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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr. Flute, post: 6892414, member: 33154&quot;]I&#039;ve generally had good experiences with physical shops.&nbsp; The ones where I&#039;ve had bad experiences, I simply don&#039;t return.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first initiation was as a young new collector (~ age 12) and my hometown shop was very understanding and accommodating to me.&nbsp; The owner understood that keeping the new collectors &#039;happy&#039; is good in the short long run.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stayed out of collecting from like 17-30, but jumped back in about 2011 with gusto and found several very good shops.&nbsp; Crossroads Coins in Vandalia, OH and Toledo Coin Exchange in Sylvania, OH are good ones.&nbsp; I also like and frequent Executive Coin in Stow, OH and Lyles Coin and Jewerly in Medina, OH.&nbsp; Also, Coins+ in Cincinnati, OH (downtown location) is very nice the one time I was there.&nbsp; When I&#039;m in downtown Chicago I always try to get to Harlan J Berk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally, wherever I go I try to find a coin shop and check it out as you never know when you&#039;ll find an overlooked honey hole or that deal you can&#039;t refuse.</p><p><br /></p><p>With shops I like and do right by the customer, I make sure to thank them for &#039;providing liquidity&#039; to us collectors and make them fully aware that I am a knowledgeable, but fair customer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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