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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 4082785, member: 13307&quot;]The LCS nearest to me is about 1/3 coins, 1/3 sports cards, and 1/3 jewelry and stamps.&nbsp; (Also have supplies related to all this stuff too.) There are huge boxes full of stamps there, but they are literally so swamped in them every other time I come in they offer to sell most of them to me at face value (I have all the Forever stamps I need.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a LCS in South St Louis that is about 2/3 coins and 1/3 jewelry, but has recently decided to branch out into sterling flatware/dishware, toy trains, and musical instruments because that&#039;s what people have to sell, they have the space, and they figure they can make some sort of money on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO the biggest thing local coin shops could do to increase sales (because apparently there is no shortage of people willing to sell them stuff) would be to hire someone to sell online (coin forums, social media) - but they a) don&#039;t trust anyone who isn&#039;t family, so hiring new people is a problem because you have to grow your own employees and that takes time; b) don&#039;t want to get scammed by someone they can&#039;t physically see; c) don&#039;t want anyone to take a cut of their profits (either another employee on commission/hourly rate or something like eBay or PayPal; and d) don&#039;t want to have to do the additional inventory or work that&#039;s associated with selling online (yes, it&#039;s a pain sometimes.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But honestly, I&#039;m kind of tired of hearing one shop in particular whine about not making enough sales when they flat out refuse to do anything differently than they&#039;ve always done (pre-Internet.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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