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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinman_Ben, post: 867423, member: 9923&quot;]I don&#039;t think it&#039;s rude, if your a dealer, to ask for greysheet prices, but imo, there&#039;s a very fine line between asking for a better price and asking the dealer to sell coins close to the prices they pay for them.&nbsp; Also, most of the coins bought by dealers below greysheet prices are purchased by dealers from collectors, those prices are blue book prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re going to a coin show looking to buy coins for a collector who gave you their want list or anytime your buying coins to resell, that makes you a dealer in that situation, but if your buying coins exclusively for your collection, that makes you a collector.&nbsp; However, if you have a ready market (i.e. a collector&#039;s want list), that&#039;ll prove to the dealer that you&#039;re another dealer and in that situation, it may be appropriate to ask for greysheet prices, but if someone I knew wanted a specific coin for their own personal collection comes asks me for greysheet prices on that coin, that may offend alittle depending on how well they try to ask it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If they ask as politely as they can, it may ease the rudeness of the question, but imo, it&#039;s rude to ask for greysheet prices if I know your going to add the coin to your collection, but like you said, some dealers pay other dealers less than greysheet, so before you ask for greysheet prices for your coins, just make sure to use common sense when asking for greysheet prices, the dealer&#039;s attitude when asked other questions about the coins will usually give you a good sense as to whether or not they&#039;ll mind being asked to give greysheet prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best way to tell whether or not they&#039;ll be willing to give you greysheet prices is to ask the dealer how much they paid for the coin(s) your looking at and if they paid more than greysheet (which is common among younger dealers, but rare among more experienced dealers), than don&#039;t even bother asking for greysheet prices, but if the dealer is uncertain as to the price they paid for the coin, they may be more willing to bargain with you, that can be figured out by paying attention to their demeanor while being asked what they paid for the coin(s).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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