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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1493432, member: 36230"]The same can be said for you, sir. If you - as a collector - cannot tell the difference, why take the chance? Never forget that "dealer" does not mean "expert".</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As a general statement, this is nonsense. Again, the same can be said for collectors... "an idiot collector is well... an idiot". Do not confuse "dealer" with "expert", especially if its just some guy selling a wide variety of coins, as chances are his knowledge will be no better than average on most of what he sells. In this case, if the guy does not regularly handle Pandas, why assume he even familiar with them, and if you did, does this mean he is the idiot?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very true and on a similar note, I've long found it ironic that when a dealer is picked, this is because the collector held superior knowledge. However, when something is a negative, its always the dealers fault.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1493432, member: 36230"]The same can be said for you, sir. If you - as a collector - cannot tell the difference, why take the chance? Never forget that "dealer" does not mean "expert". As a general statement, this is nonsense. Again, the same can be said for collectors... "an idiot collector is well... an idiot". Do not confuse "dealer" with "expert", especially if its just some guy selling a wide variety of coins, as chances are his knowledge will be no better than average on most of what he sells. In this case, if the guy does not regularly handle Pandas, why assume he even familiar with them, and if you did, does this mean he is the idiot? Very true and on a similar note, I've long found it ironic that when a dealer is picked, this is because the collector held superior knowledge. However, when something is a negative, its always the dealers fault.[/QUOTE]
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