Harmless fun with dealers at a show
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I typically buy ngc fatties, pcgs ogh's and nicely toned overpriced coins. Many of the dealers I usually work with I believe are happy when I come around because I don't waste time and they generally can start pulling stuff out before I ask to see it. But I wanted to have a little fun and ever so slightly waste some dealers' time and have a laugh. Interest level at making a deal usually goes up when I say I have something to sell or use in trade towards a purchase.
So to have some harmless fun I recently saw a shiny "parking lot toned" penny at the supermarket lot which I picked up. When I got home I promptly put it in a 2x2, wrote the date and put a modest $45 price on it. While approaching a few dealers I promptly would ask if they would look at a toned cent I had. It was tough not to laugh right away when they are used to seeing me with bag toned Morgans or toned proof seated dimes to have such a crap coin handed over. Even better to watch them fumble and not want to make me feel bad trying to find the words of sadness at my folly for spending so much on crap and wanting to offer it as a part of a deal. I would quickly explain what it was and watch them regain color and complexion after holding their breath.
Any ways that others have to poke fun and tease dealers at a show?
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That's good stuff.
If I was a dealer I’d start by offering you crapier coins to see what else you might bite on
Latin American Collection
Very funny but I hope you at least waited until the dealer wasn't too busy with other customers.
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
Dealers love jokes on them.
My dealer and I have a game where I pay 10% over the price of the coin. Dealer is having a lot of fun but I don't get the joke yet, maybe with more experience.
The punch line will come when you sell them back to the dealer.
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
Dealer may think you have been looking at too many newbie posts here.
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I like to seem them doing the Macarena on the bourse floor while trying to get their hands on Granny's gold collection for under melt.
That's terrible.. what ever happened to a sense of common decency? It is those people who make the rest of coin dealers look bad.
That is funny... and I am sure the dealers laughed as well... especially knowing you from past deals...Cheers, RickO
I don’t waste time with time wasters at my table and can cull them out quickly.
I just politely shoo them away when offered something no interest “that guy over there (dealer with 3 tables binders of junk) high buyer.”