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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvercowboy72, post: 1191632, member: 28647&quot;]So...my impressions/observations continue.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I admit that I overpaid for the CAC coin.&nbsp; I was mesmerized by the sticker, and this booth had several attractive young ladies working as well.&nbsp; I always &quot;enjoy&quot; walking through the rows.&nbsp; LOL!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am not going to name individual dealers, but again, I am always amazed when a dealer pays for a booth and then does not man the booth for the entire show.&nbsp; Just one person&#039;s opinion.&nbsp; As I wrote previously, I always have attended on Saturday afternoons.&nbsp; Not only do dealers pack up early on Saturday, but it is my impression that they have packed, boxed, and packaged their goods up for the entire weekend.&nbsp; I see a lot of booths that have nothing left at all, and even more where dealers are packing/arranging for shipment back to their shops and/or offices.&nbsp; ???&nbsp; I wonder if Sundays are even worse than Saturday afternoons.&nbsp; ???&nbsp; I have been told by a member of the local coin club that the tables cost $1000 for the show.&nbsp; If it were me, I would try to make $ale$ and contact$ the entire weekend.&nbsp; If I personally could not man the booth for the entire show, I would hire an attractive lady and/or a knowledgeble assistant to be there in my place.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was not a member of NGC, and had been thinking of joining for a while.&nbsp; I went by their booth, and it looked like the morning after a Kiss concert.&nbsp; Food and drinks all over the place.&nbsp; No staff members anywhere.&nbsp; I had some questions I wanted to ask in person, but was not able to do so.&nbsp; I have since answered these questions, and have joined the NGC.&nbsp; I read in Coin World today where they will be offering a special grading service for $30 on Morgans valued under $500 at the June show.&nbsp; Call me cheap, but I do not think this is that great of a deal.&nbsp; Maybe I am missing something.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After the show I always meet in the lobby with my friend to compare purchases and notes to see if maybe we had missed something.&nbsp; My friend told his son he could pick out some coins and he would get them for him.&nbsp; I was happy to see that he was interested in this.&nbsp; I always see Boy/Cub Scouts there, and think this is good for the hobby.&nbsp; The little guy was treated like a &quot;King&quot; throughout the day.&nbsp; Dealers went out of their way to talk with him.&nbsp; Several of them offered him free coins.&nbsp; He does not know the difference between a dime and a quarter, but he had a ball.&nbsp; Guess what the little guy picked out that he wanted for himself?&nbsp; Copper Bullion.&nbsp; Yes, you read correctly.&nbsp; He picked himself out a couple of bars of Copper Bullion and was very proud of himself.&nbsp; His dad basically said it was a much better purchase than anything he could pick out at Toys r Us, so knock yourself out.&nbsp; I got a kick out of this.&nbsp; I made a joke to my friend that he was going to be a copper baron when he grows up.&nbsp; Here is a lesson.&nbsp; Watch what you say around children!&nbsp; They are sponges!&nbsp; LOL!&nbsp; Upon arriving home that afternoon, he announced to his mother that he was going to be a copper baron when he grows up!&nbsp;&nbsp; LOL!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whitman also had an actor dressed up like Lincoln for the kids.&nbsp; They could get their pictures taken with him, and he was signing graded Lincoln Presidential Dollars and giving them to the kids.&nbsp; Again, I was really impressed with this.&nbsp; I am hard to impress, and I think Whitman did a great job in promoting the hobby with this.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I feel I may be getting long winded now.&nbsp; I hope this helps paint a picture for you if you have never attended.&nbsp; It is really an impressive sight to see.&nbsp; My advice is to save your pennies, make your own coffee, and pack your own lunch leading up to the show.&nbsp; You definitely will feel like a little kid in a candy store.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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