Man these guys are kind of mean. I came in looking to buy either some silver dollars or half dollars, basically for one purpose. I'm thinking of taking a magic course this year, and wanted four decent sized coins to play about with, to learn some slight of hand moves with something more substantial than a quarter. I wanted not great coins, just something I wouldn't care if I wore down, scratched up, etc.. I explained this pretty clearly, and was looking for some scrap silver, basically.
I didn't tell them that my wife and I actually do have a small but decent collection of good Sliver coins, and I've bought coins before. Maybe I should have.
Well let me tell you, they treated me like I was a bumpkin. First they tried to up sell me silver proof dollars, which was not really my goal at all, totally not my needs. When I said no to that, they offered me Kennedy half dollars, at about 25% over spot price, by total weight, when I know darn well they are only 40% silver. So they wanted $7.00 per coin on a coin whose melt value is about $2.10. I could take a markup, but that was ridiculous. Their attitude was also awful, they basically made it clear I was wasting their time just even being there. I mentioned the percentage of silver, and that I both looked up the spot value before coming out, and expected a a mark up, but the attitude was 'the price is the price', and they also made it very clear that they sold 'LOTS of bags of these' and that my trying to buy just four coins was a real pain in the arse, and why was I wasting their time? With the implied, if you are buying only a couple coins how dare you negotiate or criticize our prices?
Almost I even agreed to buy the coins, It isn't a lot of money, and traffic has sucked recently. It would have been worth spending the extra ten bucks for my purpose just because I had already driven out. But they don't even take credit cards? I didn't take any cash, and I wasn't about to write them a check, with their attitude. I'm kind of glad I they don't take credit cards, after thinking about it, very glad I didn't spend any money there. Let me be clear, for the first time I ever walked in, and a small transaction? I am not obsessed over the price. The entire attitude was sour.
Well, poor customer service, sketchy vibe too. Too bad for them, we have considered looking for a place to sell our nice small set of Morgan and Liberty dollars all in good condition. Or also, alternatively to add to it, and fill some holes (which I'd prefer) depending on how the finances go this year. I think it is going to be the later. So I was kind of auditioning them with a small transaction. I hoped to find a nice reputable dealer. Let's say they did not meet my expectation of someone I'd do future business with.
I'd stay away. They made it clear they don't want my business, so they aren't going to get it. read more
