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Should coin dealers all dress alike at shows?
RogerB
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Will this make it easier for collectors to out-flank them and get to the best coins first? Would RFI chips be better?
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RogerB
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Most of them have mustard stains what more do you want???
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I’m beginning to think this whole mustard stain shirt thing is urban legend. I’ve never seen it.
I have seen a man take his shirt off on the bourse floor to go bare chested. He hadnt seen the gym in well probably never. Not pretty. I have seen a picture of a man taking his pants off on the bourse floor. Even less pretty
Due to the above examples I certainly think shirts and pants should be worn simultaneously on the bourse floor.
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Aren't they already dressed alike ?
A sea of 4XL double knit polyester, mismatched and rumpled, with tacky bling jewelry.
Oh, the humanity.
Jeans and a plaid button up shirt. My youngest son calls it the old man uniform.
In the 1980s they all wore corduroy jackets.
Easiest way to get first shot at all the best coins is to bring a decoy to the show.
An older woman holding a cigar box would lure all the dealers like she was the Pied Piper.
I scan potential dealers with a mustard detector...it never lies as it can detect parts per million, even after laundered.
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
And we wonder why the hobby can't attract more women ...
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Anyone remember around 20 years ago when the ANA tried to require suit and ties for dealers? Man the uproar and backroom talk that caused!
The ANA should start issuing uniforms, they should have a ranking system based on seniority and accomplishments like the boy scouts and the military. We should have unifying songs to demonstrate we are all in this noble hobby together, with creeds that we regularly recite as to the honorable values and ideals we live up to. Our esteemed leaders should be saluted. All of these improvements would serve to improve morale.
This reminds me of a funny story I heard on the browse floor back in 2011. I had a conversation about buying duplicates with two other HTT collectors and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beymer while sitting at their table. Jack mentioned that collectors that keep duplicates consider themselves to be bulletproof, but then stated that it could be so much worse! He went on to talk about a collector back in the day when suits where worn exclusively on the browse floor that always bought five exact suits in each color. One day he came to his senses and as a nice gesture offered his other unworn suits to Jack. Problem being the fellow was about 6'-4" to 6'-6" tall and Jack is only 5'-5"
Well... I must admit, I did see a mustard stain once.... actually, it was a splotch of mustard and a piece of hot dog as it dropped on the individual's shirt...and the expletives that followed were much more colorful than the shirt...
I had to walk away quickly to cover my laughter.... What was really bad was that he was alone at his table and obviously had no spare shirt.....I passed his table twice more that day - actually just to see how well the mustard was aging... His efforts to remove it resulted in a rather large, yellow, irregular caution sign....Too bad that was before the plague of camera phones....Cheers, RickO
People who use their phones to capture pictures of others so they can laugh at them or insult them behind their back are the biggest pussilanimouses I can think of.
If dealers all dressed the same, couldn't someone dress like one and get first dibs at ripping off the old ladies?
That's funny! We go to RV shows and I always kid my wife I am going to put an envelope in my shirt pocket that says 'Down Payment Money' on it and watch the feeding frenzy. RV dealers are often just a step above the used car salesmen depicted in old movies!
K
Require the snack bars to purvey ....food!
Problem solved.
When I started at Yale in 1967 the whole Vietnam War/hippie revolution thing was just starting to really heat up, of course. Yale still had a coat and tie dress code for meals. One of my buddies wore a blue blazer to meals that actually looked pretty good, accompanied by a little floppy string tie and a T-shirt with the nipples cut out. Also not pretty.
Yale did away with the dress code my sophomore year (1968). Fortunately, they coeducated not long after, so the guys started trying to look better for the ladies.
Kind regards,
George
I am not opposed to uniforms & badges, in conjunction with superhero underwear, or Huggies.
I want them all in Day Glow like the Hot Dog venders at the game.
I hope they don't because it would be boring
we rather attend the LV trunk show for the fashion 
I JUST BOUGHT THIS!
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@astrorat said
And we wonder why the hobby can't attract more women ...
This. Come and get it. I’ve never been more thankful for the accessory known as the belt
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
^^^^ It's just natural leather. ^^^^
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Justacommeman -- Now that is Walmart-worthy!!
I think they already do
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I could be entirely wrong about this, but if I recall correctly, the dealer who is shown without a shirt was there during dealer set-up hours (non-public hours) and the air condition on the bourse floor was either not yet turned on or not yet effective, which made the bourse hot and muggy. I imagine he decided he could either sweat through his shirt during set-up or take the shirt off and also imagine he did not expect someone to take an image of him while working without a shirt.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
pu·sil·lan·i·mous.
[ˌpyo͞osəˈlanəməs]
ADJECTIVE
showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.
Therefore, the above sentence not only has a spelling error, but also is, well, just plain incorrect.
An adjective has to have a noun, unless you meant the "I".
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It’s much funnier without this back story ; )
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
That guy was most likely just wiping coins on his sweaty belly before submitting for a pcgs walkthrough
Ahhhh...a quick lactic acid and urea dip.
Is that what's called puttying?
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If all dealers dress alike, and all coins are consistently graded alike, and everyone uses the same price guide then every coin will be market priced both buy and sell....!
Certainly another way to start the AT process. Especially if his diet is rich in mustard and eggs.
The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.
Must have been a spare tyre-ing day. Wasn't there an Indian Bengal Army revolt in 1857 over rubbing cartridges in that?
It's used other places to mean puss**s, I guess not here.
Was that the Confederate General in Lil Abner?
I long for the old days when Bobby Lecce on the East coast and Ira Goldberg on the West coast set wonderful examples of how coin dealers should look. Everyone noticed, but very few copied them
Naw it's just sweat however Walking Liberty Halves are sure to grade higher if Miss Liberty is glistening while doing her strut
Given the average age of coin collectors these days, don't you mean Depends instead of Huggies?
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Too many of them do dress alike now. I was at the Marlborough Mass show a few weeks ago and was looking in a case, the dealer was nowhere to be found. I asked the dealer at the next table where he was. The dealer pointed across the room and said "oh, that's so-and-so over there, balding guy in the blue shirt". There were six to pick from, so I just thanked him and went back to the table again after circling the room.
RE: "There were six to pick from, so I just thanked him and went back to the table again after circling the room."
Yep. That's the same thing sheep dogs have to do when rounding up the flock for fleecing.
I agree . . . Prison stripes ! ! !
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Maybe just large " ? "
Or they could issue colored aprons like Home Depot....I'm not sure what the best color would be, silver, gold?
Wow.