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<p>[QUOTE="Amanda Varner, post: 1950041, member: 59002"]Ed Sims -- I still consider Long Beach a major show, though maybe that's mostly nostalgia on my part now. As you said, it's a fraction of the size it used to be, even from my recollection. I'm always amazed that some dealers put off when you approach their tables -- "you" being the public, or someone they don't know with a dealer badge around their neck. I can't tell you how many times I've walked up to a table and attempted to strike up a conversation about a particular coin only to be met with an attitude that says I've really put them out.</p><p><br /></p><p>But not everyone is like that, and there are still a lot of people who are more than happy to shoot the breeze about anything, coins or not. Maybe it's the difference between people who live to work, and those who work to live.</p><p><br /></p><p>EddieSpin -- I admit, it was the best I could come up with from a GIS. But at the same time, the dudes at the Heritage booth in particular are anything but "incognito". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Amanda Varner, post: 1950041, member: 59002"]Ed Sims -- I still consider Long Beach a major show, though maybe that's mostly nostalgia on my part now. As you said, it's a fraction of the size it used to be, even from my recollection. I'm always amazed that some dealers put off when you approach their tables -- "you" being the public, or someone they don't know with a dealer badge around their neck. I can't tell you how many times I've walked up to a table and attempted to strike up a conversation about a particular coin only to be met with an attitude that says I've really put them out. But not everyone is like that, and there are still a lot of people who are more than happy to shoot the breeze about anything, coins or not. Maybe it's the difference between people who live to work, and those who work to live. EddieSpin -- I admit, it was the best I could come up with from a GIS. But at the same time, the dudes at the Heritage booth in particular are anything but "incognito". ;)[/QUOTE]
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