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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 1753338, member: 28199&quot;]Actually what he said is true. He&#039;s not being personal, but simply using you as the example because you are posting the gripes. The fact that this particular dealer &quot;buys and sells product&quot; doesn&#039;t obligate him to be open and honest with every Tom, Dick, and Harry who walks into his shop asking about how much he&#039;d pay for silver. Keep in mind you&#039;re probably not the only one walking into his shop. You&#039;re probably not even the first first-timer into his shop. There is nothing to say he has to care about your transaction. Especially if he makes five or six figure deals during the course of his work week.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Let me tell you a little about my buying habits. When I first started buying ASEs, I would go to one of those &quot;We Buy Gold and Silver&quot; shops. Not a traveling show, but a chain with several storefronts. When I first walked in and asked to see some Eagles, the woman behind the counter would set them out, one at a time. I bought a couple, then stopped in weekly, picking up a couple more each time. After a couple weeks, she not only set out all I wanted to look at at the same time, but offered me a discount on all my purchases. I started to get some good deals, and bought more than just the ASEs. I probably never spent more than $120-$130 during any one visit, averaging about $70 a week. But after the first couple weeks, she knew when I walked in I wasn&#039;t leaving empty-handed, and she was making some money. Even though I wasn&#039;t a big spender, I was consistent and she capitalized on that. It was a great relationship that lasted until she left the company for greener pastures.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also deal with a vendor at the local flea market. Guy is a postcard, coin and stamp collector, and a retired mail carrier for the USPS. Sells for extra money to fund his collecting habits.&nbsp; I deal with him on an almost weekly basis. At first he was leery, but as I continued to stop buy and purchase what I needed, he became more liberal and trusting of me. It took weeks to develop this relationship, and it&#039;s been 4-5 years since I started this relationship. He knows what I collect, and actively seeks those out for me. I don&#039;t have a problem doing a couple-hundred dollar transaction with him. I trust that he&#039;ll deliver exactly what I want. It works both ways. Two years ago he gave me a coin box of Kennedy Half dollars in 2x2s, said take it home, look through it, pick what you want, and bring it back next week. Again, he discounts what I buy.&nbsp; Keep in mind I had never met this man prior to my initial dealings at the flea market, and he lives about 60 miles from me. He does not know where I live, other than the town. I don&#039;t even think he knows my last name. But every time I stop at his table, I buy something. When I miss a weekend he always asks what happened, says he worried I was sick.&nbsp; It took time and money to build that kind of trust.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What you question is a trust issue.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know you, and I would be hard-pressed to trust you.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t mean I don&#039;t like you, but even with this back and forth posting I&#039;m not ready to invite to my house for dinner, let alone discuss what I&#039;d pay for what may be (because I haven&#039;t seen even a hint) non-existent silver.&nbsp; Do a search on this forum and you&#039;ll find numerous threads on building a trusting relationship with a dealer.&nbsp; That&#039;s what you&#039;re missing here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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