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<p>[QUOTE="jimij, post: 145425, member: 5475"]Don't feel bad. I show my coins to my wife and she just shrugs and goes 'oh how nice' and walks away. Needless to say I've quit trying to showoff my pride and joy of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also I feel the same way as you with an added problem. I'm so far away from major cities that we get one coin show a year and the one place that happens to sell any coins tries to do like most coin dealers and have outrageous markups. I really wanted to get a good relationship with a dealer so i could buy quanity coins with only a reasonable premium for their trouble , but thats a hard thing to do when 80% of people selling coins use what I like to call the hook , line and sink approach. Meaning outrageous markups and not willing to negotiate to reasonable prices. So I'm stuck with online auctions and the company of those on this site.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jimij, post: 145425, member: 5475"]Don't feel bad. I show my coins to my wife and she just shrugs and goes 'oh how nice' and walks away. Needless to say I've quit trying to showoff my pride and joy of coins. Also I feel the same way as you with an added problem. I'm so far away from major cities that we get one coin show a year and the one place that happens to sell any coins tries to do like most coin dealers and have outrageous markups. I really wanted to get a good relationship with a dealer so i could buy quanity coins with only a reasonable premium for their trouble , but thats a hard thing to do when 80% of people selling coins use what I like to call the hook , line and sink approach. Meaning outrageous markups and not willing to negotiate to reasonable prices. So I'm stuck with online auctions and the company of those on this site.[/QUOTE]
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