What is the difference between a used car salesman and a coin dealer

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

Let's discuss both positive and negative attributes

Be sure to mention which coin dealers fit your descriptions

Stewart Blay

XpipedreamR

You can't carry a used car in your pocket.

Russ

They are both admirable professions populated primarily by good, honest, hard working people.

Russ, NCNE

KollectorKing

Although they both sell corroded products to the public, only one can be indicted by the government.

mgoodm3

They both sell things made of metal and plastic. They both sell lemons saying "she's a beauty in mint condition"

BigGreek

20 % drop in value as soon as you drive off the lot

joeyuk

A coin dealer should be more honest and helpful because there is a potential for a sale every day to you.

ConstellatioCollector

Russ, April's Fool Day was yesterday!!!

RiffRaff1967

Can you take a coin out for a test drive?

XpipedreamR

<< <i>Can you take a coin out for a test drive? >>




Actually, my favorite dealer has let me take a number of coins out for a "test drive" of sorts, giving me a couple of days to see how I like them

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

Many believe their own bull schit

stewart

Goldfinger

There is no Lemon Law for coins.

TONEDDOLLARS

The type of car they drive

JadeRareCoin

What is the difference between a used car salesman and a coin dealer

Coin dealers put on their left shoe first, used car salesmen put their right shoe first.

solid

They both try to sell you on how shiny and flashy their wares are.

And there is nothing, I mean nothing like that new coin smell!

Ken

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

Honesty is their best sales technique

They both sell products which appreciate in value

The rule of caveat emptor applies to both products

Both salesman buy theirshirts and ties at J C Pennys

Both professionals are obese and insecure

Show me the Money is the slogan of both

KollectorKing

PCGS, NGC, ANACS, et al do not certify nor authenticate motor vehicles.....yet.


Both "professions" are mostly dominated, controlled, manipulated, dictated, by.......................................men.


One needs gas to both sell & run it, while the other, needs only "gas" to sell it.

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

Both are constantly in debt

Slabbed used cars.....now thats something Mr.Hall has not considered

Stewart

DHeath

Very little I'd expect, since many of the members of this board (myself included) are in the car business. I always thought the similarities were remarkable. There are similar price guides, condition rarities, surface preservation, auctions, dealer to dealer trade, etc, etc. Oh, and most people fear them, believing their personal knowledge is insufficient to keep the pros from ripping their lips off and hanging them on the wall.

rvick2

One sells deep cams and cents -- the other sells cheap cams and dents

baccaruda

Cars appreciate in value?

DHeath

Coins are easier. They have NO moving parts. Who knows, perhaps there'll be a CoinMax opening somewhere soon. LOL

KollectorKing

"Cars appreciate in value?"

Yep, certainly classic cars do appreciate: 1956 T-Bird, 1964 1/2 & 1965 Mustangs are a couple of examples.

MrEureka

Used car dealers have customers that expect to lose money on resale.

BurritoGrande

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Not all car salesmen are bad dressers?

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

And coin dealers have customers that don't expect to lose money

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

I nominate Andy Skrabalak of Angel Dees as my choice for

The Best Used Car dealer in the Coin Business

Stewart Blay

Nysoto

I have found that used car dealers who sell Henry J's and Hupmobiles are very similar to coin dealers who sell hard times tokens.

shylock

An old joke that sums up the auto industry:

Q: How many car salesmen does it take to change a light bulb?

A: I'm going to work this out on my calculator, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.


The coin dealer version:

Q. What's black, crispy, and hangs from the ceiling?

baccaruda

Shylock, it should be:


Q: How many car salesmen does it take to change a light bulb?

A: He's on his way to ask his manager now.

BillJones

When you buy a used car, the chances are very high that it will be worth less or worthless ten years from now.

When you buy a coin and use some intelligence, there is a decent chance that it will be worth more than you paid for it ten years from now.

PhillyJoe

There are no used cars, only "previously owned".

A car with 10 previous owners is one to avoid.
A coin with 10 previous owners is a must have.

There is a glut of used cars saturating the market.
There is a glut of coins in a white hot, nuclear, super nova market.

I would buy a coin from Russ or Marty.
I would not buy a used car from Russ or Marty.



Joe

ANACONDA

Their intellectualy challenged customers think that most if not all of them are crooks and usually can only separate the two with many unfortunate transactions. They don't realize that complaining about the crooks only identifies them as incapable of distinguishing the two.

Their bright customers realize that not all of them are crooks and can fairly rapidly separate the wheat from the chaff. They realize that their time is better spent by smelling the roses rather than complaining about the thorns.

adrian

STEWARTBLAYNUMIS

Used cars can be altered to make them seem "like new".

This would never happen with coins


Stewart

DHeath

Actually, pre-owned certified programs are very much like TPG certification.