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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pilkenton, post: 1225705, member: 23961&quot;]How do dealers stay in business with an attitude like this?</p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier today I posted a question about the worth of rolls of shield pennies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before I got an answer, I thought I&#039;d call my local shyster, I mean coin dealer.&nbsp; I&#039;ve talked about him before.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like to deal with him, but he is the only dealer around open on Sunday.&nbsp; I figured, advise is free.&nbsp; Yeah right.&nbsp; Here&#039;s how it went.</p><p><br /></p><p>First it took about 20 rings before he answered, and it sounded like I woke him up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me:&nbsp; Hello.&nbsp; I have a few questions about the new shield pennies, please.</p><p>Him:&nbsp; Shield pennies?</p><p>Me:&nbsp; Yeah, the new shield pennies.</p><p>Him:&nbsp; Shield pennies...shield pennies.&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to look that up.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never heard of a shield penny.&nbsp; I know they recently minted some shield cents.......</p><p>Me:&nbsp; That&#039;s what I&#039;m talking about.</p><p>Him:&nbsp; Well, they&#039;re not pennies, they&#039;re CENTS.</p><p>Me:&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t everybody call them pennies?</p><p>Him:&nbsp; Well, everybody&#039;s WRONG.&nbsp; What did you want to know?</p><p><br /></p><p>I explained to him what I wanted to know.&nbsp; Are they worth saving, selling on eBay, or just spend them?</p><p><br /></p><p>Him:&nbsp; Are you a collector?</p><p>Me:&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; I&#039;m a collector, but I also sell coins on eBay.&nbsp; </p><p>Him:&nbsp; Spend them.&nbsp; And while you&#039;re at it you might as well spend the rest of your collection because you obviously know nothing about coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Click&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s wrong with these people?&nbsp; I have seen these people rip so many others off with their high prices.&nbsp; There are three people working there, and all three are like that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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