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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 465685, member: 15445"]<b>20 years ago in Detroit</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I travel a lot & like to look up an occasional coin shop in the towns I visit. I typically look up the local address(s) in the yellow pages the night before. If I have time during the day, I might deliberately travel by one of the addresses. About 20-years ago in Detroit I visited a shop. They buzzed me through two security doors & then proceeded to question me about what I wanted & why I was there. (They didn't welcome me, they questioned me). Of course, I explained that I was a collector & wanted to look at their coins. One man stood off to my side (pretty obviously armed) while the other one very reluctantly showed me coins & basically treated me like I was a criminal. (I think he may have wanted to go out for lunch instead of selling me something). I tried to deal with them for a little while but they continued to make me feel very uncomfortable. I left & would not go back. I remember it like it was yesterday.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 465685, member: 15445"][b]20 years ago in Detroit[/b] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I travel a lot & like to look up an occasional coin shop in the towns I visit. I typically look up the local address(s) in the yellow pages the night before. If I have time during the day, I might deliberately travel by one of the addresses. About 20-years ago in Detroit I visited a shop. They buzzed me through two security doors & then proceeded to question me about what I wanted & why I was there. (They didn't welcome me, they questioned me). Of course, I explained that I was a collector & wanted to look at their coins. One man stood off to my side (pretty obviously armed) while the other one very reluctantly showed me coins & basically treated me like I was a criminal. (I think he may have wanted to go out for lunch instead of selling me something). I tried to deal with them for a little while but they continued to make me feel very uncomfortable. I left & would not go back. I remember it like it was yesterday.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Very best regards,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]collect89[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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