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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CoinGal07, post: 312482, member: 8843&quot;]Mixed emotions to this comment - I know many real brick &amp; mortar coin dealers for whom I have a lot of respect and admiration for as they continue to day by day keep their shops open, work with their customers, advise their collectors, and maintain as much variety inventory (translate about $200k at any given time) as possible for whatever person chooses to walk through the door to purchase a coin in hand from a living breathing source rather than risk being another internet auction victim.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the other hand, I have met many coin &#039;dealers&#039; at club shows who likely began as long time collectors, decided to start selling duplicates, rented a table and now refers to theirselves as &#039;a dealer&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They&#039;re easy to spot at the shows, they&#039;re the guys with their heads down, are busy looking at other coins, and make you feel like you&#039;re intruding or basically a complete moron for interrupting and asking questions.&nbsp; They know the coins but know nothing about customer service.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sometimes you get great deals from them because they aren&#039;t thinking of the sale of that coin as part of their livelihood, paying the &#039;real bills&#039; - it&#039;s just &#039;extra money&#039; for buying the next coin.&nbsp; They are also the ones making comments like &#039;oh, I&#039;m not like a COIN DEALER, I just do this for extra money to get rid of my duplicates.&#039;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But here&#039;s the thing few people consider ~ where&#039;s THAT guy next week, next month and even at the next year&#039;s show when you have more questions? Want to talk coins? Want to upgrade with a consistent source?&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think it depends on the OP agenda &amp; future goals. If it&#039;s just extra money while you get rid of your duplicates ~ yeah, have fun at a club show but you&#039;ll never make a living that way.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>IMHO - If you want to be a &#039;real&#039; coin dealer you should learn from a real coin dealer.&nbsp; Learning to be a coin dealer from a jewelry dealer is like learning to ride bulls at a Harley cycle shop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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