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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 25618, member: 57463&quot;]National Dealer covered it nicely.&nbsp; Allow me to amplify a few comments.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The usual rules of courtesy always apply.&nbsp; Everyone loves the junk boxes and at a few shows, I just gave up trying to look because other people were pushier or commanded more space or more time.&nbsp; If you are aggressive, that&#039;s you, and that&#039;s fine, but that&#039;s not me.&nbsp; So, don&#039;t block aisles and don&#039;t punch anyone in the nose.</p><p><br /></p><p>That depends on the show.&nbsp; Local shows, sponsored by a single local club, tend to be informal, often a chance for club members themselves to be dealers for a day.&nbsp; (Even so, I know dealers with international reputations who make local coin shows because they appreciate the local markets and their local friends.)&nbsp; State, regional, and national shows are another matter, entirely.&nbsp; One reason that I like sponsored shows is that dealers have to make some level of professionalism.&nbsp; In Michigan, MSNS has a &quot;point&quot; or &quot;star&quot; system for awarding tables. Being a life member, being an advertiser, and so on, are all important to getting on the bourse floor. At ANA conventions <u>only</u> ANA members are awarded dealer badgers: <u>everyone</u> working a dealer&#039;s table <u>must</u> be an ANA member.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;If you want the coin and can afford the sticker price, then bargain away! There are many ways to do this and the gentler are better.&nbsp; Con<u>vince </u> means &quot;conquer&quot; while per<u>suade</u> means &quot;sweeten.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>The mood of the show depends on floor traffic.&nbsp; Poor turnouts make dealers unhappy. That does not translate into &quot;happy to see a buyer.&quot;&nbsp; Unhappy is unhappy.&nbsp; Local shows in particular, and all shows, really, are places where old friends meet, if only once a year for the last ten years. Being new to shows, you might keep in mind that you are not so much bargaining for a good deal today as you are building lifelong relationships.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;Rarely.&nbsp; If you have something to sell, <b>offer it and state the price you want.</b>&nbsp; (Let the bargaining begin!)&nbsp; You cannot just show an array of material and expect them to make an offer on this or that. </p><p>However, if you offer several coins and state your prices, you should also expect them to cherrypick you.&nbsp; They will want to buy what they want to buy, not what you want to sell.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what show are you going to?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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