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Apparently some real coin show action on Sunday!

291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,806 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I didn't attend the show but was told that an obviously disgruntled customer pulled out a baseball bat and hit a local dealer at a commercial show this past Sunday. Something to the effect of "You dealers are all alike" was allegedly said.

The collector was arrested. The dealer was not seriously hurt.

This makes negative eBay feedback look tame by comparison.
All glory is fleeting.

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What show was that at?
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  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806 ✭
    The guy must have thought the asking price wasn't in the ballpark.
  • bigmansam88bigmansam88 Posts: 1,209


    << <i>The guy must have thought the asking price wasn't in the ballpark. >>




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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow!!! That dealer must have really provoked that collector. image

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want to know how he pulled out a bat. Was he hiding it in a pantleg or up a sleeve? Doesn't seem like the easiest thing to conceal.....

    Maybe the customer was trying to sell using Redbook prices.....
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,806 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I want to know how he pulled out a bat. Was he hiding it in a pantleg or up a sleeve? Doesn't seem like the easiest thing to conceal.....

    Maybe the customer was trying to sell using Redbook prices..... >>



    I don't have any details of what happened. It's possible it was a small size souvenir bat.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • jfoot13jfoot13 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭
    what show?
    If you can't swim you better stay in the boat.......
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Wow, that has the makings of a good video. Glad no one was hurt, at least physically.
  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478 ✭
    Someone needs to take that Sheet away from Gecko before he really hurts someone image
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 5,008 ✭✭✭✭✭
    +1 I agree ^
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  • MarkJudeMarkJude Posts: 355 ✭✭✭
    I agree with blu62vette - Where did the bat come from?

    I was at a show this weekend and they had two security guards at the entrance - I can't imagine sneaking in a baseball bat...

    Mark
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  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Something to the effect of "You dealers are all alike" was allegedly said. >>



    Sounds like a lot of the threads we read here. --Jerry
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Someone needs to take that Sheet away from Gecko before he really hurts someone image >>



    glad you said that instead of me. image
  • notwilightnotwilight Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I agree with blu62vette - Where did the bat come from? I was at a show this weekend and they had two security guards at the entrance - I can't imagine sneaking in a baseball bat... Mark >>



    Maybe it was a combines sports show and the bat was autographed. --Jerry
  • zeebobzeebob Posts: 2,825 ✭
    Must have been a fruit-loop buyer to begin with. I can't imagine bringing a baseball bat to a coin show (at least not as a buyer). Good grief - nut cases abound.

    What show was this?
  • holeinone1972holeinone1972 Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭
    Dam steroids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭


    << <i>Dam steroids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>



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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,693 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is there a book deal ?

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • charleycharley Posts: 2,071
    Steroids. Interesting. I suppose it is anatomically possible to have certain extremities mistaken for an inanimate object. I, alas, can't accomplish the level of violence described in this Thread, due to genes that afford me the ability to be directed to the womens' room by the male gender. Disrespected, John Curlis
  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow!!! That dealer must have really provoked that collector. image >>



    If the collector had the nads to hit someone in such a public place with a baseball bat, I assume the collector had some issues too!
  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,957 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I heard some dealers talking about this today at a show. Was the dealer from Michigan?
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  • Tvac897Tvac897 Posts: 1,478
    Yeah so...this sounds like a funny story in the making..anyone want to write it out?
    -Rome is Burning

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are a few........... image Cheers, RickO

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