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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 7909961, member: 13307"]I was told by another Chicago-area coin shop owner (who was very friendly, but unfortunately didn't have much of what I was into at the time) that those shops (with the rude owners) exist solely because they want to buy people's collections, pick out the best stuff for their own collections, and get rid of the remnants.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which, honestly...that's kind of how my collection was built. So I'm not really judging them for that aspect of it. I do think it leads to really indifferent/rude customer service for people with standards or specific collecting tastes/needs. (<i>I say that because it seems they were perfectly happy to sell you one of something, say a BU state quarter, if you didn't try to pick out a nice example. Same with something like a 1970 Proof Set - if you said you wanted one, they'd get you one - but that's the only one you'll see and it's take it or leave it.</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll send you a PM for a place I visited where I got a few really nice deals (including that Mexican 1 Peso album I got a few years back with the nice Caballito Pesos in it, if you remember that one?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 7909961, member: 13307"]I was told by another Chicago-area coin shop owner (who was very friendly, but unfortunately didn't have much of what I was into at the time) that those shops (with the rude owners) exist solely because they want to buy people's collections, pick out the best stuff for their own collections, and get rid of the remnants. Which, honestly...that's kind of how my collection was built. So I'm not really judging them for that aspect of it. I do think it leads to really indifferent/rude customer service for people with standards or specific collecting tastes/needs. ([I]I say that because it seems they were perfectly happy to sell you one of something, say a BU state quarter, if you didn't try to pick out a nice example. Same with something like a 1970 Proof Set - if you said you wanted one, they'd get you one - but that's the only one you'll see and it's take it or leave it.[/I]) I'll send you a PM for a place I visited where I got a few really nice deals (including that Mexican 1 Peso album I got a few years back with the nice Caballito Pesos in it, if you remember that one?)[/QUOTE]
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