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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2697453, member: 19250&quot;]I will agree&nbsp; with the statements&nbsp; made in the last 2 post. Overwhelming&nbsp; yes.... there was a ton of coins to look at....and I personally&nbsp; didn&#039;t&nbsp; get to the left hand side of the room.</p><p>Most of my dealer contacts&nbsp; here were at the front door and to the right. I did speak to the Penny Lady it was nice seeing her again!</p><p>I&#039;m&nbsp; sorry&nbsp; I didn&#039;t&nbsp; get to meet some members&nbsp; from here but was running&nbsp; a tad bit late, and&nbsp; in a room this size there&#039;s&nbsp; a lot of cases&nbsp; to cover. &quot;Again Overwhelming &quot;</p><p>Now don&#039;t&nbsp; misunderstand my next statement&nbsp; as I did enjoy the show and seeing&nbsp; my friends&nbsp; from both here and out of state.</p><p>My issues&nbsp; is this....this show isn&#039;t&nbsp; for the even day collector . You&#039;re&nbsp; better off going there window shopping&nbsp; unless you have a extremely&nbsp; fat&nbsp; wallet! </p><p>As Dave stated there were some good buys there....it was a matter of searching&nbsp; them out . But the everyday collector&nbsp; would do much better going to their local shows.</p><p>IMHO</p><p>Several time I was interrupted&nbsp; by wholesalers&nbsp; trying to make a deal with a dealer I was&nbsp; talking to.</p><p>Being Irish as well as taught manners&nbsp; by my parents I cannot&nbsp; stress enough&nbsp; how&nbsp; much&nbsp; this PO me! </p><p>The next point is this tables at this event again are very expensive . So the chance you would get cut a break were slim to none.</p><p>Even dealers&nbsp; I know were only buying selectively . None were willing&nbsp; to lay out cash for coins from the everyday&nbsp; collector .</p><p>Not unless&nbsp; again they knew for a fact that it would be a quick turn around sale.</p><p>I am very well known&nbsp; here by quite a few dealers, most do cut me a break as well as trust me to open a case and remove a coin I am interested&nbsp; in .</p><p>Of course&nbsp; I always&nbsp; ask first....as again I wasn&#039;t&nbsp; raised by a pack&nbsp; of&nbsp; animals.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do believe&nbsp; that&nbsp; going to a show like this is good for a couple&nbsp; of&nbsp; reasons.</p><p>One you get to see a great inventory&nbsp; of what is in the market coast to coast.</p><p>You also get to meet and talk to some very educated , and knowledgeable&nbsp; people in this hobby.</p><p>I was very pleased&nbsp; today with several well known experts who did take the time to advise,and help me with inquiries&nbsp; I had made.</p><p>After all if you aren&#039;t&nbsp; the type who likes to ask questions ,willing&nbsp; to&nbsp; research , and most of all read....this truly&nbsp; isn&#039;t&nbsp; the hobby for you!</p><p>One thing one must realize&nbsp; is that&nbsp; it is your small home town shows that are the life&nbsp; blood of this hobby.</p><p>Attending&nbsp; these shows ,and building&nbsp; relationships&nbsp; is a key factor for the collector. Building relationships&nbsp; in business&nbsp; as well as in life is a corner&nbsp; stone of success .My advice&nbsp; yes you do want to experience&nbsp; a&nbsp; Big show like Baltimore , FUN,etc.....but keep in mind that your local dealers are always here for you.</p><p>Try and build a relationships&nbsp; , be fair with your offers , and most of all you do not&nbsp; have to like the coin,or the price .....but you should support your local dealers,and mostly be respectful . </p><p>Today as every&nbsp; day was a learning&nbsp; experience , many thanks to&nbsp; everyone whom shared their passion&nbsp; for this&nbsp; hobby it&nbsp; was truly&nbsp; my pleasure .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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