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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3092075, member: 76863"]No one ever said people shouldn't be responsible for the choices they make Doug, we don't need the subject changed to soap box preach at us. Just because people should be responsible for their own decisions and should try and learn what they can does not make it right for professionals to take complete advantage of them</p><p><br /></p><p>I would still like an answer to the questions. Is it okay for a doctor to use their superior knowledge to take advantage of people? How about a mechanic? How about an electrician? How about a contractor? How about a dentist? How about a plumber? How about a roofer?</p><p><br /></p><p>If it isn't okay for them then why do you believe it is okay for coin dealers to completely rip people off which I have already said is different than building in a profit in pricing. You have stated you believe this "If somebody walks into a coin shop and willingly takes whatever the dealer offers them, then the dealer did not rip them off." Simply agreeing to something doesn't mean someone wasn't ripped off, especially when a professional is giving a bunch of misdirection and lies to get the deal closed. </p><p><br /></p><p>You keep going on and on about right and wrong, well its not right to trash something just to be able to buy it cheaper nor is it right to lie to people to get a better price nor is it right for the price to change based on how much you think the customer knows yet that happens every day from the coin professionals to the general public. It's very easy to get a trusting individual to agree to something when they assume that the professional is going to be honest with them which is expected in other industries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3092075, member: 76863"]No one ever said people shouldn't be responsible for the choices they make Doug, we don't need the subject changed to soap box preach at us. Just because people should be responsible for their own decisions and should try and learn what they can does not make it right for professionals to take complete advantage of them I would still like an answer to the questions. Is it okay for a doctor to use their superior knowledge to take advantage of people? How about a mechanic? How about an electrician? How about a contractor? How about a dentist? How about a plumber? How about a roofer? If it isn't okay for them then why do you believe it is okay for coin dealers to completely rip people off which I have already said is different than building in a profit in pricing. You have stated you believe this "If somebody walks into a coin shop and willingly takes whatever the dealer offers them, then the dealer did not rip them off." Simply agreeing to something doesn't mean someone wasn't ripped off, especially when a professional is giving a bunch of misdirection and lies to get the deal closed. You keep going on and on about right and wrong, well its not right to trash something just to be able to buy it cheaper nor is it right to lie to people to get a better price nor is it right for the price to change based on how much you think the customer knows yet that happens every day from the coin professionals to the general public. It's very easy to get a trusting individual to agree to something when they assume that the professional is going to be honest with them which is expected in other industries.[/QUOTE]
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