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Message:: [QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1337021, member: 26302"]I agree, Jim's advice is good. These people are professional hagglers, you will not out haggle them. Once you start haggling they think its a competition with no boundaries. If you act like you really know what you are doing on coins, (they are not coin experts), make an offer, and move on maybe the first or second deal you may not get, but they will learn your offer is firm, take it or leave it, and start treating you that way. I have a few dealers who knew me when I collected US halves. They knew I made an offer, and if their answer was a no I moved on. I like to think I new my narrow little area I collected maybe better than them, and had a price in mind. Sometimes, shockingly to them, I would pay list price for a new half they had if it was fair. Other times, they were off and I would offer $50 less than they had it for. Just to be honest, I will admit I am terrible at haggling, so I tried to buy this way. Know your strengths, if you are not a better haggler than them, beat them with knowledge. The other thing I would say is that there is ALWAYS another coin. If you know that next week you will find something else you like, then getting this one is not critical, and you will act that way. Dealers love it when a customer is mesmerized by a coin, they know they can charge more for it. Be professional, act like you've done this before, and you would buy this coin at a price, but not for a cent higher.[/QUOTE]