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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2562790, member: 19463"]Heavens, no. Most of the dealers have no use for the likes of me. I bought from three dealers (6 coins, 3 coins and one coin) but did not even look at 20 other dealers whose cheap coins were $500. I recall looking at one tray with half a dozen coins over $10,000. I looked at it because the dealer has been a friend for 30 years and does not mind talking to poor people who like coins. Harlan Berk had a table with all sorts of things in that bracket but I did not know the person at the table so got no conversation with my non-purchase. The ones that I really can't stand are the ones that offer $20 junkbox coins for $200 and try to convince new collectors that they are experts in all things coin. It takes all kinds. If all customers were like me, all those guys would be out of business long ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>My most proud achievement came back in the early 2000's when a dealer at Baltimore refused to sell me a coin saying, "If you are willing to pay that (marked price), it must be worth more." My web page then gave me a bit of recognition among people who did not know how to tell Eastern Septimius coins from the regular Rome ones. That is not always a good thing. My policy then, as now, was to answer their question honestly if they asked what something was but not to point out coins they offered for $10 that I would have bought for $20.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2562790, member: 19463"]Heavens, no. Most of the dealers have no use for the likes of me. I bought from three dealers (6 coins, 3 coins and one coin) but did not even look at 20 other dealers whose cheap coins were $500. I recall looking at one tray with half a dozen coins over $10,000. I looked at it because the dealer has been a friend for 30 years and does not mind talking to poor people who like coins. Harlan Berk had a table with all sorts of things in that bracket but I did not know the person at the table so got no conversation with my non-purchase. The ones that I really can't stand are the ones that offer $20 junkbox coins for $200 and try to convince new collectors that they are experts in all things coin. It takes all kinds. If all customers were like me, all those guys would be out of business long ago. My most proud achievement came back in the early 2000's when a dealer at Baltimore refused to sell me a coin saying, "If you are willing to pay that (marked price), it must be worth more." My web page then gave me a bit of recognition among people who did not know how to tell Eastern Septimius coins from the regular Rome ones. That is not always a good thing. My policy then, as now, was to answer their question honestly if they asked what something was but not to point out coins they offered for $10 that I would have bought for $20.[/QUOTE]
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