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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 1263926, member: 15062"]I went to a small coin show today, about 12 dealers. One dealer had something I was interested in so I sat down at his table to wait until he was done talking to a man and woman who were behind the table with him. I sat there a full five miutes without being acknowledged once while he and the other fellow discussed ways to sell coins on ebay. Among other things, the dealer explained that he sets his prices at 30% above Grey Sheet and "if they want it, they'll pay." Hearing this, and still being ignored, I got up and found another dealer from whom I made a substantial buy, with an order for something else to be brought to next month's show. Needless to say, the first dealer won't be getting any of my future business.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other thing that I have seen for the first time is the abundance of Copper being sold - ounces, grams, pounds, kilos - in bars, rounds, copies of Morgans, etc. I guess Copper is the next PM <i>de jour</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 1263926, member: 15062"]I went to a small coin show today, about 12 dealers. One dealer had something I was interested in so I sat down at his table to wait until he was done talking to a man and woman who were behind the table with him. I sat there a full five miutes without being acknowledged once while he and the other fellow discussed ways to sell coins on ebay. Among other things, the dealer explained that he sets his prices at 30% above Grey Sheet and "if they want it, they'll pay." Hearing this, and still being ignored, I got up and found another dealer from whom I made a substantial buy, with an order for something else to be brought to next month's show. Needless to say, the first dealer won't be getting any of my future business. One other thing that I have seen for the first time is the abundance of Copper being sold - ounces, grams, pounds, kilos - in bars, rounds, copies of Morgans, etc. I guess Copper is the next PM [I]de jour[/I].[/QUOTE]
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