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03-08-2011, 10:52 AM
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Somehow I just can't imagine interrupting a deal. I can usually wait to make my small purchase, especially if the deal seems big. Eyes and ears open, I learn a bit. I had one dealer break off a deal and ask if I needed help, and I told him I just wanted one small thing and to help the guy spending real money since I wasn't in a rush. After he'd made the deal, we talked a tiny bit, along the lines of thanks for being patient and that's ok, besides while I was waiting I spotted something else I want. Worked out well all around.
I'm a big fan of train wreck behavior though. Not much better spectator events than card arguments or bar fights. Industrial etiquette is similar. I was always taught that if someone was running a machine you didn't startle them, just found a spot inside peripheral vision and wait to be noticed. Old machinists seemed to appreciate it, younger guys often found it unsettling. Steve B 
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03-08-2011, 02:29 PM
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Ah, walk-ins. I remember struggling with "wolverine" collectors...so named because if they couldn't make the buy on the cheap themselves (and they rarely had deep pockets), they would foul it for anyone else by giving the potential seller ridiculously high value estimates.
The smartest solution I ever saw was at a show in the 1970s, where the convention operator stopped all the local walk-ins at the door and offered immediate public auctions of the material...fair to both exhibitors and attendees. The owners loved it (they knew they were getting the best price) and all interested parties had a fair shot.
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