I would probably acquiesce.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am good natured, as a rule but have grumpy days like everyone else. The bottom line, for me, is that it&#039;s MY shop and it&#039;s good business to be honest, open and nice to everyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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