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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 25299852, member: 59677&quot;]Generally, there is a pulse at the start, and sometimes traffic picks up the last couple hours. In the middle it can be fairly slow, and dealers will have more time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ask</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about ...whatever they have in their case...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>If somebody shows up wanting to transact business, thank the dealer and gracefully fade away. Or sit to listen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve posted this before, but years ago I was looking at probably the 3rd cheapest item in a dealer&#039;s case when he saw a known customer. He called the customer over, fished something out of his pocket, and handed it over - &quot;You need to see this&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The (real) customer looked it over, fished out a loupe, and handed it back saying &quot;Very nice, but not for me&quot;. The dealer takes it back, and hands it towards me saying &quot;Do you want to look?&quot; I&#039;m there for education, so I say sure. And I&#039;m looking at an MS68* Morgan, one of the nicest coins I&#039;ve ever seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The customer says, by the way, what do you want for it? The dealer says &quot;90&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I very carefully handed it back and went back to looking at my $90 coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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