How many of you have heard the line before

packers88

"how many do you want" after offering someone something for sale? I just talked to a collector friend in florida and he told me he went to a show with 25 Washington missing edges and offered them for $800. A guy asked him how many does he want, you know being a smart alec. He says, I will sell them to you all day for $20 each. My buddy asks him ok give me your number, he calls him the next day and gets the bs run around, calls him again a few days later and he says he can't find them, calls him a 3rd time and he claims he must have sold them. My buddy talks to another dealer and he says the guy went searching for them in the wrong parts of FLorida and is jealous as heck that others found thousands and he found nothing, so now he tries to act like they are worthless and gets jealous everytime he's approached by someone with Washington Missing edges. lol He offered my buddy $5 each. lol

It has happened to me before, the old "how many do you want" line and the exact same thing happened when I called the guy's bluff when he was offering his stuff 50% cheaper than mine he could never produce. I think "how many do you want" line is nothing more than a jealousy line when someone doesn't have something. Any other experiences with "how many do you want" smart as....??

comma

It's weird, not sure why people do that.
But I was looking for some colonials a while back. A guy (supposedly) had a can of 50 worn colonials. We set up a price and everything. After weeks of getting really weird emails and the runaround, he said he sold them to someone else (for less). Ya, that was a load.
I dont get it...haha

mrpotatoheadd

Sounds to me like the seller's equivalent of the "But that's all I have to spend" line buyers use.

savoyspecial

good point mr. potatoheadd, both sides do it


and i would venture to guess that sometimes ' how many do you want' is used to let the other person know that this is a readily available coin (not necessarily that HE has them in stock at any given time)

an example, Morgan Dollars.....many times customers will bring a mid-grade, common date Morgan in and think it is worth moon money because it's really old.....a perfect place to use the line 'how many do you want'

Walkerguy21D

Similar to something that happened to me a long time ago.....After upgrading some of my 1930's era walkers to MS, I had some nice AU's with me for sale at a show. Dealer asks if I have anything for sale, I pull these out, dates like 36S, 37S, etc. He says he has lots of stuff like that.....I say oh really, I'm in the market for them, where are they? As I look into his case and see the usual worn VG-F 'bullion value' coins displayed. He informs me he doesn't bring stuff like that to the shows. I just chuckled and said that's too bad.....

rhedden

If the tables are turned and the dealer owns it, the expression becomes "where ya gonna find another one?"

DRUNNER

Talk is always cheap . . . . .when it comes to delivering coins, most of the time logic trumps verbage.

Drunner

kerikow

i was at a very small local show, and saw an 1896 morgan 63ish with fair brown paper roll toning that had very thin rainbow around the rim. he had it for $500 and told me how rare and pq the toning was, and that he couldn't keep toners like this in stock, and he wouldn't come done to earth on the price. so i asked how many would you like, opened my toner box and showed him his coins twin sister and asked $200 for it. he refused, then wouldnt offer on any of my nice toners and told me to leave his table.

PerryHall

<< <i>i was at a very small local show, and saw an 1896 morgan 63ish with fair brown paper roll toning that had very thin rainbow around the rim. he had it for $500 and told me how rare and pq the toning was, and that he couldn't keep toners like this in stock, and he wouldn't come done to earth on the price. so i asked how many would you like, opened my toner box and showed him his coins twin sister and asked $200 for it. he refused, then wouldnt offer on any of my nice toners and told me to leave his table. >>



Busted!!!

ricko

That is one thing I never liked at shows (a minor detail, and easily dealt with)... the stock comebacks that usually are offered to drive prices in one direction or the other. Never worked with me.. I just shook my head and walked away... Cheers, RickO

johnny9434

when i hear that i usally keep walking. dont need it at that point.....

scotty1419

I think it works both ways.

Sometimes it can be applied as a light encouragement that the asking price may be way too high. Mostly it's just a snide unsupported remark.

Greeniejr

Sorry but I use that line all the time especially with belligerent people who will not face reality. Someone came in this morning with a 2007 and a 2008 Presidential dollar proof set. CDN bids are $5 and $10 respectively. I offered the guy $4.50 and $8 which is a reasonable buy price based on demand. The guy went into a rant that he paid $18 from the mint and that they would not sell him a bad "investment". I went to the proof set drawer, pulled out 2 of each, put them on the counter and asked him how many he would like to buy for $6 and $11. He continued his rant about investments and I offered to sell him more. Finally he goes can you do $20 for the pair. I repeated my offer to sell again, then he finally accepted the money I offered for his. I have done the same thing with people who want too much money for their circ US gold at these levels. Difference is when I use the line, I go get the product and put it in front of the person. It is necessary when people won't listen

crypto79

I wouldn't pay 20$ for any Presidential dollar coin no matter what shape of form it came in unless it was like a wrong planchet strike or something really cool, to be honest I would be hesitant to buy 20 Presidential dollar coins with missing edge letting for 20$. That said the dealer meets more collectors like me than your buddy who has taken to hoarding these coins.