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Message:: [QUOTE="mlov43, post: 3430029, member: 16729"]EXACTLY. Especially at coin shows.  If a dealer can't display his/her prices for the non-bullion and precious-metal coins, or if the dealer is not able to answer a price inquiry in about one minute, I mostly just walk.  And I will probably not come back, especially at a big show and/or busy show.  And I notice that I'm not the only customer who does this.   So many tables, so little time... How much business have dealers lost because of such boneheadedness? I do wonder why some dealers even bother to show up.   SOME dealers, not all, have this "the dealer is king" mentality, and us low-class boobs who show up with our money are just wasting their time.  I understand that dealing with certain customers is actually a pain.  I know some dealers are better at suffering fools than others, so I can cut dealers some slack in that regard.  But... a dealer wants people's money, right?  So, I can only feel a certain amount of sympathy. It's not all bad...If they don't display their prices, I at least appreciate those busier tables that have at least two people manning them so that price inquiries are more rapidly dealt with so that I can ask mine, make my purchase, thank the dealer for bringing his inventory of the stuff that I buy, and move on. I will tell you that I make 95% of my purchases at coin show tables that DISPLAY prices.  Make of that what you will.[/QUOTE]