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<p>[QUOTE="bdunnse, post: 1869927, member: 57317"]Great conversation (note I didn't say argument!). Anyway, as a collector, this is my code of ethics...</p><p> </p><p>- if I go into a store and see no prices on items, then I feel like I am 'allowed' to haggle without feeling any guilt. I can haggle in two ways (at least) ... 1) I could ask what the price of the coin is then pay it, counter offer, or say no thanks, or ... 2) I could ask if he would accept $X dollars for the coin, then go from there.</p><p> </p><p>- if there are prices on the items, then I will either pay it, leave (without comment), or leave and somehow politely let the owner know that I think the price is too high and why I think so*.</p><p> </p><p>* I will be fair in the reasons that I give to him about why I think it is too high (such as not graded correctly, priced incorrectly for the date/mint/rarity). I will <u>not</u>, however, say that he has marked up an item way too much (who am I to tell him what profits he should try to make), I will just leave without buying it and without comment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bdunnse, post: 1869927, member: 57317"]Great conversation (note I didn't say argument!). Anyway, as a collector, this is my code of ethics... - if I go into a store and see no prices on items, then I feel like I am 'allowed' to haggle without feeling any guilt. I can haggle in two ways (at least) ... 1) I could ask what the price of the coin is then pay it, counter offer, or say no thanks, or ... 2) I could ask if he would accept $X dollars for the coin, then go from there. - if there are prices on the items, then I will either pay it, leave (without comment), or leave and somehow politely let the owner know that I think the price is too high and why I think so*. * I will be fair in the reasons that I give to him about why I think it is too high (such as not graded correctly, priced incorrectly for the date/mint/rarity). I will [U]not[/U], however, say that he has marked up an item way too much (who am I to tell him what profits he should try to make), I will just leave without buying it and without comment.[/QUOTE]
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