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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Johntomk, post: 1827694, member: 57110&quot;]I don&#039;t think what the OP did was unethical. I see it this way. Pawn shop owners know that some coins and other items that come into their store could be worth a lot of money. If they were unable to evaluate items and price them appropriately, they would not be in business very long. They do this every single day. With the amount of items that come into their stores, I&#039;m sure they are often overwhelmed with items. Therefore, I would think they &quot;triage&quot; items, for a lack of better words. They probably seperate items into the ones they will look into more, the ones they have a good idea of their value already and the ones they will put a price on without researching. They know by doing this they may let something valuable slip through, but this is just part of the business. I would assume it is similar to bargain bins at a coin shop. I&#039;m not a coin dealer, but I would guess they don&#039;t have time to go through every lincoln cent, or any other coin series, in their store. They know something valuable might make its way into the bargain bin, but they decide that risk is acceptable when compared to the amount of time it would take to look for varieties. If you decided to tell the dealer about the value of the coin, does that mean the dealer should contact the person they purchased it from and so on?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it would be different if it was a little old lady, someone trying to sell a deceased relatives collection, a YN or someone new to the hobby trying to learn. People that go into a store to sell their items place their trust in a person who is suppose to be professional. This professional could lie to them and tell them their items a worth much less than what they really are, but that means they are lying. They are violating the trust of a customer, which is not only wrong, but it is bad for business in the long run. Anyone trying to take advantage of a YN or someone new trying to learn is just wrong. Yes, they should do research, but they are learning. They look to more knowledgable people to learn. It&#039;s just bad for the hobby to do this. It&#039;s like picking on someone weaker than you. Now I&#039;m not saying a customer has no ethical obligations. I&#039;m just saying there is less burden on the customer. A customer should not cheat a store or steal, but they do not work for they store and are not paid to share their knowledge. If I saw a million dollar coin sitting in a store but priced as a common coin I would probably feel obligated to tell the store. In doing so, I think the store should share part of the sale with the person who saved them from missing out on a once in a lifetime deal. I think it would be the decent thing to do. The OP&#039;s situation was not like any of these and was perfectly acceptable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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