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Posted By: Trevor Hocking

Hi All,
I know that I don't post that often anymore, but when this topic was brought up I had to tell my great experance with Terry Sr. I had meet up with him at the last West Coast Card Show. He had mentioned that they were trying to sell a large portion of there 20th century invintory at the time. I really didn't catch the sales pitch untill I had got home later that evening. So I called him up and with no questions asked he sent me the entire lot Fed Ex next day. I looked over the lot for about a week and found that it wasn't for me but man did he make it ever so tempting. The lot was priced very fair but it would have been too many dups for me to sell. So the morral of this story is, Terry is a very trusting and fair dealer. I think most people see his sticker prices and don't give him the benifit of the doubt. In my opinion, Terry is one of the greatest and fair dealers around. I think to many people are forgetting what a great buy 50% of the cards are on ebay. Just look at what some of the items in the Halper collection went for compaired to what they realize on ebay. You will see that many of the same items that are hyped well on ebay wouldn't even come close to the same item in a major auction or to the right seller. I think Terry has the right idea, don't be in a rush to make a quick buck, wait for the right buyer and you will be far more happy with the outcome. He must be doing somthing right, for someone who everybody thinks his prices are way to high, he seems to pay the table and travel fees and further more, it has been a long time scence I have herd a dealer more highly praised. Terry I hope the check is in the mail for the endorsment. All kidding aside, I would rather pay 10%-20% more for an item I really need that comes with the kind of fellowship and true love for the hobby that you will find at TIk & Tik.
Trevor Hocking