Fuddy-duddy Trade … so fond, so frustrating?

‘Serving YOU is one of our Pleasures’

What is it about our trade that encapsulates Dealers and Auctioneers in ‘aspic’ preservative? Surely, it is logical that if something is not selling you lower the price?

Apparently, that’s not the case in philately which may be the reason why you ‘hear’ so many dealers and auctions complaining they have done no business that day (certainly that’s what I have overheard being muttered by one dealer to another as they pack up to leave as the stamp fair closes) …

It may also be the reason why you avoid certain dealers by walking on the other side of the aisle…?

How come that little treasure you enquired about two years ago is sitting there skulking, overpriced – still unsold – still in stock, same high price, irritatingly glowering back at you?

Well, let me tell you the answer: It’s because most dealers are stamp collectors at heart … sadly it pains them to give pleasure by parting with the treasures that another collector (you) wants …

It is also the reason why some dealers have no new stock and sometimes no money to buy stock, which may also be the reason why they have little or no customers …

You can’t help loving this fuddy-duddy trade, laden with lovely some-time frustrating people who won’t understand why they are not doing any business …

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