Dealer War Stories - Mr. Impatient!

My only contribution to this thread is regarding ebay feedback: as a buyer on feebay, I will not leave feedback until feedback has been left for me. I completed my side of the transaction (payment) before you completed your side (delivery) so either provide me feedback or go away. I have actually had sellers email me and ask that I provide feedback, that it was their policy to not provide feedback until a buyer did so. I explain my logic every time this happens (maybe 1 our of every 40 auctions or so). Once I got a response "you make sense, but I cant change for one person, we'll agree to disagree"

I am no fan of dealers nor of the larger subset they belong to, Humanity. Buyers fall into that group as well. That's why when I go to a show, I bring the junk I plan on selling with me and I ask what are you willing to pay. If I don't like the answer I say "thank you" and leave. Why would I negotiate and why should they?? I understand what the fair price is, if they are being greedy/want it for 20% below melt then conversation isn't going to change that reality. Or if the "dealer" has costs to do business so high that they have to buy at 80%/sell at 120%. What the heck is haggling going to do but waste everyone's time?
If anything you WANT the rip-off dealers to pull that stuff, offering 75% or 80% or selling at 10, 20 percent premiums over spot. The consumer on the other side of the transaction makes a bad decision and now that's money they cant spend twice. As long as you don't fall for it it is actually working in your favor, the faster the sheep get sheared the sooner you will be able to obtain the correct price.

Call me "Mr Margin Squeezer" as I think you should be buying at 5% below spot and selling for spot.
Got double-digit spreads? We're not who you want walking around the show you rented a table at.
Are you an Ag-cumulator? then to see Mr Margin Squeezer, you need to BE Mr Margin Squeezer...

 

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Loved the " Hijacked " cartoon. I agree with Frank's comment.

 

Great war story! Hope you blocked him from ever bidding on your stuff again.

Just like anything in life, 10% of the people out there are knuckleheads, but that 10% cause 90 % of your problems.

 

Great post. Unfortunately, these people are the same ones who create problems everywhere they go -- Walmart, Amazon, department stores, the local supermarket, etc. They don't just pick on coin dealers. My daughter is a manager in a name-brand department store and she tells very similar stories.

 

That can be frustrating, but kudos to you for not losing your courtesy. And also for giving Mr. Impatient a second chance. You know that sometimes people can have a bad day.