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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 26209787, member: 13650&quot;]Been going to shows, large and small for 18 years.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most dealers will have prices listed high so there&#039;s room to negotiate.&nbsp; They expect most people will try to talk them down.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; If there&#039;s a coin they want/need $100 for and list it for $140, then&nbsp; you negotiate them down to $110, who won?&nbsp; &nbsp; This happens at varying price points at every show.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve noticed nowadays though, it seems like there&#039;s less wilingness to negotiate.&nbsp; Inflation has been running wild for the past 5 years.&nbsp;&nbsp; As difficult as it is, at some point we all have to accept things are far more expensive than they were ten years ago.&nbsp; And chances are, another ten years from now isn&#039;t going to help. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The older you get the more difficult it becomes to accept but you have to or you just don&#039;t participate.&nbsp; &nbsp; Look at vehicles from early 2000s to now.&nbsp; &nbsp; In some cases it&#039;s double to triple what they used to be.&nbsp;&nbsp; Younger people are used to these prices.&nbsp; &nbsp; If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you realize what has transpired and saving $20k under a matress back then was a real bad idea!&nbsp;&nbsp; This is looking at a tiny slice of time.&nbsp; Now compare buying power from the 1950s to now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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