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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 385600, member: 1242"]Mark,</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand what you are saying and that is why that I will ask a Coin Dealer or other person twice and sometimes three times, if that is the price of the coin! However, in the first posting you related Cherrypicking and purchasing a coin based on a mis-quoted price as one and the same, at least that is the way that it came across!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am about as honest as anyone can be that deals in coins but I guess that I have a different perspective on Coin Dealer tactics and honesty when selling and purchasing coins! I have had many Coin Dealers pull out their' Greysheets and run their' finger across the sheet on a line (different Date and/or Mint) for a coin that has a leaser value than the one that I am selling and state that that is the price that they will give me for the coin. At the same time, I have had Coin Dealers pull out their' Greysheets and run their' finger across the sheet on a line (different Date and/or Mint) for a coin that has a higher value than the one that I am buying and state that that is the price that they will take for the coin. I have caught these same Coin Dealers doing this many, many times with me and other customers and when confronted, they blow it off as a simple mistake. Yea right! Once or twice is a mistake, five times or more which I have seen, is intentional! I have also seen many Coin Dealers purchase $300+ worth of Morgan Silver Dollars from elderly men and women for $75 or less. Now, who is the more honest in their' dealings??!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 385600, member: 1242"]Mark, I understand what you are saying and that is why that I will ask a Coin Dealer or other person twice and sometimes three times, if that is the price of the coin! However, in the first posting you related Cherrypicking and purchasing a coin based on a mis-quoted price as one and the same, at least that is the way that it came across! I am about as honest as anyone can be that deals in coins but I guess that I have a different perspective on Coin Dealer tactics and honesty when selling and purchasing coins! I have had many Coin Dealers pull out their' Greysheets and run their' finger across the sheet on a line (different Date and/or Mint) for a coin that has a leaser value than the one that I am selling and state that that is the price that they will give me for the coin. At the same time, I have had Coin Dealers pull out their' Greysheets and run their' finger across the sheet on a line (different Date and/or Mint) for a coin that has a higher value than the one that I am buying and state that that is the price that they will take for the coin. I have caught these same Coin Dealers doing this many, many times with me and other customers and when confronted, they blow it off as a simple mistake. Yea right! Once or twice is a mistake, five times or more which I have seen, is intentional! I have also seen many Coin Dealers purchase $300+ worth of Morgan Silver Dollars from elderly men and women for $75 or less. Now, who is the more honest in their' dealings??!! Frank[/QUOTE]
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