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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Vinca

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1. Wow - my day sucked, too, but not as badly as yours.

Reply to wyldwolf (Original post)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 03:14 PM

Aug 2013

Suddenly it seems everyone is asking too much for everything and being totally inflexible. At least I didn't run into anyone making bigoted slurs. One idiot I encountered told me he'd just as soon burn the leather jacket I was offering $50 for than sell it to me for that price. Today I hit the second day of a professionally-run estate sale. The place was nearly picked clean except for a bunch of gorgeous wine goblets. I offered $10 apiece for the lot, a total of $420. They countered with $15. Big difference between $400 and $600, so I walked. Very frustrating weekend.

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When Yard sales Turn Ugly [View all] wyldwolf Aug 2013 OP

Wow - my day sucked, too, but not as badly as yours. Vinca Aug 2013 #1

should we blame American Picker for that? grasswire Aug 2013 #2

I think it's a combination of the Pickers and the Roadshow. Vinca Aug 2013 #3

oh, maybe Storage Wars has something to do with it. grasswire Aug 2013 #4

QUESTION: What is a good price to pay for videos and DVDs? grasswire Sep 2013 #5

Those were great prices but they were probably "penny" media wyldwolf Sep 2013 #6