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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 806900, member: 16948&quot;]I just posted my comments on another forum in response to a thread about why dealers don&#039;t put photos of coins for sale on their websites.&nbsp; So I thought perhaps my comments might be of interest to some of you here to help give you an idea of why, at least for me, I don&#039;t post photos of every coin for sale (and perhaps I will also be speaking for other small coin business people). </p><p><br /></p><p>Let me preface my post with this: I love what I do - I really love being involved with coins, collecting, buying, selling, dealing and socializing with other coin people, traveling, etc. I love talking to other coin people, attending shows, seeing other people&#039;s beautiful coins, sharing my collection, and I really love helping customers complete their collection after working on it for 20+ years, etc. Sure, there are frustrations and very hard work involved, but I do love what I do and am grateful to be able to make a living at it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that expectations in today&#039;s electronic world are geared toward having accurate and up-to-the-minute information made available instantly. Buying anything on line has become the preferred method of shopping for most of us, me included, and I know not having a good photograph of whatever you&#039;re buying is very frustrating and most people would simply ignore that item. And, if you can&#039;t see a coin in hand, I agree having a clear and detailed photograph before you buy it is, understandably, even more important to most people. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, back to why I don&#039;t post photos of all of my coins for sale. I usually have maybe 2000+ coins in stock, both raw and certified, in all grades for sale, and I&#039;m just a one &quot;woman&quot; show. My husband has his own job at which he works very hard, and aside from not having time to help me, he has no interest in coins. I travel to probably 40 shows a year, do all my own paperwork (except taxes!), make my own travel arrangements, personally update my inventory sheets before and after each show, maintain customer want lists, package and ship out coins myself, stock my own supplies, and try to read and keep up with all my coin publications, etc. I simply do not have the time, nor the quality of skills necessary to take photos of each of my coins, as well as list and price and upload them to my website. Luckily, I found Todd Pollock who takes photographs of some of my better coins that I do post on my website, but I certainly can&#039;t afford to have him take photos of every coin in my inventory, nor would it be cost effective. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know some of you are thinking why don&#039;t I hire someone to help me. Well, my profit margin is not large enough to afford to pay for someone to help me, nor do I think that posting photos of every coin in my inventory would increase sales enough to pay for someone to do this for me. I have begun to take Dino-Lite photos of coins upon request because it is simple and quick and I can easily email that photo to my customer. But even if I took Dino-Lite pictures of each of my coins, the time it would take to list, price and upload them to my website would still be too much for a one person business to handle. The other thing that makes posting photos of every coin for sale not feasible for me is that, with the amount of shows I attend and the quantity of coins I buy and sell during those shows, my inventory is constantly changing - it simply would be a nightmare to try and keep up with updating my website to make sure my posted inventory was current.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the most important thing, at least for me, aside from keeping my customers happy, is that I continue enjoying what I&#039;m doing. If being a coin dealer becomes so burdensome, too frustrating, overly stressful, and not profitable, then it simply would no longer be feasible to continue and I&#039;d have to find something else to do to make a living - which would be very sad for me, because, as I mentioned above, I LOVE COINS! </p><p><br /></p><p>So, please feel free to post your response, comments and experiences on this issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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