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Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 02:04:35 GMT
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GG6H7H.4Fv@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Dave Lovelace writes:
> > Get ready to hate me, but...
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> Right again. That's why I was <insert expletive expressing anger> beyond
> belief when my ex-client went and bought a bunch of pirate sets in a • garage
> sale, after I specifically mentioned I was gonna go hunt goodies there. He
> gave the sets to his kids, and since I baby-sat for them, I saw them and • was
> outraged. I didn't say anything though... but, by *god*, I was *mad*. The
> kids didn't build the sets at all, just had the pirate-related pieces • lying
> around, and probably would've enjoyed a 3033 a lot more.
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Were you outraged at your ex-client or at yourself? If you were mad at
yourself for not acting sooner I can understand that. It has been said
before, but it is worth repeating: If you know of something or see
something, buy it. Don't wait, and if you are worried about it being
snapped up, certainly don't tell other people about it. The odds are it
will be gone by the time you get around to purchasing it. Those odds
increase the more you wait and the more you talk about it.
This philosphy works for both rare or old stock, clearance, and particularly
garage sale items. For clearance or old stock, in most cases, if you decide
you don't want something you can almost always return it (I know Wal-Mart,
Target. K-Mart, and Tuesday Morning all take returns within a certain time
period). This doesn't work for garage sale stuff but usually garage sale
finds are at a price point where no matter what you end up with it is
typically a good deal.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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| (...) Right *on*! I woulda snatched it (the fort, not the galaxy explorer - yuck ;-) myself. Not to sell to someone though, I'd keep it to myself. There's a difference. (...) Uhhh- I slightly disagree, while the set was released because of adults, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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