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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 185029, member: 112&quot;]I really don&#039;t have a good answer for you, I probably should have worded my comments differently. But, I do believe what I said. Like n_sandler4 said, he&#039;s 17 - and of course someone who is 17 tends to look like they are 17 - so the dealer afforded him no respect whatsoever because he was young and looked it. On the contrary, the dealer showed him a great deal of disrespect. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know how he feels, I have had the same thing happen to me - all because of how I look. For example - at a large coin show I walk up to a well known dealer&#039;s table that specializes in world coins - high end world coins. He&#039;s just standing there watching the crowd not doing anything, he sees me comin, and does a quick estimation and quickly finds something to busy himself with;&nbsp; instead of greeting me in a friendly manner he ignores me. Now why did he do that ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, because of the way I look. There really isn&#039;t another explanation. What he sees is a man in a cowboy hat, wearing Levi&#039;s and a large belt buckle with NRA printed on it, he then sees the cowboy boots, the dark glasses, western style shirt and he quickly surmises - &quot;there aint no sales here&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>What he saw next was me standing at the table next to him, talking to the dealer who was friendly and respectful, and discussing aspects of a hammered gold coin that even dealer didn&#039;t know. He then sees me spend over $2,000 cash. </p><p><br /></p><p>At this he animatedly tries to interest me in some of his own hammered gold - know what he got ? A comment that appearances are not what they always seem, and a view of me walking away.</p><p><br /></p><p>And all because I didn&#039;t look the part - whatever that look is.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>edit - sorry for the off topic posting, but I thought it mattered enough to do so[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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