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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2342782, member: 36230"]Absolutely... and a fine point indeed. My response was meant not to contradict you, but as an example for the OP. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I pressed this in the other thread, but he must be honest with not only his customers, but mostly himself about his true knowledge regarding what he wishes to buy and sell. He cannot allow himself to be blinded by what may seem a profitable opportunity if he doesn't genuinely know what he's buying, and the same goes for selling as well. It's probably a safe bet that, if in even a reasonably sizable metro area, he's going to be tested by the lowlifes, especially once they find out he's new to the business. He WILL have counterfeit/fake items, knowingly or not, offered to him and he has to be smarter than the schmoes.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a similar note, he's also going to be asked for advice, and one of the quickest ways to turn off/away a customer is to provide them will poor, particularly costly advice. In the long run its much better to be honest and hopefully earn the person's respect for it than it is to be wrong and to lose it permanently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 2342782, member: 36230"]Absolutely... and a fine point indeed. My response was meant not to contradict you, but as an example for the OP. :) I pressed this in the other thread, but he must be honest with not only his customers, but mostly himself about his true knowledge regarding what he wishes to buy and sell. He cannot allow himself to be blinded by what may seem a profitable opportunity if he doesn't genuinely know what he's buying, and the same goes for selling as well. It's probably a safe bet that, if in even a reasonably sizable metro area, he's going to be tested by the lowlifes, especially once they find out he's new to the business. He WILL have counterfeit/fake items, knowingly or not, offered to him and he has to be smarter than the schmoes. On a similar note, he's also going to be asked for advice, and one of the quickest ways to turn off/away a customer is to provide them will poor, particularly costly advice. In the long run its much better to be honest and hopefully earn the person's respect for it than it is to be wrong and to lose it permanently.[/QUOTE]
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