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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zaneman, post: 218987, member: 3970&quot;]I know this issue has been discussed many times here, so sorry for bringing it up again. Just a few thoughts on the subject. </p><p><br /></p><p>It really saddens me to see the lack of attention youngsters are given in this business. I&#039;m 23, and I still have a hard time getting a dealers attention sometime. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to share a story with all of you. I was recently in a shop, where there was a little boy with his father. The boy was waiting ever so patiently to speak with the dealer. I would estimate the childs age around 8 years old. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking through all the coins in the under the glass, taking note of which ones I wanted to look at, which is normally what I do in order to minimize the amount of time I have to take up from the dealer. Finally the little boy spoke up, and the dealer grouchily responded something along the lines of &quot;what do you want&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The boy said I&#039;d like to sell or trade my coin please. Without looking at it, the dealer told him he did not have time. The father looked quite perturbed and proceeded to exit the shop with his son. I followed suit, as I don&#039;t want to put any money in the pocket of such an individual, and after we left I asked the boy if it would be alright if I could see his coin, in an effort to be nice, as I would hate to see someone so young lose interest due to some grouchy jerk.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was handed a 2x2 flip in which there was a coin that had a dramatic error. I commented to the young boy it looks double struck. The young boy said sort of, and then in explicit detail described to me the difference between a double struck coin, and a saddle strike error, which his was (I didn&#039;t know that then of course). </p><p><br /></p><p>I recommended a shop to take the coin to, and I told the boy he could pick any coin he wanted out of one of the two boxes of coins I had with me (one was a cheap box, and the other were the nicer coins) in exchange for teaching me something new. He was very excited, and asked what was in the other box. I proceeded to show him. The little boy was in absolute awe that he was able to teach someone with &quot;awesome&quot; (the way he described it) coins something new. </p><p><br /></p><p>By giving him just a couple minutes of my time, not only was I extremely humbled and was able to learn something, I hopefully was able to undo any lasting negative effects the dealer may have had. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I took out of the experience is no matter how young and or inexperienced someone is, you should never, ever, ever assume that they are not worth your time, or that you cannot learn anything from them. </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally feel that there probably isn&#039;t a single person on this forum that couldn&#039;t teach everyone else something about coins they didn&#039;t know, regardless of whether or not they have been studying coins for a day, or for 60 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for going off on a tangent, and I&#039;d like to personally thank everyone here for all of the wonderful input that helps make this what it is, a community in which to share knowledge. Also, if you ever witness anything similar to what happened to this little boy, and you can do something to make it better, please do.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for those of you who personally experience such callousness, try not to let it get to you. Just remind yourself that you are the better person for letting it roll off your back, and know that you can take your business to an establishment where you get the respect you deserve.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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