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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 174575, member: 1242&quot;]It really depends on what you are looking to purchase and how much you are willing to spend! Most Dealers will give discounts or accept offers or make counter-offers on larger purchases but most won&#039;t budge on insignifcant purchases. Plan to attend everyday if possible, pack you some food and drinks and be there when the doors open and leave when they close up. The early bird gets the worm per say and the most persisten birds gets fat!</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Coin Shows have a map of where all of the Coin Dealers and other Vendors are located. If you are looking for specific items, check out each table in the Show for any or all of these. Ask about the prices at each table and note on the map which Dealer it was, in this way you can get an idea as to the going rates and note any real bargains. It is really easy to get caught up in the craze at Coin Shows, so beware that you don&#039;t miss a real bargain by moving on to another table when the Dealer at the last table or the one prior to that, had significantly lower prices than anyone else. The coins you wanted, might already be sold when you get around to returning to that table! Keep your eyes open for bargains, your ears tuned to the small talk and your mind tuned to your task and what is going on around you. You might just pick up on some chatter by other Customers about a Coin Dealer that has some really good deals or negotiate a simlar deal that a Coin Dealer gave to another Customer.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are looking to Cherry Pick for Errors, Varieties, mismarked Key and Semi-Key Dates or just good old bargains (i.e. coins that were priced many years ago and still have the old prices on them, although the value of the coin has gone up 25 to 40%), don&#039;t miss looking through every box and folder of 2x2&#039;d coins. Note: If a coin has a price on it already and the Coin Dealer decides to mark them up in front of you or ask for a higher price for the coin, then tell the Dealer that you will pay the original price and no more, or otherwise you are walking. He might just let you have them at the old price as this is seen as a no, no that Dealers should not do and will relent to save face! (A friend of mine, recently searched through a box of loose Indian Head Cents that a Coin Dealer had at a Coin Show. The price of the coins in the box were&nbsp; $1.25 each and my friend picked out 100 nice old Indian Head Cents and got the Coin Dealer to take $1.00 each for them. We looked through them later and found that most were Fine to Very Fine in grade and most were dated from 1880 to 1900 with quite a few in the 1860&#039;s and 1870&#039;s and very few past 1900. Heck, he had picked up some Indian Head Cents that were worth from $15 to $30 each and a couple that were worth over $40 each.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, try not to sell or trade any coins at the Coin Show, if possible! However if you do, remember that the Coin Dealer has to and is looking to make money, so they are going to come out of the deal on the much better end of the old stick per say and you will probably leave with a bad taste in your mouth!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck and happy collecting...Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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