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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 24557763, member: 46237&quot;] <ul> <li>Cash only. Some dealers may take other forms of payment, but prices are all cash prices.</li> <li>Bring a loupe with you. One with a built in light is a good idea, since you won&#039;t know what the lighting is like at the show. Some tables also use lamps that make the coins look better than they really are, so bringing your own light gives you an impartial and consistent light to use to compare coins between different dealers.</li> <li>Bring a list of what you want to buy.</li> <li>You can bring things to sell, but generally do not try to trade. It&#039;s ok to sell to a dealer and also buy from him, but keep the transactions separate.</li> <li>Generally dealers are not looking to buy low value common material at shows. They get enough of that walking in to their shops, and they don&#039;t have to carry that with them on the road.</li> <li>If you&#039;re selling, you&#039;ll get a lot more business if you put your wholesale prices on your flips/slabs. Using small stickers is convenient.</li> <li>Everything is negotiable, unless a dealer tells you it&#039;s net priced. Even then I would expect some discount with <i>volume</i>.</li> <li>If a dealer is doing business with another customer, be patient. Wait your turn.</li> <li>Always ask before you pick something up to look at it.</li> <li>It&#039;s polite to sit down at the dealer&#039;s table while you&#039;re engaged in business.</li> <li>While sitting, do not put anything in your lap and do not bring the coins out of sight. If you need to get something from a bag, put down the coins you&#039;re looking at on the dealer&#039;s case and then get what you need and pick the coin up again.</li> <li>Don&#039;t just start buying things at the first table you see. If you&#039;re looking for something common, do a walk through of the entire bourse and see what is available so you can pick the best example for the best price. When I went to my first show, I bought a lot of coins from the first table next to the door only to find better examples for less money just a few tables down.</li> <li>If you see something truly special, especially if it&#039;s underpriced, that you know you&#039;re not going to see elsewhere at the show, don&#039;t hesitate to buy it. You may come back later only to find someone else saw it too and it&#039;s now gone.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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