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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2842414, member: 19463&quot;]This is a problem for me.&nbsp; My favorite show dealers all are unpriced and don&#039;t haggle.&nbsp; I never know what to do when I see prices.&nbsp; Usually the marked prices are more than I will pay.&nbsp; More of the marked price sellers haggle but I feel funny offering half so I usually just walk away unless the coin is something really special to me.&nbsp; Having to ask opens the door for discussing the coin including the price.&nbsp; One favorite dealer often has consignments and has to look up the coin in a list telling him what the consignor wants for the coin and how flexible he can be.&nbsp; All commerce is a bit of a game.&nbsp; Not all play by the same rules.&nbsp; It is interesting how some expect a haggle while others are offended if you ask if they can do better.&nbsp; Later this month I will attend a show with a couple dealers new to me.&nbsp; The task will be figuring out which type they are.&nbsp; Their job will be to predict what buyers will come later and pay more than I would and how bad they want to avoid going home with no sales. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is always fun to take a coin home from a show and discover it sold for three times as much five years before.&nbsp; It is less fun to discover it sold for a third what you paid in last month&#039;s CNG sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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