Good Advice for non-dealers attending shows-and more on dealer/earlybird badges
ebaytrader
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Little advice to newbies. If you want to pay dealer prices or near to them a dealer badge is not going to get you better prices. Being armed with current pricing information,doing your research before you buy so you know exactly what you are looking for (nobody wants to have someone look at their coin for 20minutes to detrmine a grade), also confidence in your offer or counteroffer and a pleasant attiude will get you much farther. Most importantly, keep negative comments about the coin to yourself, simply pass or play. If you pass, do so with a smile and a thank you and you will proabably be welcomed back again.
Early bird badges are great for those who want to cherry pick dealer inventories, A word to the wise, It is very competitive at setup, be focused and be first if you can and most of all, know what it is you are looking for and what it should look like for the grade and know what the current trading levels are.
If your quick, fair, keep the comments to a minimum and be polite most dealers will treat you like a dealer.
Cash alos helps..heh
Regards to all
Ps. Until you get comfortable & confident with your buying skills , I would avoid the primarily wholesale guys as they are used to working at such a fast pace that may be very uncomfortable for you and irratating to the dealer if he is working with more than one dealer. You can recognize their tables as they seldom lay out more than a few coins (unpriced or unmarked) and most the rest are still in boxes.
Early bird badges are great for those who want to cherry pick dealer inventories, A word to the wise, It is very competitive at setup, be focused and be first if you can and most of all, know what it is you are looking for and what it should look like for the grade and know what the current trading levels are.
If your quick, fair, keep the comments to a minimum and be polite most dealers will treat you like a dealer.
Cash alos helps..heh
Regards to all
Ps. Until you get comfortable & confident with your buying skills , I would avoid the primarily wholesale guys as they are used to working at such a fast pace that may be very uncomfortable for you and irratating to the dealer if he is working with more than one dealer. You can recognize their tables as they seldom lay out more than a few coins (unpriced or unmarked) and most the rest are still in boxes.
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Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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Brian Kuszmar
<< <i>keep the comments to a minimum >>
Those are the dealers I try to avoid like the plague. If Mr. Dealer won't or doesn't want to talk then me and my $ walk to someone friendlier. I understand business, but a show is a public forum, most dealers have nothing to do but talk. I will spend MUCH more $ with someone who is friendly and non condescending.