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Message:: [QUOTE="Indianhead65, post: 293792, member: 103422"]Lately, I've been reading alot in various coin publications, mainly Coin World, about potential buyers experiences in various coin shops and coin shows about how they are treated when they approach the shop clerk or bourse salesman with interest in coins they possibly want to buy or may have coins for sale. Sometimes the salesman acts like he's too busy to help or just rudely states that he's not interested. Now, it seems to me that if these shop owners want to stay in business and want to stay competitive with online coin shops they would put a little more effort towards being friendlier and helpful. The ones that are rude to customers can hardly complain when they're locking their doors for the last time. I remember when I first started collecting coins, going to coin shows around my area. As a 12 year old boy in 1977 walking around at a coin show I can tell you from my experiences that I've ran into my share of rude coin dealers and it made me think about giving up collecting. Back then, nobody offered their knowledge or cared to sit with a kid and talk about coins. We didnt have the internet yet to be able to just look up information at any time. You bought magazines and books for information. I still run into rude dealers now and again but I know who they are now and I just avoid them. Makes my life alot easier. Sorry, I've just had this on my mind for the past few days and had to get it out.[/QUOTE]