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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1688147, member: 26302"]I can see both sides since i have dealt with all types. Of course there are friendly dealers, but with unfriendly ones there are two types. One is the type who gets mad if you don't pay their prices and want nothing to do with you. I don't like this type, but its his business. The second type APPEARS like the first when he doesn't know you, but upon seeing you around and you not falling for overpriced crap or asking him stupid questions, he recognizes you are a serious collector. He then treats you better, and you start getting offered the better coins. I call these gruff dealers. I have no idea why they behave this way, but they are some of the most knowledgable dealers around, and usually have nice coins that many do not know about because of their personality. Maybe they are just tired of answering the same stupid questions for the 100,000th time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problem is, until you know what kind of ill tempered dealer this is, you might have froze yourself out of a tremendous resource. One of my favorite US dealers were like this, and he always had great coins he would only show you if he could stand you. He also taught me a LOT.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, i recommend killing every dealer with kindness, (not dumb purchases, but politeness), until you are sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1688147, member: 26302"]I can see both sides since i have dealt with all types. Of course there are friendly dealers, but with unfriendly ones there are two types. One is the type who gets mad if you don't pay their prices and want nothing to do with you. I don't like this type, but its his business. The second type APPEARS like the first when he doesn't know you, but upon seeing you around and you not falling for overpriced crap or asking him stupid questions, he recognizes you are a serious collector. He then treats you better, and you start getting offered the better coins. I call these gruff dealers. I have no idea why they behave this way, but they are some of the most knowledgable dealers around, and usually have nice coins that many do not know about because of their personality. Maybe they are just tired of answering the same stupid questions for the 100,000th time. Problem is, until you know what kind of ill tempered dealer this is, you might have froze yourself out of a tremendous resource. One of my favorite US dealers were like this, and he always had great coins he would only show you if he could stand you. He also taught me a LOT. So, i recommend killing every dealer with kindness, (not dumb purchases, but politeness), until you are sure. Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]
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