A few ways for collectors and dealers to respect each other.

mdwoods

1. Remember, you are both human beings. The Golden Rule thingie still is valid.
2. People have bad days, try to understand. Bite your tongue and refer to number 1.
3. Buy/sell the coin, not the holder. We all know that some coins of the same slab grade are far superior to others of the same slab and grade. Some are worse.
4. Buyers try to realize that the Dealers have been busting butt for days before the show. Also try to realize that many simply cannot afford to hire another person. Dealers have a big overhead. Most are not making huge percentages on coins.
5. Sellers try to realize that many people cannot miss work and can only make it on Saturdays to the coin shows. Also realize that 500 dollars is a lot of money to many people. They may not be that experienced, and are a bit intimidated by the whole show thing. See number 2. Make your customers feel important. The good dealers do. If you are busy with someone else, take a second to say you will be right with them.
6. Don't, I repeat don't go in with an attitude. People pick up on this very quickly.

Any more?

FinallyHere

All good mdwoods....all good and thanks for bringing what really should be common sense to the front of our brains again. My Grandmother used to say: "If sense was all that common, everyone would have it now would'nt they?" A wise woman my G'ma!!

Mike Printz
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coinguy1

Well done, mdwoods. Perhaps this should be re-posted once per week....maybe once a day, even.

dorkkarl

advice to dealers: watch how benchmark ventures runs their business, then do the exact opposite, & you'll be just fine

K S

cladking

Don't waste each others time. If a dealer has mostly high priced coins and you see one that
might interest you, go ahead and inquire, but don't stand there looking at his other coins while
blocking traffic and monopolizing his time. He's not running a museum.

If a specialized collector likes really great esoteric coins at a good price, don't offer him coins that
you know aren't right. Don't treat collectors as cash cows and they are less likely to view you as
cold hearted and money grubbing.

mdwoods

Don't set stuff on the dealers cases and block access. I have been guilty of this.

Bear

Mdwoods, is it ok if one sits on the dealers case?

Im only a little bear you know.

cointagious

<< <i>A few ways for collectors and dealers to respect each other. >>



nothing like trying to suck the joy out of being miserable!

Clankeye

A good post MD! Never hurts to see it in black and white.

Clankeye

ccrdragon

Great advice, MD!

Hey dorkkarl - don't hold back there, tell us how you really feel about BMV!!!

CLASSICS

very well said....the golden rule......what a better place this world would be if everyone remember it...

Russ

<< <i>The Golden Rule thingie still is valid. >>



You mean do unto others before they do unto you?

Russ, NCNE

Woodwind

It's fun to joke about what we would or could do with an annoying dealer or collector at coin show. I get a good laugh thinking about the reactions of either one.

I think though that most of us have the common sense and decency to realize that it is just humor and that we would never dream of doing most of these things, and that most of us understand the words mdwoods wrote above. I mean, no matter how annoying, unfriendly, or rude a dealer is to me, I'll just remember and not visit their booth the next time around. Yeah, it would be fun to buy a common date Wheat Cent for $.75 with a $100 dollar bill from someone like that, but I also know that maybe his rudeness was a result of fatigue, a bad day, or whatever.

Barry

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<< <i>The Golden Rule thingie still is valid. >>



You mean do unto others before they do unto you? >>


No, it's "he who has the gold rules."

MacCoin

most dealer that I know are very professional and understand make me happy by being hornest and not bull$hitting me will most likely bring a sell. but there is always the one dealer that is a jerk. I not want to get along with him or even be around the jerk.

Aethelred

Good points all, well said Mark!