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Would you refuse a great coin at a fair price?

ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
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. . . just because you didn't like the dealer who was selling it?

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  • Betta285Betta285 Posts: 733
    Nope, I'd only have to deal with the dealer for a few minutes, but i'd enjoy the coin for the rest of my life.

    jim
  • wbp1028wbp1028 Posts: 22
    No - think of it as liberating the coin!
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    I'm a buyer.

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  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Depends on the dealer! image
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  • WondoWondo Posts: 2,916 ✭✭✭
    yup. There are more coins than $$$.
    Wondo

  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭
    I would, and do. There is one particular dealer, whom I purchased a coin from earlier this year. They sent it to the wrong address, accused me of conspiring to steal the coin after it was lost. They got it back, refused to give me my coin at their advertised/paid in full price. Wanted more money for it due to the extra money he had to put into it to recover it. He refunded my money, in full only after I got the ANA involved.
    I wouldn't buy a coin from this ANA member if my life depended on it.
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  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834
    I'd buy the coin. I don't let a dealer with a bad attitude keep me from buying a sweet coin, and I've dealt with a lot of them.
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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    If there's a dealer I don't like, from past experiences, I just walk by his table, so I'd never know if there's something there I want.
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In a heartbeat I would (and have) pass on the right coin from the wrong dealer. A coin is a commodity; a good dealer is not.
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  • DaveGDaveG Posts: 3,535 ✭
    What Barry said!

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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭


    << <i>In a heartbeat I would (and have) pass on the right coin from the wrong dealer. A coin is a commodity; a good dealer is not. >>

    RYK

    I certainly agree with your statement. But I'm not sure you answered the question. The question was not a "Right" coin, it was a "Great" coin. I read "Great" coin as an opportunity which may not repeat itself for many years and not one on the level of a commodity.

    To me I would hate to end up with a lesser coin in my collection due to my displeasure with a dealer. I'm thinking every time I looked at the lesser coin I would have the feeling that wrong dealer got me again.

    Of course the likelihood of this event ever happening seems pretty slim. How often do wrong dealers have great coins at fair prices.
  • LincolnCentManLincolnCentMan Posts: 5,347 ✭✭✭✭
    Yes I would. If I have a low opinion of the dealer, I dont even look at their inventory.

    David
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  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is called cutting off your nose to spite your face.

    Of course I would buy a great coin from someone I didn't like. Heck, if I could flip it for big bucks immediately I could even go back and gloat at dealer X. I'm sure that would improve our relationship even more image
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,253 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Depends on how fair the price is and how much I don't like the dealer. It wouldn't matter to me how great the coin is.
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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭


    << <i>. . . just because you didn't like the dealer who was selling it? >>

    Absolutely. That doesn't mean I'd always do that, but I wouldn't hesitate if I disliked the dealer.
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  • TassaTassa Posts: 2,373 ✭✭
    What TDN said. Offhand, I can only think of a couple of dealers with whom I refuse to ever do business.
    It doesn't bother me if a dealer isn't friendly or doesn't take me seriously because I'm a woman. That wouldn't keep me from buying a coin from them if it was priced right, but I wouldn't knowingly buy from a coin doctor or one with a reputation for being dishonest.
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    If the coin is truly great, I'd swallow my pride and go for it.

    I hate to admit that.

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  • catfish172catfish172 Posts: 324


    << <i>. . . just because you didn't like the dealer who was selling it? >>



    This is a trick question isn't it? Bad dealers don't have great coins or fair prices. Now, if it is just a matter of like or dislike....... It doesn't matter. Like the coin, buy the coin. I don't like one of the tellers at my bank but I use her if she's the next one available.
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    It's truly funny, no make that truly sad, that people in this day and age are so wrapped up in their own little world that they refuse to try and teach someone else the correct or accepted way of doing things.
  • BowTieCoinsBowTieCoins Posts: 899
    Yes I would. If I have a low opinion of the dealer, I dont even look at their inventory.

    I would have to agree with LCM.

    Katrina
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Depends on the coin. If it ain't coming along any time soon, may buy, otherwise would probably refuse.
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  • TassaTassa Posts: 2,373 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>. . . just because you didn't like the dealer who was selling it? >>



    This is a trick question isn't it? Bad dealers don't have great coins or fair prices. Now, if it is just a matter of like or dislike....... It doesn't matter. Like the coin, buy the coin. I don't like one of the tellers at my bank but I use her if she's the next one available. >>



    Yes...but you're not putting money directly into her pocket. image
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  • catfish172catfish172 Posts: 324


    << <i>Yes...but you're not putting money directly into her pocket. >>



    Good point, I shoulda said something like, "I don't like the owner of the convenience store in my neighborhood, but if I'm out of milk I'll buy it there."
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    It's truly funny, no make that truly sad, that people in this day and age are so wrapped up in their own little world that they refuse to try and teach someone else the correct or accepted way of doing things.
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    absolutely. a good example would be benchmark ventures. they could offer me a bust dollar at ninety-nine cents, & i'd tell 'em where to stick it.

    K S

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