Post #25790 by Basement Kahuna on Sat, Mar 8, 2003 5:12 PM

I never browbeat...it's just not my style. And if it looks like I've got a serious customer in you can bet a dollar to a doughnut you won't catch me near the closed sign.(You can usually tell by that T-Rex "Hunter-Killer" vibe they exude as they walk around). But I don't small talk much either, because I have always had a passion for the antique game, knew my stuff, and never felt any need. And I don't even look at sub-condition or lower quality stuff. It's in a dealer's best interest to carry the best of the best of whatever he/she deals in. Fortunately most people I deal with have the same passion whether they be other dealers or collectors, and recognize the effort that goes into presenting quantities of decent items in a way worthy of their uniqueness. But there is always the clown that despite those efforts wants something for nothing, or wants you to give forth a college degree's worth of information about things they have at home (free appraisals). That article is strictly a humorous one...A steam killer...you can ask anyone in the retail field and they will quote you these same six lines. They get so repetitive that they remind me of the Macarena or Achy Breaky Heart. And you all know how you felt by the thousandth time you heard either one of those :)

[ Edited by: Basement Kahuna on 2003-03-08 17:24 ]