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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3051191, member: 19463&quot;]+1</p><p>As a long time show goer, I am impressed by the correlation between empty chairs at a table and dealers who make few sales.&nbsp; That does not mean they are doing poorly since an expensive dealer with few coins will not attract a huge crowd but might take in a lot of cash compared to one that has thousands of coins being pawed through by dozens of bargain hunters who occupy chairs.&nbsp; There are also dealers whose main reason for being at a show is to buy rather than sell.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not suggest telling a dealer too exactly what you are seeking if you desire to look at coins.&nbsp; Saying &#039;Caracalla&#039; may end with three coins being pulled out of a box and handed to you while saying &#039;third century Roman&#039; is more likely to get the opportunity to flip through the box.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hard thing about your request for rules of behavior is that the answers will differ according to the dealer and circumstances.&nbsp; A bored dealer who has no traffic at a show he is sorry he attended&nbsp; may be more willing to talk and show coins than one with standing room only crowds of people waving cash.&nbsp; A few dealers will be offended if you ask for a lower price but others will hand you a box with the words, &quot;I can do better if you see anything you like.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll go further on this.&nbsp; While you are at a table taking up rented space, you pay attention only to that dealer and his coins.&nbsp; If you want to chit-chat, make a lunch date, show things you bought earlier in the day or anything other than look at coins, take it somewhere else.&nbsp; Engaging in buy/sell activity other than with a legitimate table owning dealer is a good way to get shown the door by security.&nbsp; I do not initiate contact with fellow buyers unless it is suggested by the tabled dealer.&nbsp; This comes up for me more often than you would think since some dealers ask opinions of a coin from people they know might have reason to know about that coin.&nbsp; After you have been dealing with the same people for thirty years we still go back to rule one:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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