Using Trade At Card Shows

ClementeFanOh · #17 09-06-2021, 07:59 PM

To Tony Gordon- I found your reply to me almost by accident, assumed
this topic was exhausted and was wrong. This is my final go round...

It sounds to me like you have a grim outlook. At a show, ANY action for a
dealer is better than no action. I've been a collector for 40 years and
attended many shows, and I've never seen a show where a dealer is so busy
he has to beat back attendees with a stick. We have all been to shows where
a couple dealers draw more traffic than the others, so approaching a dealer
with less traffic at his table, is hardly an imposition. It is in the dealer's best
interest to treat a potential customer with some modicum of respect (ie, not
telling them how best to phrase their remarks , or indicating they have
worth only if they ask no questions and give him money). I have also never
approached a dealer with "moldy" cards in the hope of trading for one of his
that is beyond the price point. In other words, your characterization of
people who merely propose trading as being a "waste of time" is insulting,
wrong, and also possibly self defeating (remember, the guy who proposes
trade has money as well- I'm one of them).

So, in conclusion I am definitely dismissing your advice. There's too much
selling competition for me to subject myself to rude treatment by a
stranger. I've said it before on this site in different context, but it merits
repeating- the folks on the other side of your table are a tiny bit important
to the hobby. 'Nuff said, Trent King

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