1st Feb 2020: The Silver Forum Lounge with Numistacker @ London Coin Show

[jultorsk]

Danny Gill (West Midlands) perhaps?

[Paul]

1 minute ago, terakris said:

I don't know their name, they have the same pitch each time. I refuse to deal with him after hearing how he spoke to some poor old chap wanting to get a price on a proof sovereign he bought. He literally destroyed this old guy saying he had bought junk and it's worth scrap at best. There is a way to deal with customers and that isnt it. 

 customer service & awful experience like this is what made Rob Halliday-Stein create "Bullion By Post" such a success, when he experienced it trying to buy bullion in the late 2000s by bringing a barbarous relic to a modern internet savvy worldwide market place

[terakris]

They are always based by the toilets upstairs, huge table full of modern proofs, impressive display. Guy looks like a cross between a used car salesman from the 80's and beetlejuice... honestly best description I can give.

[Paul]

2 minutes ago, terakris said:

" a used car salesman from the 80's and beetlejuice"

 😆

[TerryGriffiths]

Picked up a 1 oz lunar rabbit for £18, in the silver forum Lounge. Many thanks

[Paul]

Any of the forum sellers do well ?  sales OK ? make much ??

[InvestInCoins888]

Great event, lovely to meet everyone, thanks for making me feel welcome.

 

Trade was good, I definitely made my money today. Personally I think we should think of ways to encourage more footfall into the side room...  

 

[Paul]

Just now, InvestInCoins888 said:

Great event, lovely to meet everyone, thanks for making me feel welcome.

Trade was good, I definitely made my money today. Personally I think we should think of ways to encourage more footfall into the side room...  

Thats good to hear it has been worth your while and covered your costs & made some cash.  I think with time things will develop, nice a small time collector/stacker has chance to exhibit/trade with the big boys professional dealers 

[Darr3nG]

I had a great day. Big thanks to @BackyardBullion and @InvestInCoins888... A few more additions to the stack.

And @AgD, that Mexican gold collection is incredible.

Thank you also to @Numistacker for your brilliant explanation of the grading process, very interesting. 

Edited February 1, 2020 by Darr3nG

[bilko]

My 1st visit to a fair as a newbie and enjoyed it on the whole but the lack of pricing or pricing under coins irritated me no end, how to get a deal when you don't know the starting price.

[AgD]

Well I didn't shift a thing 🤣 but loved the experience and thanks to all that stopped by to say hello @Tn21 @shawy2510 @Norskgeld @PapaLazarou and anyone I forgot and thanks to the other seller's @BackyardBullion @SovTracker @jultorsk @InvestInCoins888 and a big thanks to @Numistacker for organizing once again 

[AgD]

1 hour ago, Darr3nG said:

I had a great day. Big thanks to @BackyardBullion and @InvestInCoins888... A few more additions to the stack.

And @AgD, that Mexican gold collection is incredible.

Thank you also to @Numistacker for your brilliant explanation of the grading process, very interesting. 

Thanks buddy it is beautiful 

[shawy2510]

Im affraid you all missed the funniest laugh of the day......

Mr Tyler Sirhan was going for Sushi so we joined the party......he had Lobster which I said I am sure thats still alive even though its back end had been eaten so they said no its just reflexes to which he put his finger into the claws & SNAP you heard him squeal, drink went flying & he had a Lobster hanging from his hand & it started to grab really hard 😂

[SovTracker]

I was videoing Tyler prodding said snapper because it was moving. Unfortunately I stopped before he tried to rip its claw off. Talk about revenge. 

Snapper 1 - Tyler 0

I had a great day out at TSF Lounge and great to meet some old friends and make new ones and see all those lovely coins. I also had the privilege of witnessing some magnificent coins going for grading. 

The best was saved for the afters and three uninvited guests witnessing the latest welcome member of TSF - Snapper!! 

 

[LukeStacker]

Was my first coin fair and I'm fairly new to this world. Thank you to everyone I met in the lounge and your patience and kindness with my questions. So happy to have my first silver pieces from @InvestInCoins888 and @jultorsk, what amazing prices. And great to meet @Numistacker and @BackyardBullion  see you all at the next one. 

[Seasider]

15 hours ago, SovTracker said:

I also had the privilege of witnessing some magnificent coins going for grading. 

As everyone was packing up someone came in with a massive horde of gold coins for grading.  I imagine @Numistacker is still there filling out the paperwork.

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Seasider said:

As everyone was packing up someone came in with a massive horde of gold coins for grading.  I imagine @Numistacker is still there filling out the paperwork.

The show was good and it was great to see so many forum members. We now have almost 7000 forum members which is pretty amazing.
 

I was certainly kept incredibly busy the whole day and did not even really have time to find something for me to buy this time.

Taking submissions at the show was very successful as some people have items they would prefer not to post for good reason.

It was great to see Mandarin Duck and Swan medals submitted with 10 variations on a theme from 2016

It was also great to see so many 20-40 age range collecting and putting cash I go gold and silver and this is a great thing for them and a great thing for our hobby.

I will be making Silver Forum Lounge grading submissions a regular thing and several people also used the Lounge to Consign to the Coin Cabinet monthly auction 

[MLNCoins]

Great to see a good turn out, id love to go one day. Can I ask,  in the future will there be one of these based in maybe central UK? Might give more of us guys in the midlands/north more of a incentive to come down/across and meet with you all as travelling wont be as much of an issue or cost.

[LukeStacker]

9 hours ago, nee4891 said:

Great to see a good turn out, id love to go one day. Can I ask,  in the future will there be one of these based in maybe central UK? Might give more of us guys in the midlands/north more of a incentive to come down/across and meet with you all as travelling wont be as much of an issue or cost.

There is a monthly midland coin fair, just search for it. 

[jultorsk]

Got finally home last night... what a positive experience! Many thanks to my kind customers, the most welcoming ''colleagues' with tables (@BackyardBullion, @AgD, @Numistacker, @SovTracker and@InvestInCoins888), and all the fellow forum members who dropped by in the lounge. Had some good chuckles, and most of all got some invaluable information; lessons on grading and other hard-to-get advice (I'm now on the prowl for the Aussie sov variants @SovTracker tipped about, shhh...) 😁  

Yep, Tyler sure had it coming with the lobster. Never play with your food, I says (instant karma). 🦞 Thank you @Numistacker, @SovTracker and @shawy2510 for very pleasant dinner company! 👍👍

Yours sincerely, 'Clive' 😅

Edited February 3, 2020 by jultorsk

[MLNCoins]

15 hours ago, LukeStacker said:

There is a monthly midland coin fair, just search for it. 

I'm aware of this mate but I think you've misunderstood what I've said, I'm asking if the guys who run, or have strong afilliation with the silver forum are likely to attend any further events up north, I'm not asking about a generic coin fair 😊. 

[LukeStacker]

Ah! Sorry about that. 

[AgD]

1 hour ago, nee4891 said:

I'm aware of this mate but I think you've misunderstood what I've said, I'm asking if the guys who run, or have strong afilliation with the silver forum are likely to attend any further events up north, I'm not asking about a generic coin fair 😊. 

I believe @SovTracker and @5huggy was talking about hosting a silver forum lounge at one in the Midlands at some point but may be wrong so I'm sure they will clarify 

[bilko]

So I left a general note above being a newbie, now can I just say I really enjoyed the SF lounge, @Numistacker and the sovereign guru beside him (sorry didn't get your name) who were both so kind knowledgable and enthusiastic about coins in general and I think sovereigns in particular and helped me with information and advice for my small collection I brought along, I had no  idea 2 of my sovereigns were Australian !!, @BackyardBullion you have so see and touch his items, so tactile and just wonderful to enjoy in person, I bought a couple of coins from @InvestInCoins888 and the royal mint which were giving away magnifying glasses which was nice. All in all the Lounge made it for me, if it wasn't there I wouldn't consider going to another one as I felt there was a bit of snobbery downstairs while upstairs much more approachable, what did you guys think??