How about this sign in a dealer's window??

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• MrEureka Posts: 24,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 14, 2004 4:32AM

  How about this sign in a dealer's window " CHERRYPICKERS NOT WELCOMED!" What do you think about that ????
  
  I think it belongs on the door to the back office, not in the store window.

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• nwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭

  March 14, 2004 4:40AM

  Just tell them that you didn't think there were any cherry trees to harvest and nail them with a great cherry pick!

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• coppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭

  March 14, 2004 4:40AM

  Problem is, what do they define as "cherrypickers"?
  
  My definition is probably different from theirs, and they would lose a potential customer because of it.

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• 1907Quarter Posts: 2,770

  March 14, 2004 4:42AM

  this is the kind of thread I can see going into the triple digits...

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• razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭

  March 14, 2004 4:44AM

  How many cherries could a cherrypicker pick if a cherrypicker could pick cherries?

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  March 14, 2004 4:47AM

  When I was a kid I picked cherries, apples too. Learned a lot of good Spanish cuss words.
  
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• 1907Quarter Posts: 2,770

  March 14, 2004 4:52AM

  I hope he doesn't sell WASHINGTON quarters...

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• darktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭

  March 14, 2004 4:58AM

  Why do they consider it cherrypicking when I buy a 1964 proof set for $10 that has an AH kennedy in it that I can sell for $17 and it's fine to spend an hour looking at certified gold that I can usually find an undergraded coin that will make me much money. I would say for the most those people buying the $10 proof sets are not the ones to worry about. mike

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• nickel Posts: 662

  March 14, 2004 5:04AM

  probably means he doesn't want someone in the store who will waste his time by poking through bunches of double row boxes , spend an hour or more , ask questions and either buy nothing or some $5 item . the days where a coin shop dude sat and read newspapers and welcomed browsers , has turned into a 'whadda ya want? , here , thanks , have a good day . Similar situations at shows .

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• ealandg Posts: 705

  March 14, 2004 5:15AM

  Again, these dealers are not very good business people. It is fantastic for generating more business if you look like a guy or gal who has confidence in your product. By allowing people to cherry pick, you are giving everyone else passing by the message that you stand by what you have to offer and that you are friendly to all comers.
  
  I think the vast majority of us have bought an item that we didn't really need from a dealer that we really liked. A successful business is all about REPEAT business. Act like a jerk, and you won't get it no matter how great your product is.
  
  In a sea of dealers, you have to distinguish yourself from the pack. You can do this by being friendly and open to everyone. Word will get around...

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• LanLord Posts: 11,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 14, 2004 5:59AM

  I would walk in, ask him if he was serious, and if so - laugh in his face and walk out; with a fist full of hundred dollar bills that I got from the bank just for that occasion.

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