One to a Customer
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Just
as a passing observation, I am always
intrigued by dealer advertising where a set of stamps, or a single
item,
is advertised, "Limited supply, restricted one to a
customer." Perhaps
collector-readers get the same reaction I do, -- or maybe they
don't.
But I have often wondered, do the collectors sit right down, mail their
remittances, and by every devious device beg for two? In my
own experience,
I have yet known a dealer who wouldn't sell his entire stock, in fact,
everything in the house, lock, stock, and barrel, if he could get his
price,
to the first guy who laid his dough on the line and he'd throw in the
furniture,
too. I am not, of course, talking about the lads who offer
"loss
leaders," where undoubtedly, the restriction is in rigid effect, but I
do have in mind modern material which is obtainable anywhere without
much
difficulty.
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George B. Sloane
Sloane's Column Stamps May 23, 1942 Posted July 19, 1999 Index of 508 Notes from the Past Note: If the link isn't returned the first try, try again. Comments? Send me an e-mail |