Yard Sale woes

[depechemodefan]

Henry VIII and his wives - when you put hot coffee in, the heads of the wives disappear.

I just rememebered, only 2 of his wives were beheaded. So for the cup all the wives's heads disappeared?

I forgot some other things that happened.

One of my uncles came on Friday and started to bitch that one of my aunts didn't tell him they were doing it on Fri. when both aunts did tell him. Then he tells me "I thought you were going to sell your mom's record albums," when I never talked to him about the garage sale.

Sat. he brought some things, then went to another garage sale for a while. A woman came up with one of his things (a photo album) that was $2 and one of my aunt's items, that was $1.75. The woman wanted $2 for both The other aunt at the garage sale saw the two prices and told her "sure." When my uncle came back, she gave him a $1, and he didn't ask for what item.

Also, another woman came by and wanted another item of my uncles. I think he had it for either $.50 or $1. Women wanted it for $.25 and my uncle said, "no". She then put it down and said, "I don't want it then."

I had two dolls out for $2 each. He wanted it for a granddaughter of his and I told him I would give each for $1, but he paid me $3 for them. Latter, when he was taking things he bought to his car, he took one of my vhs tapes I was selling $.50 each. He didn't even mention he wanted one :eye-roll:

[Ironclad Alibi]

I just rememebered, only 2 of his wives were beheaded. So for the cup all the wives's heads disappeared?

I forgot some other things that happened.

Lvl_9_Gazebo has provided us with a short history lesson in his avatar.

[Merriweather]

Though someone did steal some earings (still in the package) made with Swarovski Crystals. The day was kind of windy, so they kept on falling off the table. I kept an eye on them, but at one point I didn't and saw them wasn't on the table. I looked on the ground for it but never found them. Most likely stolen

Someone I knew had a boat motor stolen from their garage sale . Yep, a full size motor for a boat. The guy was so calmly loading it into his truck, each of the couple having the sale assumed he had paid the other one. The guy drove off, they never realized he hadn't paid either one til one of them asked the other if they'd gotten full pirce or taken less.

[Slave to the Phone]

Here I have to disagree with you, the blind have braille books, they use bookmarks to mark their places in those books. I know, my best friend is blind.

Did I remember to say that I'm a bonehead at times. I'm so used to audio books that I forgot about braille. Thank you.

[emax4]

In order to deter cheapies, what if you could say, "actually, someone else wanted it and is paying full price, but they have to run back home for some extra cash.."?

This way, if the haggler REALLY wants it, they might offer to buy it for the marked price or more, then it's up to the seller to decide if the haggler gets it or not.

[protege]

When I was younger, my family had quite a few garage sales. Nearly everything came from my great-grandmother...who was a bit of a hoarder. She would spend the winter in Florida, and when she wasn't playing shuffleboard, she would hit up every garage sale/flea market she could find. I'm sure my grandparents weren't amused when the shipping crates (I'm not kidding, folks) started showing up on their porch. You name it, she bought it--books, old bottles, shoes, purses, and anything else that caught her eye at the time.

Nearly all of that shit was loaded up and made to "disappear" the summer she moved up to an aunt's place in Maine. Needless to say, that shit was carted off quickly, and sold at various garage sales, flea markets, and swap meets. Didn't sell everything--we couldn't give away the shoes, for example. But most of the useable stuff went. The bottles didn't go, simply because nobody wanted to pay even a penny for a dirty old vodka bottle. Those didn't return home But, after awhile, my dad and I got tired of dealing with that junk, and eventually donated it.

The best thing ever, had to be the "magic box." This box, had all sorts of crap in it. I have no idea why, but nearly everyone that saw it...couldn't help but root around in that box. Everything in that box, sold quickly. It got to the point, that we were soon tossing *other* stuff in there too!

One thing I do remember, is that we didn't have to take shit from anyone. If someone didn't like the price, too bad. They either paid it, or got told to get lost. You're on *my* turf, assholes, and I *don't* have to be nice

[Dips]

In order to deter cheapies, what if you could say, "actually, someone else wanted it and is paying full price, but they have to run back home for some extra cash.."?

This way, if the haggler REALLY wants it, they might offer to buy it for the marked price or more, then it's up to the seller to decide if the haggler gets it or not.

Mr. Dips used a variation of that technique to deter a rude cheapie at a charity rummage sale.

The guy was being persistent AND rude about how the item would never sell at the marked price. Hubby simply said, if it hadn't sold by the end of sale, *he'd* buy it for the marked price.

The best part was after the rude SC walked away (after bitching about how Mr. Dips was somehow being unethical) someone else did come up and buy the item for the marked price. When the SC came back later to buy it, it was gone.