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What's the worst thing you have seen or heard happen in a B&M coin shop?Not including anyone bei
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At one of my local B&M coin shops several different dental hygenist used to bring in just pulled bloody teeth with gold fillings in them. They would sell the dealer the gold from their patients teeth.....yuk.
I always wonder how many patients had no problem teeth pulled just so the dentist could sell the gold fillings.
I always wonder how many patients had no problem teeth pulled just so the dentist could sell the gold fillings.
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<< <i>What's the worst thing you have seen or heard happen in a B&M coin shop? >>
proprietors have been shot & killed. what's worse then that?
K S
edited to quote the thread's original title that i responded too
<< <i>proprietors have been shot & killed. what's worse then that?
K S >>
<< <i>proprietors have been shot & killed. what's worse then that? >>
In your case....death by slabbing maybe??
<< <i>proprietors have been shot & killed. what's worse then that?
K S >>
OK, you win.
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<< <i>proprietors have been shot & killed. what's worse then that? >>
That's obviously not what the poster meant when he started the thread as you can tell by the example he gave. Try to stay on topic, Dork.
Thankfully, I've never seen too many terrible things in B&M shops...maybe some dealers acting like jerks towards YNs occassionally, but that's about it.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
Dave
...so, I offered the dealer 6x face for the lot... a quick profit for him... his reply was "what? are you crazy? I gotta take a closer look at them first" ...
...he ended up finding not one but two 42/1 dimes!!!
Earlier this year I heard about an "older" gentleman bringing a full run of GSA CC Morgans... 78-CC to 85-CC into a B&M. He ended up walking out with $1050 for the lot... talk about getting ripped...
When my friend (who told me about this) told the man that he could have and should have gotten much more, the man got mad at him...felt that somehow my friend was trying to con him...(he apparently had many more coins that he was planning on selling)... this man ended up selling all his coins to this "friendly" B&M dealer instead of to my friend...who was more than willing to buy at real prices...
Go figure
<< <i>When selling coins, I've been abused by a few dealers. Does that count? >>
Yes that counts. As long as you weren't killed raped or maimed we are good to go.
<< <i>Other than Hawaiian shirts with ketchup stains all over them? >>
You lead an exciting life Ziggy...that was a killer post.
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<< <i>Other than Hawaiian shirts with ketchup stains all over them? >>
You lead an exciting life Ziggy...that was a killer post.
That's before the thread title was changed. That reopened it.
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<< <i>My friend was buying a big-time local collection for $92k- when 8 different dealers walked in the door uninvited, one by one, and started making counter-offers...This is the reason one should lock the doors to the shop when buying a big collection. >>
That's what I was thinking. When someone comes in and about to make a huge transaction the sign should get flipped and doors locked.
One dealer in this area is a real butt. When I first got back into collecting in 2000 I was asking for some cirulated pieces here and there. Basically about $35 worth of stuff. Finally when I asked to see some mercs he basically told me that his time was valuable and that unless I was planning on spending at least $100 it was a waste of his time. Never been back there since
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Then the dealer proceeded to put a sticker on it with a price of $800, and put it in his display case - all within a matter of minutes, and me watching him. Needless to say, I don't visit this dealer anymore.
<< <i>I was standing in my local B&M store, when a older lady walked in with a $20 gold Saint in a PCGS holder. The dealer said the coin was over-graded, cleaned, etc. Said it wasn't worth too much in that condition. The dealer finally said he would giver her $200 for it. She took it.
Then the dealer proceeded to put a sticker on it with a price of $800, and put it in his display case - all within a matter of minutes, and me watching him. Needless to say, I don't visit this dealer anymore.
I would have got kicked out of that place, he's a crook. I would have offered her twice as much and tell her the real value as I'm leaving. I let many things slip but that wouldn't be one of them.
<< <i>Seems like every time I'm in either of the shops I frequent infrequently, there's people kibitzing with the owners and/or employees about bullion/metals prices/conspiracy theories about the government. No joking. So I'm not surprised when it goes on here. >>
I have always said that this industry is one of the few genres where you can go to any given show and talk to a randon selection of 100 people and come back with 80 different conspiracy theories. Some of these theories that some folks come up with are absolutely insane.
About a year ago I was in a coin shop and a wierd looking individual comes in and offers for sale a few coins and silverware. He tells the shop owner that he can sell his items cheap because he stole them from a home that he had broken in to a few days before. The shop owner passed on the items. At least the seller was honest about the source of his sell items.
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<< <i>Seems like every time I'm in either of the shops I frequent infrequently, there's people kibitzing with the owners and/or employees about bullion/metals prices/conspiracy theories about the government. No joking. So I'm not surprised when it goes on here. >>
I have always said that this industry is one of the few genres where you can go to any given show and talk to a randon selection of 100 people and come back with 80 different conspiracy theories. Some of these theories that some folks come up with are absolutely insane.
About a year ago I was in a coin shop and a wierd looking individual comes in and offers for sale a few coins and silverware. He tells the shop owner that he can sell his items cheap because he stole them from a home that he had broken in to a few days before. The shop owner passed on the items. At least the seller was honest about the source of his sell items. >>
Did the shop owner get the guy's license plate number and report him to the police?
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<< <i>Seems like every time I'm in either of the shops I frequent infrequently, there's people kibitzing with the owners and/or employees about bullion/metals prices/conspiracy theories about the government. No joking. So I'm not surprised when it goes on here. >>
I have always said that this industry is one of the few genres where you can go to any given show and talk to a randon selection of 100 people and come back with 80 different conspiracy theories. Some of these theories that some folks come up with are absolutely insane.
About a year ago I was in a coin shop and a wierd looking individual comes in and offers for sale a few coins and silverware. He tells the shop owner that he can sell his items cheap because he stole them from a home that he had broken in to a few days before. The shop owner passed on the items. At least the seller was honest about the source of his sell items. >>
Did the shop owner get the guy's license plate number and report him to the police? >>
The seller's image was on surveillance video and from what I understand the tape was turned in to police. The guy did not have a car and I believe he took off on a bicycle.
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"
<< <i>When I first got back into collecting in 2000 I was asking for some cirulated pieces here and there. Basically about $35 worth of stuff. Finally when I asked to see some mercs he basically told me that his time was valuable and that unless I was planning on spending at least $100 it was a waste of his time. Never been back there since >>
Can't get more short sighted than that.
<< <i>Watched as a B&M dealer 'rumaged' thru a pile of silver coins brought in by a 'walk-in'...all the time muttering about them being just common circulated silver and offering 4x face (when the going rate was 8x). They took the money and left...
...so, I offered the dealer 6x face for the lot... a quick profit for him... his reply was "what? are you crazy? I gotta take a closer look at them first" ...
...he ended up finding not one but two 42/1 dimes!!!
Earlier this year I heard about an "older" gentleman bringing a full run of GSA CC Morgans... 78-CC to 85-CC into a B&M. He ended up walking out with $1050 for the lot... talk about getting ripped...
When my friend (who told me about this) told the man that he could have and should have gotten much more, the man got mad at him...felt that somehow my friend was trying to con him...(he apparently had many more coins that he was planning on selling)... this man ended up selling all his coins to this "friendly" B&M dealer instead of to my friend...who was more than willing to buy at real prices...
Go figure
This is why so many people hate slabs, it puts everyone on a level playing field. B&M dealers HATE that.
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<< <i>Watched as a B&M dealer 'rumaged' thru a pile of silver coins brought in by a 'walk-in'...all the time muttering about them being just common circulated silver and offering 4x face (when the going rate was 8x). They took the money and left...
...so, I offered the dealer 6x face for the lot... a quick profit for him... his reply was "what? are you crazy? I gotta take a closer look at them first" ...
...he ended up finding not one but two 42/1 dimes!!!
Earlier this year I heard about an "older" gentleman bringing a full run of GSA CC Morgans... 78-CC to 85-CC into a B&M. He ended up walking out with $1050 for the lot... talk about getting ripped...
When my friend (who told me about this) told the man that he could have and should have gotten much more, the man got mad at him...felt that somehow my friend was trying to con him...(he apparently had many more coins that he was planning on selling)... this man ended up selling all his coins to this "friendly" B&M dealer instead of to my friend...who was more than willing to buy at real prices...
Go figure
This is why so many people hate slabs, it puts everyone on a level playing field. B&M dealers HATE that. >>
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No CAC in your world? Though, granted, I'd check the wells for poison first.
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A little old lady walks in and says "these are the IHCs I called about last week, I would have brought them sooner but it took a few days to polish them" She pulled out a pile of polished IHCs and the dealer shook his head "ughhhh".
I walk into a coin shop and the dealer has a shotgun on his desk. I asked what brought out the shotgun? He said he got ripped on selling gold bullion to a customer using a stolen credit card that he accepting without checking it since the old lady looked so nice (even though he has a sign that says no CCs for bullion) so he was keeping the shotgun ready in case the old lady returned for more.
I'm in a shop and the dealer talks to another old guy then the dealer starts cursing at the guy and comes around the counter and chases the guy out the door yelling @#$% don't come back. I asked what the guy was trying to sell? The dealer said the guy offered a damaged (pinholes) $500 bill and he offered him $520. The guy said OK but only if he can buy it back within a week for $525. The dealer thought it was a sting operation to bust him for operating as a pawn broker without a pawn license so he went off at the guy.
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
<< <i>How's this one -- Seeing a coin dealer take clients' money for gold bullion coins, saying he didn't have them yet but would get them in a few days, issuing IOUs for such coins, never delivering them and filing for bankruptcy. >>
Conejo?
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<< <i>So I see a coin in a search, decide to look at seller's other items, and I see this. Bout made me puke. >>
I don't see anything wrong with selling dental gold scrap...
One day this fella came in the shop and asked if he bought gold teeth. Bill said yeah. So, as Bill watches dumbfounded through the window, the guy goes out to his car in the parking lot, grabs a pair of pliers, leans over his wife's mouth, and...
Edit to add: I once saw a bag of this dental gold. Yuk. Not terribly bloody, but definitely gross.
And Bill spoke of how they used to have to take hammers and bang out all the amalgam and other crud. Eeew.
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