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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 775259, member: 8033&quot;]I actually had no intention of replying to cerdsalicious&#039; post but alas I will. Yes, many a used car salesman and some coin dealers would try and pick the roll up way cheap. Yes, they do have overhead.</p><p><br /></p><p>A vital point is not being brought up here though and I see it at work. I will give a true example as to why one would most definitely want to be upfront and honest in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p>About a year ago we had a couple come into the shop I work at. The lady&#039;s uncle had passed away over thirty ago and left his collection to her and his brother. The man that left them the inheritance acually ran a bank and passed away in 1973.</p><p>You know how you see the &quot;estate&quot; stuff on ebay? - well this was real folks. It actually HAD been sitting in deposit boxes since his death.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first batch they brought in was certainly NOT your typical &quot;walk in&quot; stuff for sale. A type set was one of the first things we saw. You know your everday stuff. Bust Dollar, Seated Liberty, Trade etc. Same went for Half Dollars, Quarters and down the line.</p><p>Now a lot of it had been cleaned but my boss actually KNEW of this collection so he KNEW there was a lot more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did he lowball? Absolutely NOT because we wanted to get it all and eventually we did. He paid strong, we showed them the Greysheets, we gave them books to do research on their own. I looked up many a coin on Ebay and elsewhere so we could make them offers and explain WHY we offered what we did. In short, we treated them very well.</p><p><br /></p><p>They told the brother how well we treated them and guess who came in? Once again there were many cleaned coins but I don&#039;t often see a complete set of Mercury Dimes, TWO sets of Indian Cents and a complete set of Standing Liberty quarters walk in the door.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was also some killer paper money in the lot including several nice Colonials.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said we got it all and I know over time my boss dropped at least 100K on the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So Schatzy you&#039;re on the right track here. I&#039;m assuming you already knew this lady and the fact she showed you means she trusts you. Don&#039;t do her wrong.</p><p>Help her sell it if she so chooses. It won&#039;t be easy work but you can both benefit.</p><p><br /></p><p>An added bonus could very well be her letting you have some coins that YOU really like cheap. Of course that decision would be up to her but it would be because SHE wahted to do it as a thank you.</p><p>Honesty and integrity can go a long way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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