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<p>[QUOTE="SeatedLibLover, post: 114446, member: 4149"]Ughh, I am glad you had good luck in antique shops. :headbang: </p><p><br /></p><p>There is only one antique shop of decent size near me, it is the kind where different dealers rent out little sections or areas of a huge store for their stuff. About 5 of the dealers there have coins for sale. I think I have cracked their basic pricing method...It seems like they look the coin up in redbook and double the price, then tack on 3 or 4 dollars for good measure. Seriously, they all seem to stick to this. I tried talking to the cashier about coins, hoping he would see I sort of knew what I was talking about and would come down to a reasonable price, but he only offered me 10% off if I paid in cash, which is their normal deal for anything. Not that I was too disappointed...most of the stuff was common date and obviously cleaned, but there were a few things I would have bought if they would have been willing to negotiate, such as a few decent standing liberty quarters and a nice 1933 walker half. Oh well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeatedLibLover, post: 114446, member: 4149"]Ughh, I am glad you had good luck in antique shops. :headbang: There is only one antique shop of decent size near me, it is the kind where different dealers rent out little sections or areas of a huge store for their stuff. About 5 of the dealers there have coins for sale. I think I have cracked their basic pricing method...It seems like they look the coin up in redbook and double the price, then tack on 3 or 4 dollars for good measure. Seriously, they all seem to stick to this. I tried talking to the cashier about coins, hoping he would see I sort of knew what I was talking about and would come down to a reasonable price, but he only offered me 10% off if I paid in cash, which is their normal deal for anything. Not that I was too disappointed...most of the stuff was common date and obviously cleaned, but there were a few things I would have bought if they would have been willing to negotiate, such as a few decent standing liberty quarters and a nice 1933 walker half. Oh well.[/QUOTE]
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