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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1232835, member: 26302&quot;]My worst stories actually come from my favorite shop growing up. My favorite shop was run half the time by a great old dealer named Ben. He was nationally known, great guy, I got tons of education, and got good deals. Unfortunately, his partner was total jerk, hard to deal with, and a rip off artist. When Ben was there, I could sort through all of the junk silver drawers and pick out all I wanted for junk prices. When his partner was the only one there he would even pick though a pile of war nickels I had picked out and pick out one or two dates he said were &quot;better&quot; even though they were in the same pile. He refused to sell me those at bullion prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even deals I had worked out with Ben his partner would try to renege on. I came to pick up a bust dollar once I had agreed to pay $275 for, and his partner was behind the counter and said no, that is a $500 coin. I will not sell for that price. Thankfully Ben was in the back and came out and sold it to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>You know its bad when you get into the habit of doing &quot;drive by&#039;s&quot; of your favorite coin store to see who is behind the counter, and that will determine whether you even go in that day. To this day in Des Moines, IA, any collector over the age of 40 reminisces how much they miss Ben, and how his partner is a complete SOB. Its kind of like boot camp stories for collectors there! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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