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Re: Latest Garage Sale FOTW
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 14 May 2001 21:26:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.general, Maggie Cambron writes:
> > I offered $10 (higher than what I normally pay at garage sales) to the
> > elderly woman there, and she said she had to go ask her daughter because they
> > belonged to her. (I thought it would be really interesting to talk to the
> > daughter because judging by the age of the older woman her daughter had to
> > have been over thirty, and it had been HER LEGO!) Unfortunately she had gone
> > to lunch. But fortunately the woman sold me the box for $10. Here's what I
> > got-- haven't had time to see if it's complete-- most likely not (e.g., no
> > instructions), but the pieces are in VERY good condition:
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> Boy, with a find like that, I would have been ashamed to take it for less than
> the offering price (so I'm a sucker sometimes...). What a steal! Good buy.
Yikes, it DID come out sounding like I take advantage of little old ladies!
Really, it's not true! And I don't haggle if the people look like they
need the money. And I NEVER bargain with children. And I don't sell used
cars. Really, I'm a fair- to moderately nice person (although I suspect right
about now some of my math students are thinking I'm a b****). :-)
Maggie
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 | | Re: Latest Garage Sale FOTW
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| (...) All ways haggle! There's a flipside to the saying "let the buyer beware" inasmuch as the seller must also know his/her market and merchandise -- so let the seller beware also! Would you even be willing to purchase those items at near ebay-like (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) but (...) Boy, with a find like that, I would have been ashamed to take it for less than the offering price (so I'm a sucker sometimes...). What a steal! Good buy. Frank (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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