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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1658263, member: 37498&quot;]I get the ethical part of it, I was just curious about the legal aspect:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethical does not always mean legal.</p><p>Legal does not always mean ethical.</p><p>Not ethical does not always mean not legal.</p><p>Not legal does not always mean not ethical.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a little research on the subject, and I don&#039;t think we have any restrictions about people standing on the sidewalk in downtown Bozeman and conducting business.&nbsp; The only requirement I&#039;ve seen is a person might need an itenerant vendor license, which costs $30.&nbsp; But there doesn&#039;t seem to be any restriction about where an itenerant vendor may conduct business, as long as they are not obstructing traffic on a public sidewalk or road.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our city is just now getting to the point where they&#039;re considering establishing some rules for street vendors selling food.&nbsp; We have a few new merchants in town that will park a truck on a busy street downtown and sell food.&nbsp; Some of the local restaurant owners have commented that they don&#039;t have any problem with the competition, because they&#039;re not necessarily catering to the same customers.&nbsp; Others do have a problem with them, but mostly from the perspective that they are having the same if not greater impact on city services than the restaurants are, but they aren&#039;t paying the same taxes.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that being said, I wouldn&#039;t do this to either of the coin stores in Bozeman.&nbsp; I&#039;m not really thrilled about the more established store takes advantage of some uneducated customers, but like you said, nothing is stopping them from educating themselves.&nbsp; Also, I do occasionally buy stuff from them, so I&#039;d hate to be banned from their store.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, if I found out they were doing the same kind of stuff that those fly-by-night hotel PM buyers do, i.e. flat out lie to people about the PM content or worth of their items, then maybe I would stand outside with a sign that says &quot;I buy precious metals and I pay a whole lot more than these clowns!&quot;&nbsp; :devil:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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