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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1400469, member: 19065&quot;]Chris, I agree with your advice and this is a good tip that people&nbsp; should keep in mind. I&#039;d suppose most dealers have numerous stories&nbsp; about just such problems. Minding one&#039;s manners ought to apply not only&nbsp; at coin shows, but in numerous other scenarios in life, especially where&nbsp; we must share space with others, were we can be more cognizant of&nbsp; ourselves and aware of the needs and presence of others around us, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, sometimes being patient just won&#039;t get you anywhere while a simple,&nbsp; politely apologetic interrupting, &quot;<span style="color: #000080"><i>Excuse me,</i> but may I take a look in&nbsp; this case?</span>&quot;&nbsp; sort of question will help herd the&nbsp; conversant off to the side and out&nbsp; of your way. Vocal communication is&nbsp; often the key when eye contact,&nbsp; body language and unspoken wishful intent have&nbsp; stalled up to that&nbsp; point. For all we know, dealers in such situations may be going to&nbsp;&nbsp; pains talking to a chatty show attendee wishing for a break, waiting for&nbsp; more&nbsp; customers to interrupt with questions and for the chance to meet&nbsp; more, if not even new, potential customers. I would say it&#039;s safe to&nbsp; assume that if they want to make sales, they will make space for you at&nbsp; their table and if they are engaged in a sale, will likewise accommodate&nbsp; you in a timely manner as they are there to do just that. I would also suppose that a good number of dealers struggle with compact table arrangements and if that contributes to these issues, both customers and dealers need to address the venues managers to help them understand what is prohibiting a comfortable and successful buying environment. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&nbsp; seems you had the perfect chance to wipe away your frustrated multiple&nbsp; attempts when the&nbsp; dealer&#039;s wife approached you. While it was probably&nbsp; best not to make a&nbsp; purchase decision while being frustrated, distracted&nbsp; or upset at the&nbsp; situation, there still was an opportunity not to&nbsp; release your frustration with such a parting comment. That comment is&nbsp; only likely to be&nbsp; something the dealer remembers and were you to&nbsp; encounter one another again to do some coin dealing,&nbsp; you may find it&#039;s&nbsp; something the dealers may not be willing to overlook so readily.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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