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Message:: [QUOTE="gunrunnr, post: 1743583, member: 27572"]I'm a gun dealer and it's probably the same with any sort of "retail or sales" show - including coins. I was never pushy, tried to be helpful with all customers (even the clueless & time killing yip-yappers, "tire-kickers"). Unfortunately, the "highly successful dealers" tended to be rude, aggressive, overly high-priced, etc. Not my style since I am more of a "hobby business dealer" anyway... I was happy knowing that a lot of the customers came over from the dark to me. They were even happier when they found I could save them money if they were patient with certain purchases. Impulse buying gets a lot of folks in trouble and the "aggressive dealers" who had the slick salesmen could "smell the blood" in those customers. Sometimes, of course, one has to buy if an item is rare. I was also a "strange" dealer because I accepted gold, silver, coins and bullion as "exchange" for trade. I still have all gold and silver too. Not really a collection, just HEAVY METAL insurance for the weird times this country is headed for...[/QUOTE]