Just Threw a Telemarketer for a Loop
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Just got a call from a telemarketer, and because it's been a while since I've been able to talk coins, I let him talk. "I'm calling from [telemarketer's coin company]. Just today, I've gotten the authority to offer you 2016 American Silver Eagles. They are in PCGS holders. PCGS is the best coin grading service..."
"No thanks. I specialize in 1854 and 1855 large flying eagle cent patterns."
Silence. "1850...1890...what?"
"1854 and 1855 large flying eagle cent patterns."
"Do you collect anything else? Is there anything else in your collection?"
"No"
"Are those gold?"
"No. They're copper, bronze, copper-nickel or other compositions."
"Okay...Well, if I come across one, I'll give you a call."
"Thanks."
End of conversation.
"No thanks. I specialize in 1854 and 1855 large flying eagle cent patterns."
Silence. "1850...1890...what?"
"1854 and 1855 large flying eagle cent patterns."
"Do you collect anything else? Is there anything else in your collection?"
"No"
"Are those gold?"
"No. They're copper, bronze, copper-nickel or other compositions."
"Okay...Well, if I come across one, I'll give you a call."
"Thanks."
End of conversation.
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bob
Nice to be so quick witted. I just hang up and then think of what i should have said.
bob
It always sounds wittier when the story is told.
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns
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I knew it would happen.
... "Are those gold?" "No. They're copper, bronze, copper-nickel or other compositions."
I'll bet you a dollar to a donut that had you said yes, the telemarketer would have switched to the American Gold Eagle script.
Nice to be so quick witted. I just hang up and then think of what i should have said.
bob
That's called "esprit de l'escalier."
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Ok, that was funny.
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Ok, that was funny.
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Just today, I've gotten the authority to offer you 2016 American Silver Eagles. They are in PCGS holders."
Send me images of the coins in slabs and I'll take 1000 pieces.
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Just today, I've gotten the authority to offer you 2016 American Silver Eagles. They are in PCGS holders."
Send me images of the coins in slabs and I'll take 1000 pieces.
Dare I say "Done Deal?"
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns
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Just today, I've gotten the authority to offer you 2016 American Silver Eagles. They are in PCGS holders."
Send me images of the coins in slabs and I'll take 1000 pieces.
Dare I say "Done Deal?"
Better check the pop reports first.
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Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
I'll wager $5 that the call came from Texas? If I'm wrong tell me where to donate my $5
I think it was California...You can send that $5 c/o me...
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns
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and silver places, I would get calls monthly. I finally told him I was not selling, nor would I
buy at their prices.... and then told him if they call again I would report it as harassment.
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I'll wager $5 that the call came from Texas? If I'm wrong tell me where to donate my $5
I think it was California...You can send that $5 c/o me...
PM me your PayPal addy and I will make good on it
I'll wager $5 that the call came from Texas? If I'm wrong tell me where to donate my $5
I think it was California...You can send that $5 c/o me...
PM me your PayPal addy and I will make good on it
You said $5k, right?
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns
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I wonder who gave him the authority to offer those coins.
I'll wager $5 that the call came from Texas? If I'm wrong tell me where to donate my $5
I think it was California...You can send that $5 c/o me...
PM me your PayPal addy and I will make good on it
You said $5k, right?
Hey don't take my buddies drinking money! Need that to go with the ribs and steak.
Just today, I've gotten the authority to offer you 2016 American Silver Eagles. They are in PCGS holders."
Send me images of the coins in slabs and I'll take 1000 pieces.
Dare I say "Done Deal?"
Better check the pop reports first.
That is a good point, I would be interested in seeing them in the slab.
Most of the times I get a polite hangup...the worst have been the Windows Virus scammers....a couple FU's out of them!
K
I often have a lot of fun with telemarketers and scammers. I just take what they say and run with it...'Silver Eagles?' Naw ain't never seen one of them birds around here but then again we live too far south and are out of the migratory patterns for them. The come up from South America in the spring along with the hawks. Now I like them red tailed hawks around, they keep the rodents down. Last year my dog got bit by a wood rat but that was in winter so the hawks hadn't come back yet. Tor up her nose a little but she got the best of the critter. You mentioned PCGS? Yeah I know that place...we used to go surfing there when I was a kid. Really good right hand break. Not too many folks knew about it so we would have it to ourselves. Sometimes the waves broke right on the beach and one time my friend Jimmy Thompson got tossed face first into the sand and hurt his eyes, had to wear eye patches for a month. We would hide his pencils in school and he would git mad at us, not that he could see what he was writing anyway. He could write pretty well even with not seeing though. Now that I think about it we did have some hawks flying around out at PCGS, maybe they was them Silver Eagles? Hard to tell with salt water in your eyes...but still not sure if I want to buy one. What do they eat? Hello? Hello?
Most of the times I get a polite hangup...the worst have been the Windows Virus scammers....a couple FU's out of them!
K
Ha! Good one. That should drive them nuts.
I wonder how this would go over.
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Looks like he got lost at 1854 & 1855, "flying eagle" and "pattern" were just icing on the cake, LOL
nah, he got lost a 'coin'
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