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<p>[QUOTE="BigTee44, post: 3078151, member: 41883"]My wife and daughter had their teeth cleaned and I figured while they were getting that done I would head to one of the coin shops on my list of shops to hit in the state of Michigan over the summer(this was #10). They had good reviews on yelp and google so I thought I'd find something good. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As soon as I walked it I seen it was a nice clean store with lots of display cases. I start looking at the displays and see your normal US mint stuff right at the front of the store and then more low dollar stuff moving towards the center of the store, and then the worker who was on the phone when I walked in asked if he could help me with anything. I told him I was looking for nice NGC and PCGS coins, something you would except to see in a coin shop.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To my surprise and shock, <b>I was told to go online</b> and check their inventory and give them a call and let them know what I wanted to see and they'd bring it in to check out. He said they are mostly a bullion shop. Based upon the reviews this isn't what I was expecting at all. I gave myself an hour to look at inventory but since I walked in and walked out I was able to hit up a pawn shop and a jewelry store. Nothing at either. Very disappointed in the trip, I had much higher expectations. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is this normal? Do you normally call ahead to a new coin shop to ask what they have? I thought that would be redundant and would be laughed at by the owner.... but now I'm starting to wondering if I should call ahead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BigTee44, post: 3078151, member: 41883"]My wife and daughter had their teeth cleaned and I figured while they were getting that done I would head to one of the coin shops on my list of shops to hit in the state of Michigan over the summer(this was #10). They had good reviews on yelp and google so I thought I'd find something good. As soon as I walked it I seen it was a nice clean store with lots of display cases. I start looking at the displays and see your normal US mint stuff right at the front of the store and then more low dollar stuff moving towards the center of the store, and then the worker who was on the phone when I walked in asked if he could help me with anything. I told him I was looking for nice NGC and PCGS coins, something you would except to see in a coin shop. To my surprise and shock, [B]I was told to go online[/B] and check their inventory and give them a call and let them know what I wanted to see and they'd bring it in to check out. He said they are mostly a bullion shop. Based upon the reviews this isn't what I was expecting at all. I gave myself an hour to look at inventory but since I walked in and walked out I was able to hit up a pawn shop and a jewelry store. Nothing at either. Very disappointed in the trip, I had much higher expectations. Is this normal? Do you normally call ahead to a new coin shop to ask what they have? I thought that would be redundant and would be laughed at by the owner.... but now I'm starting to wondering if I should call ahead.[/QUOTE]
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