How many chances do you give a dealer

pullthischange

to come across consistently with the right coins for your collection.
I usually get my coins via mail orders and find that I get
1 or 2 good ones and then a real crappy coin from a particular dealer.
I have made it clear exactly what I am looking for up front.
How many chances do you usually give? Would you just cut him loose?
or just continue keeping the good ones and paying the postage to
send the bad ones back.

tgilliams

two at the most. but he's charging retail and you're probably paying too much

EVillageProwler

If I felt that the dealer was intentionally trying to send me a lesser specimen along with the better ones, and didn't make an effort to properly describe the lesser specimen upfront, then I would probably seriously consider downsizing relations with the dealer.

Before you do anything to ruin what may be a mutually beneficial relationship, I recommend telling the dealer to contact you first before sending you any coins so you may try to get an accurate description. If you know the dealer has a lesser specimen, and you ask him to send it anyway, then you shouldn't blame him.

In a nutshell, it's mostly about intent. If you feel the guy is ok, then just have him check with you prior to sending the coins.

EVP

stman

EVP gives good advice on this one.
Only to add: Sometimes you got to send one back just to keep them in line. oh, (wink)

Outhaul

<< <i>trying to send me a lesser specimen along with the better ones >>



EVP...for a second there, I thought you were describing Littleton Coin. But then I realized that you said "Lesser along with the better" as opposed to "Lesser along with the lesserer"

Myself, I give a dealer two shots. If I tell him one thing and he tries to send me anything else that's it.

Cheers,

Bob

barberlover

No dealer has ever had much better than 50% success rate with me thru online deals because imaging technlogy has not yet reached the point of what i would call a "complete birds eye view of capturing coin images".

I will say the dealers that have gotton most of my repeat buisness are the ones who understand this point the best.

Russ

Two chances. I ceased doing business with a dealer that many around here think is wondrous because he twice shipped me junk that wasn't close to the auction description. The first time I could write off as a mistake. The second told me he's mostly hype. I've sinced noticed that this dealer has begun selling a lot of gold label PCI.

Russ, NCNE

Bear

I have to say that Mark Feld and Mike Printz seem to know what kind of coins

I like even better then I myself do. Kind of nice and sort of erie at the same time.

This is the kind of mature dealer/collector relationship one seeks in our hobby. I have not had

to return a single coin, of the many I have purchased from both indeviduals. If I had been less

then fully satisfied that the coins met my standards, I would not have hesitated to return them.

Perhaps the secret of the relationship is this. I discuss each coin with the dealer, over the phone in

detail , to be sure of all of the characteristics of the coin in addition to the picture. Then and only

then, is the coin shipped to me for final review. It seems to work for me.

Lakesammman

They usually give up on me first.

ANACONDA

Consider your alternatives.

Do you collect something esoteric? If it's wildly toned Phonecian coins from the latter half of June of 43BC, and there's only one dealer
who dedicates one half of one day a year for promoting that material, i'd try to be patient and understanding.

If you collect mint state Morgans, you shoud jettison a bad dealer fairly early on, unless your dealer is your Mom.

adrian