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<p>[QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 402573, member: 5629"]Absolutely not! A dealer is in the business of paying bills and eating. Any dealer knows that he/she is not going to make it rich selling coins. Yes, there is an abundance of money to be made in coin dealing, that requires a lot of hard work - especially foot work. But, all in all, the dealer knows that his dealings will be enough to "pay bills", "put food in the mouth", and make a modest profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones that will "require" that you be/become a regular client are what I would call brokerage houses - those dealers that are considered "big players" making "big deals" that have no need to peddle their wares on the "little guy". True, there are the small time dealer who wants to play like the "big boys", and you can generally tell them by their attitudes toward the run of the mill collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, by all means, haggle with your dealer. Just do not offend him in your haggling. Always make "fair" offers that are not outlandish. Once you get to know the dealer and have dealt with him/her for a while, then you could make a few outlandish offers without necessarily offending him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 402573, member: 5629"]Absolutely not! A dealer is in the business of paying bills and eating. Any dealer knows that he/she is not going to make it rich selling coins. Yes, there is an abundance of money to be made in coin dealing, that requires a lot of hard work - especially foot work. But, all in all, the dealer knows that his dealings will be enough to "pay bills", "put food in the mouth", and make a modest profit. The ones that will "require" that you be/become a regular client are what I would call brokerage houses - those dealers that are considered "big players" making "big deals" that have no need to peddle their wares on the "little guy". True, there are the small time dealer who wants to play like the "big boys", and you can generally tell them by their attitudes toward the run of the mill collector. All in all, by all means, haggle with your dealer. Just do not offend him in your haggling. Always make "fair" offers that are not outlandish. Once you get to know the dealer and have dealt with him/her for a while, then you could make a few outlandish offers without necessarily offending him.[/QUOTE]
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