The best way to RATE dealers is ask those who buy from them!   Ask other
collectors and they will tell you "quickly" who are the BEST!

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> Some of you who have been around shells for a while may remember some years
> back when a certain fellow published just such a report, spiral bound, with a
> separate page for each shell dealer.  Each dealer was rated on a number of
> criteria, which basically boiled down to quality of specimens and quality of
> service.  Alas, dealers who didn't rate very high in various areas were most
> unhappy, and expressed their dissatisfaction with responses ranging from
> nasty letters to threats of lawsuits.  The publication was soon taken off the
> market, never the like to be seen again.
> Regards,
> Paul M.

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Jim and Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self Collected Caribbean Species
Merritt Island Florida

2001 SHELL ODYSSEY
July 7-11
Port Canaveral, FL