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Unethical dealers make me angry

adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
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I thought that a retailer was obliged to honor the price posted on items they sell.

Well, I want this item. I can clearly see a $20 price tag on the item. But the dealer looks at me as if i'm on drugs. It makes me angry.

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What is my recourse? It says $20. Why isn't the sales price being honored? Lousy dealers.

Isn't there a state federal law about this in my county? America is a big ponzi scheme. Grumble. Gripe. Stew. Vent.

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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    imageMAO..... Good one.... Cheers, RickO
  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That makes me angry also...I think I will go break a slab or something!

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    ANA LM
  • dohdoh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭
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    Positive BST transactions with: too many names to list! 36 at last count.
  • timcointimcoin Posts: 674 ✭
    haha. You know, I never noticed these were $20 denominations. Just figured they were $50.
  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    When I offered the posted $20 price for this item, the dealer pulled a classic bait and switch on me.

    He pulled out a book. Hemmed and hawwed a bit. Then said that it will be $1500 for this coin.

    WHAT!?!? It's a $20 coin! Says so right there on the label AND on the coin. And i'm supposed to believe some guy reading out of a book!?!?

    I want it because it's cheaper than those $50 coins.

    And now he is quoting me a price that is waaaay out of the ballpark.

    This sounds like willful infringement of my civil rights. Aren't I entitled to triple damages?

    Why is the world so unclear on issues which are actually crystal clear?
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    It says $20, but that is just a starting price, right??

    You should be able to talk him down from there.

    ~


    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Time for your medication adamlaneus. There, there, the men in the white coats are your friends!
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You just need to quit overanalyzing things, dude.

    But the essential unfairness of this world galls me as well.

    Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1

  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Well, i'm going to the Fremont coin show.

    We shall see how many 'ethical' dealers are there.

    I'm going to want to purchase two half-cents. Somehow, I feel it's not going to go well.

    I'm off of my meds for a week now and i'm feeling very fryingpan, thank you.
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,865 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Back in the mid '70's, I was at the
    Statler Hilton Hotel coin show for
    the Calif. State Numismatics society
    (the now host-hotel Grand Wilshire
    for the upcoming ANA in downtown LA).

    I was working for Numismatics, Ltd.,
    and buying US gold in huge quantities
    in Europe.

    I had a showcase full of raw $20 St.
    Gaudens - a guy walks up to the table,
    asks how much they are - I tell him
    "Two Fifty Each".

    He throws down a $10 bill, and says
    "I'll take four of 'em"

    He was serious.....
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,446 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Since this is about a dealer, I will defer to seaeaglecoins as I am sure he will have an anecdote about what should be expected image

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • NewEnglandNotesNewEnglandNotes Posts: 281 ✭✭✭
    Back in my days of working retail, there were plenty of times where an item would be priced at say $19.99. Somehow, the "19" would "fall off", and the customer would bring the item to the counter, demanding it for .99! They would threaten to call the state and file a complaint. If they did, I never heard about it.
  • intenceintence Posts: 1,255 ✭


    << <i>Back in my days of working retail, there were plenty of times where an item would be priced at say $19.99. Somehow, the "19" would "fall off", and the customer would bring the item to the counter, demanding it for .99! They would threaten to call the state and file a complaint. If they did, I never heard about it. >>



    yep definitely happened in my experience too. certain ethnic groups are bad!
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  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    I woulda haggled with him and offered him $19.image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,356 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was at a coin show once when I asked a woman behind a table if I could look at one of her high grade Morgan dollars. She said that her husband won't allow her to touch any of his coins ever since she sold one for 50 cents. She was dead serious. image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Well, i'm going to the Fremont coin show.

    We shall see how many 'ethical' dealers are there.

    I'm going to want to purchase two half-cents. Somehow, I feel it's not going to go well.

    I'm off of my meds for a week now and i'm feeling very fryingpan, thank you. >>



    Whyncha' save smoe time and just buy one full cent? Even splurge, and make it a large one?

    Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1

  • YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220 ✭
    Don't be surprized if that coin is really a Golden Wrapper with a piece of Chocolate inside..

    Now would that be a hell of a scam or what.. Almost 5k posts there Adam.imageimage
  • JupitarCoinsJupitarCoins Posts: 2,595 ✭
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    Positive:
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    Robb, Tee135, Ibzman350, Mercfan, Outhaul, Erickso1, Cugamongacoins, Indiananationals, Wayne Herndon

    Negative BST Transactions:
  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,955 ✭✭✭✭
    I remember an old man asking a local dealer about a nice unc 32-D quarter in his case, marked $1000 -- no decimals etc... the man offered him a $10 bill for it. At least it was somewhat within reason to make such a mistake, vs. the story about $10 for four double eagles!

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