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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 5416285, member: 105571"]Prompted by a member's note on another thread indicating that his LCS did not display many coins: Before the pandemic, when I was regularly visiting my local area LCS's and was still very new to the hobby, I noticed that in addition to being buzzed in through the security system, there were few and sometimes no coins on display at all even though glass cases were present. They basically all insisted that the client state what they were interested in and then they would go in back and trot out some material that met the stated desire. Completely unlike their behavior at coin shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could not determine and didn't want to ask if this was purely a security arrangement, a matter of laziness, too much material to trot out and put away every day, or some combination of all of these. But it seemed to me then, and still does, to be a practice that would result in zero impulse buying. You know, that shiny object thing we all suffer from. Plus, for relatively new hobbyists, this practice limited exposure to unfamiliar series that might trigger a new collecting interest and thus new sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the walk-in business just did not represent enough sales $ volume to matter so they didn't put any effort into the in-person retail presentation?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts on this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 5416285, member: 105571"]Prompted by a member's note on another thread indicating that his LCS did not display many coins: Before the pandemic, when I was regularly visiting my local area LCS's and was still very new to the hobby, I noticed that in addition to being buzzed in through the security system, there were few and sometimes no coins on display at all even though glass cases were present. They basically all insisted that the client state what they were interested in and then they would go in back and trot out some material that met the stated desire. Completely unlike their behavior at coin shows. I could not determine and didn't want to ask if this was purely a security arrangement, a matter of laziness, too much material to trot out and put away every day, or some combination of all of these. But it seemed to me then, and still does, to be a practice that would result in zero impulse buying. You know, that shiny object thing we all suffer from. Plus, for relatively new hobbyists, this practice limited exposure to unfamiliar series that might trigger a new collecting interest and thus new sales. Maybe the walk-in business just did not represent enough sales $ volume to matter so they didn't put any effort into the in-person retail presentation? Any thoughts on this?[/QUOTE]
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