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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 963090, member: 8033&quot;]Actually Guy I did admit that I&#039;m guilty of it at times and it is just the type you described that I would most frequently be guilty of this behavior on.</p><p>We do have to be on our toes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I actually wish we had done some stereotyping. This involved a jewelry purchase. </p><p>A younger guy comes in with some sterling silver. Obviously knows a bit about jewelry and wants to sell.</p><p>Rather long and unkept hair to me and I wouldn&#039;t say nervous but &quot;jumpy&quot;. We bought the jewelry and when he left I said he seemed high to me. Not pot but something.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 4 hours later he&#039;s in with 2 more bracelets and much calmer. We bought those.</p><p><br /></p><p>About a half hour later a regular buyer comes in and guess what he&#039;s asking about? Some bracelets amongst other things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yup, we got them and he asks what the seller looked like. Gee whiz it&#039;s his son. Then he says he must be on drugs again. I told him that was MY next question and sure enough his son has had a crack problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>He would prefer to keep the police out of this as would we. Makes us look bad quite honestly although we did everything by the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the father, as I mentioned, is a regular customer and a reasonable guy. We just want to resolve the situation. Problem is we PAID for the stuff and why should we take a loss?</p><p>I advised him to get some money off his thief of a kid BEFORE he tossed his butt out of the house and I believe he went home to do just that.</p><p>I figure we&#039;ll have this situation resolved tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I stereotyped in my mind I suppose and wish I had gone a step further. What really bugs me is that I should have figured crack. I ran a truck stop in a rough neighborhood and seen my share of &quot;crack heads&quot;. Should have been fairly obvious to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>We do have the right to not buy. I shall remember this and will, most likely, tell more people we&#039;re not interested. Not worth the trouble.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for people buying it remains the same. I try not to stereotype as one person&#039;s money is as good as anothers and a collector is a collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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