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Last week a woman comes in with an 1888, eight volume Shakespeare (He is Kenneth Branagh's screenwriter) set. This is nothing special. The late eighteen hundreds is when they started making wood pulp paper and books dropped in price and consequently pretty common and, consequently, not very valuable now. These were otherwise kind of nice, marbled boards, leather spines that were still in pretty good shape for their age, and leather corners-what we call 'decorator' books.
As I was examining them, checking out the engravings and the tissue paper that was bound with them, I found a loose bit of paper that someone had used as a bookmark at some time. I pulled it out and tossed it aside.
I figured we could sell them for U$100 so I offered her U$35. She rejected the offer, claiming that she paid more than that at the estate sale. Sorry lady, you didn't find a hidden treasure, but they're still pretty.
About 20 minutes after she leaves she comes in demanding the 'parchment' that I took out of her book. So I picked up the bit of paper I tossed aside earlier and handed it to her. She freaked, screaming about the 'parchment'. Now, I've never handled or even seen real parchment in my life. and told her so. She storm out claiming that she is going to call the cops.
She later calls making the same claims, still claiming to call the cops. I don't know if it was an empty threat or if she did call and they laughed at her. Whatever, I blew her off.
I get a call from my co-worker the next day and he tells me that she told her story of Yelp, and of course left us a one star.--bitch.
I just hope that people are smart enough to look at a users other comments before considering them. She one starred everybody she has dealt with.
As I was examining them, checking out the engravings and the tissue paper that was bound with them, I found a loose bit of paper that someone had used as a bookmark at some time. I pulled it out and tossed it aside.
I figured we could sell them for U$100 so I offered her U$35. She rejected the offer, claiming that she paid more than that at the estate sale. Sorry lady, you didn't find a hidden treasure, but they're still pretty.
About 20 minutes after she leaves she comes in demanding the 'parchment' that I took out of her book. So I picked up the bit of paper I tossed aside earlier and handed it to her. She freaked, screaming about the 'parchment'. Now, I've never handled or even seen real parchment in my life. and told her so. She storm out claiming that she is going to call the cops.
She later calls making the same claims, still claiming to call the cops. I don't know if it was an empty threat or if she did call and they laughed at her. Whatever, I blew her off.
I get a call from my co-worker the next day and he tells me that she told her story of Yelp, and of course left us a one star.--bitch.
I just hope that people are smart enough to look at a users other comments before considering them. She one starred everybody she has dealt with.
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