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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 120179, member: 4552&quot;]Location, location, location. And as to things are changing, they are, that&#039;s for sure. By location I mean if you live in a big city where crime is prevelant, coin stores are vanishing due to theft. At open flea markets, coin dealers are vanishing due to theft. In suburbs near a big city the same is basically true but not quite as much yet. I&#039;ve known several dealers that used to sell at flea markets and even had counters in stores for coins. They have stopped due to theft. Just lost one more last weekend. I was standing right there at a table&nbsp; with coins on it at a local flea market, with many other people, and poof, some coins just vanished. After noticing this the dealer put away everything and left. I know him and asked if he would come back and he said not in this lifetime. Recently caught at a flea market here was a lady that had trined her kids to steel stuff while she distracted the seller. Wonder where kids learn theft? </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; In a large city like the one I live near, there is so much crime that most of it just isn&#039;t worth reporting. Estimates go about 50,000 cars are stollen per year in the city limits. Having a coin shop would be like saying I want to die. Unfortunately a great amount of the criminals that are caught are younger individuals. This dose not indicate that they are the main cause of crime, it just is an indication that they are inexperienced at crime and get caught whereas the more seasoned criminals know how to beat the system. Also, you must remember that at a certain age, running from the law is just to tiresome. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; With things like this in mind, yes, young people are always suspicious. In other words they are guilty until proven innocent. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It always amazed me when I would go to&nbsp; places like upper Wisconsin and noticed people leaving thier keys in their cars and their house doors unlocked and even open. This compared to the inner city of Chicago where you see bars on store windows, bars on doors, steel doors, watch dogs, burglar alarms and people sleeping with a loaded gun in a knight stand.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Someone on this forum not long ago stated some of us are paranoid about this theft situation. That is the words of someone that has not sat in a hospital with a friend stabbed for his coins.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Again, location, location, location.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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