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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Moen1305, post: 51128, member: 2544&quot;]I know people that have robbed their fathers collection to go to the&nbsp; carnival.&nbsp; I saw it happen.&nbsp; I once was in a coin shop in downtown Chicago just browsing when a seedy looking character came in and started pulling slabbed coins out of his filthy jacket.&nbsp; The guys behind the counter would give him a couple of bucks and he&#039;d go outside and get some more from his friend.&nbsp; The dealers shuffled their new purchases into the back room and never questioned where the two street people came by such fine coins.&nbsp; They didn&#039;t care that these were almost certainly stolen because they were making a killing.&nbsp; I lost all respect for coin dealers that day and haven&#039;t been able to trust them since.&nbsp; My local dealer is selling bison coins for 6 dollars a roll.&nbsp; I get them from the bank for two dollars.&nbsp; I know that they are in business to make money and giving out too much information to ignorant people can cost them plenty but nothing says that I have to help them by buying or selling through them.&nbsp; I have a much better method of collecting coins that doesn&#039;t screw anybody.&nbsp; In the want ads, I offer to buy entire collections that have coins I want that have either been left by a dead family member or just people that need the money.&nbsp; I tell them to go the the local dealer and get an offer in writing and I&#039;ll pay more than he offers them.&nbsp; He offers about 50% of value, I pay 60%.&nbsp; I get rid of the coins I don&#039;t need and keep the ones that I do need.&nbsp; It almost pays for itself and everyone is happy.&nbsp; I am simply undercutting the local guy who pretty much screws the local collectors.&nbsp; I don&#039;t seem to mind screwing the local deals at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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