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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 352574, member: 1262"]A few years ago a local coin shop owner told me a story about an older gentleman who came in to his store with an assortment of inexpensive coins worth no more than a few hundred dollars. The shop owner examined each one with the gentleman and formulated a list of what he could pay and other options to dispose of the remainder which he didn't want.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the terms of sale were completed the client mentioned that he had been to several other coin dealers and none of them would tell him the time of day since they coins he was selling were of low value and they were busy with other more important business.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few months later the client had found more inherited coins, this time the good stuff worth several hundred thousand dollars and this time he knew who to sell to and whom to avoid. Making consistently low offers can create a reputation in the community, you want to be the person known for being better than the competition and you will see more quality items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 352574, member: 1262"]A few years ago a local coin shop owner told me a story about an older gentleman who came in to his store with an assortment of inexpensive coins worth no more than a few hundred dollars. The shop owner examined each one with the gentleman and formulated a list of what he could pay and other options to dispose of the remainder which he didn't want. After the terms of sale were completed the client mentioned that he had been to several other coin dealers and none of them would tell him the time of day since they coins he was selling were of low value and they were busy with other more important business. A few months later the client had found more inherited coins, this time the good stuff worth several hundred thousand dollars and this time he knew who to sell to and whom to avoid. Making consistently low offers can create a reputation in the community, you want to be the person known for being better than the competition and you will see more quality items.[/QUOTE]
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