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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 30024, member: 824&quot;]Well, I will be attending the FUN show next week and let me share some of my previous experiences with you.&nbsp; I had some nice looking coins, all AU+ or better (some slabbed and some not) that I was looking to trade or sell.&nbsp; Figuring I would go to the tables that stated, &quot;BUYING&quot; first, I figured this would be a good start.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, most of the dealers that posted &quot;BUYING&quot; should have posted &quot;STEALING&quot; instead.&nbsp; I was looking to sell or trade at bid or below, but I was either A.) made to feel that I had the worst looking, lowest graded junk in the world and/or B.) I&#039;ll give you 10 cents on the dollar for it.&nbsp; Three dealers told me at one show that my coins were cleaned, but still offered me &quot;X&quot; for them!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know dealers are in the business to buy low and sell high, but I did eventually find a dealer(s) that I traded my dups for some of their coins I liked.&nbsp; One dealer actually stated, &quot;Nice coins, how long have you had them and what are asking for them?&quot;.&nbsp; Actually, I still buy coins from him as he gave me a fair price then and fair price(s) to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the buying side...be prepared because those same dealers that told me I had junk thought some of their coins came directly from the mint itself.&nbsp; Research the coins you would like and have a list of what are your high&#039;s and low&#039;s.&nbsp; <b>Cash is also king and talks volumes</b>.&nbsp; You may want a specific coin , but I also found that if you are buying multiple coins from the same dealer and at the same time, you probably might get a volume discount on the whole lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, NOT all dealers are bad as I have found many of them to be very pleasant.&nbsp; [I keep my own private list...shhhhh].&nbsp; But if you go in unprepared, look out because you will have a &quot;newbie&#039; sign posted on your forehead.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also heard that if you go with an ANA membership badge, you are treated differantly too.&nbsp; Is that true?&nbsp; I may have to finally join if that is the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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