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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Klunky, post: 598036, member: 12106&quot;]Well, I took the job and I&#039;ve already learned some things after only two half days there. Some good and some bad. It&#039;s still crazy to me the difference between what shops pay for coins and what they sell them for. Have to remember they need to make a profit to pay rent and employees...like me. </p><p>The volume of collections that come through the door was another surprise. I&#039;m sure this economy is bringing about a lot of that. </p><p>Surprise number three was not a good one. They clean a lot of coins there. I stopped to think about most of what I have ever purchased there has been slabbed, currency, or 90% silver. I have looked at their raw coins a bunch, but hardly bought any. That&#039;s probably why I didn&#039;t like the way they looked. Case in point was last week they bought a collection of walking lib halves. They were all VG-VF...looked like they had been in the book for a loooong time. Loved them. 5 minutes later the owner was telling another employee to take them out and clean them. I was thinking maybe they just dip them in Acetone, but they use some kind of branded coin cleaner. &quot;Easy Clean&quot; or something...I can&#039;t remember. Later I saw another employee with VG Barber dimes...he would dip a Q-tip in the bottle and scrub the heck out of the coins...he was pushing really hard. </p><p>So what should I make of this experience so far? Does every coin shop do this kind of thing? I&#039;m kind of bummed out now...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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