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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 918030, member: 19122&quot;]Yes it is considered alright to bring a loupe, I think it is considered gauche tho to bring an electron microscope. It is alright when quoted a price to ask how firm that price is. Or to make a counteroffer. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had been told before I went to my first coin show not to buy at the first one, I solved that by going for an hour and then leaving and coming back an hour later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I read a blog by Susan Headley on ask.com about coin show etiquette. One of the things I do is to ask the dealer to remove any coins from folders, rather than doing it myself. I also like to talk to the oldtimers, just about anything coin related, that is also fun. The third coin show I attended I talked to a dealer from wisconsin for about half an hour, (the show was not real busy). </p><p><br /></p><p>I have always brought cash to shows, I am not sure how they are with plastic or checks, maybe after a while and if you become known that would be alright.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think sue headly also wrote about reaching into your pockets, having bags that might be used to steal with, so I brought my wife and had her place items in her purse after purchase, along with receipts. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard some dealers are offended by customers trying to use greysheet prices for purchase, but some dealers I have dealt with let you use their greysheet, tho I would not ask. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure you will enjoy yourself, have some comfortable shoes on, do not be in a hurry, look around at all the different things, and do not neglect those dealers who have numismatic books, tho I have found Telesphere Numismatics book prices to be better than those I have seen at shows.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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