What type of private seller frustrates you the most?
Fairfaxthunder
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When I was young, my dad used to say "Winning an argument with a smart person is really hard but winning an argument with an uneducated person is D$mn near impossible". As a newer collector, but in later years, this rings a bell with me now. I have come across several sellers, those who are very knowledgeable but who are really pushing the limit of a value of a coin, in my opinion, and those who admit they know nothing about coins that seem to have even more unrealistic sales objectives. What recently comes to mind was a steel cent and an asking price of well over $20 in Good condition because it was "really old" as the logic.
What type of private seller frustrates you the most?
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Sorry I mis-voted - meant "complete novice". Can a moderator change my vote?
My vote is assuming the novice did no the wrong research before concluding that their item "must be valuable"
Collector, occasional seller
Perhaps you should add this to your poll if you could! Whether buying or selling, I hate a person that vacillates!
The correct answer is someone who has a coin I need and refuses to sell it to me.
Usually, a complete novice will be difficult to buy from since he has an inflated idea of what his coin is actually worth.
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Difficult ignorant persons are always a strain. Enough said.
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Love the comments thank you. I'm going to delete this poll and re-launch with better and more entertaining categories. Also, to those who are very knowledgeable on the forum - and there are a great many and we THANK YOU for sharing your wisdom - the poll was written in a rushed manner and I did not mean to imply "knowledgeable" in a pejorative way at all.
Your gunna make a new poll,
Please include sellers who make a deal and then back out that deal
Why would a seller frustrate you? After the first BullShirt transaction you have to realize not to deal with them again. Your fault the first time - but glad to smarten up, very difficult to find a reputable dealer that has his customers want's and needs in consideration.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Clearly a novice voter...
How about someone who probably knows a lot but not about a particular series.
This happens to me sometimes and they won’t budge on a coin I like because they think it’s something it’s not.
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Certainly, in my experience, the novice. They think, perhaps due to articles read, YouTube videos or bad advice, that their coin is something rare and highly valuable. Any information to the contrary is viewed as an attempt to scam them. I learned years ago to just walk away from them once the information given was rejected. Cheers, RickO
A seller that does not have a coin I like.
I ignore the people asking too much for their coins and focus on the novices that know enough to get themselves in trouble, then simply wait for them to get themselves in trouble and buy 'em out of it.
Most frustrating to me are well-educated sellers because they're most likely to have coins I personally want and know it, thus attempting to max out the price...
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
I do not understand someone's distaste for a seller's price. If somehow the price offends you, move on, there are plenty of coins available and nearly as many sellers. Don't get me wrong, I also feel some coins to be overpriced, but that's the owner's perogative and if it sells, then were they wrong to price it thusly? And should it not sell, then perhaps they will relist it at a better price and perhaps not. Again, their choice. But there are too many important things in life to allow that small thiing to upset me.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
A collector that has compromised coins and still thinks they are worth list prices.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
i hope the new person has a good attitude as well, jmo
How about the seller who refuses to sell you the coin at the price their auction cleared at? Happened to me the other month and was quite annoying. It cleared at $40 and the seller thought it was worth $500 SMH.