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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3244370, member: 76863"]I agree and disagree at the same time. Are there opportunities at major shows absolutely no arguments there. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said I do think that a lot of shows are more dangerous for someone new or trusting than helpful and that just a lot of the small local shows are very overrated to begin with. </p><p><br /></p><p>More the local or regional type show circuit it where they really need to be on their toes if they're buying raw but it can happen anywhere. A lot of details coins end up raw again at those types of shows, at least in my area and I do fully understand where you are will make a difference. That said a lot just don't know either but at least they enjoyed their time there. </p><p><br /></p><p>There certainly are a couple good people at even those shows and I will go right to them every-time, there's also a large portion of the room I wouldn't even bother to glance at though </p><p><br /></p><p>What you are looking for matters too. A lot of shows are a complete waste of time if you are a modern collectors or world collector ect in many areas. There's no one right or wrong answer just general trends that can be reported on. What works for someone doesn't necessarily work for another.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The trash talk or being rude doesn't even bother me so much. By all means be rude to me if you are going to give me a great price. It's the over the top polite ones I am more skeptical of as you can only see so many cracked out details coins and over hear so much bad advice before you just get cynical. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Completely agree here. So much of social media sites is just people putting on a front that their life is so great to keep up the appearance which causes people to get jealous and sad ect. I barely use one of them from how bad they try and manipulate things including the news.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3244370, member: 76863"]I agree and disagree at the same time. Are there opportunities at major shows absolutely no arguments there. That said I do think that a lot of shows are more dangerous for someone new or trusting than helpful and that just a lot of the small local shows are very overrated to begin with. More the local or regional type show circuit it where they really need to be on their toes if they're buying raw but it can happen anywhere. A lot of details coins end up raw again at those types of shows, at least in my area and I do fully understand where you are will make a difference. That said a lot just don't know either but at least they enjoyed their time there. There certainly are a couple good people at even those shows and I will go right to them every-time, there's also a large portion of the room I wouldn't even bother to glance at though What you are looking for matters too. A lot of shows are a complete waste of time if you are a modern collectors or world collector ect in many areas. There's no one right or wrong answer just general trends that can be reported on. What works for someone doesn't necessarily work for another. The trash talk or being rude doesn't even bother me so much. By all means be rude to me if you are going to give me a great price. It's the over the top polite ones I am more skeptical of as you can only see so many cracked out details coins and over hear so much bad advice before you just get cynical. Completely agree here. So much of social media sites is just people putting on a front that their life is so great to keep up the appearance which causes people to get jealous and sad ect. I barely use one of them from how bad they try and manipulate things including the news.[/QUOTE]
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