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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3090909, member: 76863"]The dealer 100 times out of 100 is the professional. They are the ones presenting themselves as such and running the business for it, that is the definition of a professional. The collector may be the expert but unless they are running a business with coins as well they aren't a professional. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not at all. Anyone who presents themselves to the public as a dealer, vest pocket dealer, store owner, wholesaler ect is fair game to get cherry picked. If they miss something they should have known better. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now it's a fair point that a lot of them don't know much and wouldn't know a variety if it slapped them across the face, so in those cases if they don't pay up for one that is fine because they didn't know better. However if that actually is the case someone else will cherry pick them for it. If they just play dumb and then the next day have everything listed properly for a much higher price knowing the varieties than they’re ripping people off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3090909, member: 76863"]The dealer 100 times out of 100 is the professional. They are the ones presenting themselves as such and running the business for it, that is the definition of a professional. The collector may be the expert but unless they are running a business with coins as well they aren't a professional. Not at all. Anyone who presents themselves to the public as a dealer, vest pocket dealer, store owner, wholesaler ect is fair game to get cherry picked. If they miss something they should have known better. Now it's a fair point that a lot of them don't know much and wouldn't know a variety if it slapped them across the face, so in those cases if they don't pay up for one that is fine because they didn't know better. However if that actually is the case someone else will cherry pick them for it. If they just play dumb and then the next day have everything listed properly for a much higher price knowing the varieties than they’re ripping people off.[/QUOTE]
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