What is proper manners at a coin show

PTVETTER

A customer ask to look at the dealers mint sets.

Most are open but a few are sealed from the mint

WITHOUT asking looks at all the set tearing open the mint sealed sets and putting them back with out saying anything.

Now what do I do with sets that were sealed and now ripped open with out any care.

airplanenut

Charge the guy for them--you break 'em, you bought 'em. That's totally unacceptable.

Russ

That is EXTREMELY rude of the customer to do that.

Russ, NCNE

morgannut2

But I bet Russ would still secretly like to do it!!!

PTVETTER

I seem to draw that type of customers.

I guess I'm just too easy a guy.

I am proud of my small inventory and can't turn away people that may buy later.

anoldgoat

meos1

Although we know the sets were not originally seal from the mint...You should not tear open sealed inventory unless you plan on paying for them.

Dan

Russ

<< <i>Although we know the sets were not originally seal from the mint... >>



Through 1964, proof sets were sealed at the mint. Of course, most of the stuff on the market today is picked over repacks.

Russ, NCNE

lordmarcovan

UncleWiggly

It sounds like the customer was extremely A-Holing right out. But, we might be giving him more intelligence than is due. Have you ever seen this person before? Seeing other mint envelopes already openned, it might of seemed the normal thing to do in openning the rest. He might not have known any better. I doubt it, but it is possible. And having my share of golden newbie awards I can believe it if the person really didn't know any better.



Jerry

rkfish

LM has the right idea.......

Louis

Proper english would be a plus.

darktone

I suspect this must have been a newbie to do such a thing- anyone else would know they would get punched if they did this. mike

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coinguy89

Totally unacceptable. I would have made him pay for them. How did you not see him while he was doing this?

ksteelheader

I always ask first. Sometimes the dealer says it's ok to open and sometimes not!

LanLord

<< <i>Charge the guy for them--you break 'em, you bought 'em. That's totally unacceptable. >>

I agree 100% here. If someone is going to open a sealed set, they can buy them too.

TheNumish

I think once you saw the guy tearing apart your inventory it was up to you to politely tell him to leave the sets the way he found them and not to open a set that was sealed. It's just common courtesy to expect this.

BillJones

I would never open a sealed envelope without the dealer’s permission. At the same time I would never buy coins that are in a sealed envelope.