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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonlarson, post: 2163996, member: 15488&quot;]Today my wife and I went to the TNA Coin Show in Arlington TX. We went early because the convention center is just a block from the Texas Ranger&#039;s Stadium and they have a 2:00 pm game today. The show was advertised to have 200 plus tables but being the last day I expected much fewer and a small crowd. I wasn&#039;t disappointed. </p><p>I was mainly interested in finding a few World proof and mint sets to my collection. I found a table which had a nice selection. I selected about 5 sets. Three of the sets were not priced and I asked the attendant at the table if he could quote me one. he stated that the owner of the table was away and he would find out. I watched him walk across the floor to the owner who I could see was visiting with another dealer. Not working, just visiting. He made no effort to break off the conversation with the other dealer for a long while. I watched and waited for about 10 minutes before the attendant returned with only one of the sets marked with a price. I asked him about the other 2 and he stated he didn&#039;t know. I asked him to set the other sets aside while my wife and I looked around and we would stop by later for the quote. We walked the entire show and came back about an hour later. The attendant had a price on one, but not the other. I told him I was interested in buying all of them but I needed a price on the last set. He took it to another dealer and they talked about it for a while. I told my wife that it was incredible that they could not come up with a quote and that I knew the set was worth about $25 to me and the other sets were worth about $10-$25. He took the set again to the owner and he still continued his conversation. I was about ready to walk out when I saw the dealer walking towards the table. Finally I am going to get a quote. No! He never came to me. Totally ignored me! He went behind the table and started having a joking conversation with another customer. I looked at the attendant and held up my hands in question. He approached me and apologized. I assured him it was not his fault and thanked him for his time. I began to walk away when the dealer finally approached me and asked me &quot;what&#039;s your problem?&quot; looking at my name badge and calling me by name in a nasty tone. I looked at him and said&nbsp; &quot;my only problem is I wanted to buy some of you product, but can&#039;t seem to get a quote&quot;. </p><p>He restated&nbsp; &quot;what&#039;s your problem, I have been busy!&quot;. I told him I don&#039;t have a problem, I&#039;m leaving. He the called me a &quot;crazy SOB!&quot; I turned around and told him goodbye. He then called me a D-bag. This was all in front of my wife! I walked away with my wife and saw a security guard and asked him who was in charge of the show. The dealer followed me and told the guard to throw me out of the building. The guard pointed out the show manager and followed me. All the while the dealer is following us and telling the guard to throw me out. I met the manager, smiled and shook his hand. I explained that I didn&#039;t appreciate the dealer insulting me in front of my wife. All I wanted was to get a quote and buy some coins. The dealer finally walked off. I was told by the show manager that that dealer has a &quot;strange way of doing business&quot;. On that we both agreed. He told me he would speak with the dealer. We visited for a while talking about some of the upcoming shows and parted way. He then headed for the dealer&#039;s table.</p><p><br /></p><p>Empty handed, I went home and looked up the proof set in Krause to see what was so hard about getting a price. The set showed to list for $42.50. No big deal. That same year there was a special proof set that retails for $300, but that was not the one he had on the table. The only thing I can come up with was the dealer didn&#039;t know what he had and was afraid I was going to cherry pick him. Even if he didn&#039;t know the retail, he should know his cost and make me quote. If he didn&#039;t want to sell it, just tell me and pull it off the table. Nothing I said or did excuses the dealers behavior. Whatever, he lost a sale on 5 sets I was interested in and was prepared to spend about $75. The sad thing is this dealer had the largest table at the show and just about everything I looked at was overpriced, so he has lots of room to bargain with and still make money. I doubt the show manager will do anything, as I see this dealer at every local show I go to. I am sure I will see him at the next one. Bet I don&#039;t go anywhere near his table.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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