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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1256657, member: 26302&quot;]Nice post. Another thought could be you could have countered. Maybe the buyer was simply seeing if you would be interested at that price, and if not what your bottom price would be. I know Americans are not exposed a lot to bargaining, but maybe go to a flea market or a pawn shop sometime and just listen to negotiations. There are lots of different styles of negotiating, and low initial offer is one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The idea of not burning bridges is a wonderful point. I was helping a dealer once at a show, (I volunteered to help him simply to be around coins), and an 80 year old man came up and was looking at the coins. He was complaining about prices, saying everything too high, just overall grumpy. The dealer I was with was nice as could be, accomodating, helping explain the current market to him, basically doing all he could for someone it seemed would never be a sale. An hour later the man came back, and asked if the dealer liked WL halves. He said yes, and the old man pulled out a pile of 2x2&#039;s out of his pocket. They were all 1919d from AU to MS63. He said you were the only nice man at this show, and I would prefer to sell these to you instead of all of the hustlers. About 15 high grade, highly desired coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>LIke what Chris is relating, be pleasant, do not take anything personal in business, and you will be surprised how many opportunities may open up. The fact is many in business are not nice, and by being so you will always have, if not an advantage in every case, never a disadvantage. Sending a note to the person here who you are referring apologizing for this thread could be a start.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris too![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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