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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 583264, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Yes and no and some -</b></p><p><br /></p><p>My questions are pretty basic. Do dealers negotiate prices? How to get good deals? Does one take a pricing guide with them? What&#039;s good buying etiquette? Can you assume most dealers attending are reputable? Are credit cards OK? Do the large national mints attending offer discounted show prices? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes and no and some - </p><p>Dealers do negotiate,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The way to get good deals is study, study, study, look at coins, look at coins, look at coins, make mistakes, learn, learn, learn, try again, try again, try again and after five to ten years you will get better deals than you can get today - No shortcuts in anything worth pursuing in life!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can take the guild with you or not, doesn&#039;t much matter - they know what they want for a coin and you should know what you want to pay.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Good buying etiquette is being polite, considerate, asking if you may see that coin, hold that coin etc.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can assume some dealers are reputable and some are not - just like in any business or walk of life.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And I do not understand the last question but I will add, buy the book, buy the book, buy the book, buy the book, buy the book, buy the book, buy the book,&nbsp; meaning your very best bargain at a coin show for the first time or if you are new to the hobby is buy the book.</p><p>The books will pay you back 100 fold - no coin will ever give you a better bargain than a book - you say World Coins is what you like so you need to get the Krause World Coin Books right off the bat.&nbsp; You need at least 3 1700&#039;s, 1800&#039;s and 1900 to date - it&#039;s been quite awhile since I bought them but I think they are around $50 or $60 each.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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