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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3381370, member: 76863"]In this case I don't see anything wrong with dealers being suspicious or refusing to deal with minors alone. The last thing they need is angry parents coming into the shop demanding their property back. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said age discrimination is very real in this hobby, it just isn't the ages most would think. If you're a teenager or a kid most people think that's great and want to help dealers included. If you're 50+ then you look like what a lot of dealers think a collector should look like and probably grew up around the same time as the dealers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you are in your 20s or 30s this is where a lot of dealers can't be bothered to deal with you, try and run up the price, talk and get stuff you want to sell for pennies on the dollar talking it down etc. Many dealers see this age group as marks and will treat them very differently than they do someone whose elderly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3381370, member: 76863"]In this case I don't see anything wrong with dealers being suspicious or refusing to deal with minors alone. The last thing they need is angry parents coming into the shop demanding their property back. That said age discrimination is very real in this hobby, it just isn't the ages most would think. If you're a teenager or a kid most people think that's great and want to help dealers included. If you're 50+ then you look like what a lot of dealers think a collector should look like and probably grew up around the same time as the dealers. Now if you are in your 20s or 30s this is where a lot of dealers can't be bothered to deal with you, try and run up the price, talk and get stuff you want to sell for pennies on the dollar talking it down etc. Many dealers see this age group as marks and will treat them very differently than they do someone whose elderly.[/QUOTE]
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