Garage Sales, Thrift Stores, Antique Malls. THEY NOW KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE! - Collecting Tiki

OL ookoo lady Tiki Socialite Joined: Jun 24, 2004 Posts: 779	OL ookoo lady Posted posted on Sun, Jul 30, 2006 7:44 PM On 2006-07-30 18:28, CondorTiki wrote: What I've seen that's even worse, is what I call 'Teams', One person handles and describes the merch, while the other looks it up on their Internet Cell Phone, to see if it's 'ebay worthy'. If it isn't, then it gets thrown back, and I DO mean Thrown! These people are Banshees! Consciousless Wraithes! And I can't help noticing that they ALL climb into $60K S.U.V.'s! I thought 'Thrift' stores were supposed to be for us lower income people. Guess I was wrong. Hey, it's not like they're hoarding food from starving people, or buying up all the water during a drought! We're talking about cheaply-made mass-produced items that people took home as souvenirs, and then discarded many years later. I mean, I love this stuff, and I've spent waaaay too much money for it on e-bay, and I've been ecstaticly happy to find a good bargain at the flea market. But I also know that people have to make a living, and buying stuff to re-sell on e-bay is lot of work without a guaranteed return. And they're not all driving $60,000 SUV's.

On 2006-07-30 18:28, CondorTiki wrote:
What I've seen that's even worse, is what I call 'Teams', One person handles and describes the merch, while the other looks it up on their Internet Cell Phone, to see if it's 'ebay worthy'. If it isn't, then it gets thrown back, and I DO mean Thrown! These people are Banshees! Consciousless Wraithes! And I can't help noticing that they ALL climb into $60K S.U.V.'s! I thought 'Thrift' stores were supposed to be for us lower income people. Guess I was wrong.

Hey, it's not like they're hoarding food from starving people, or buying up all the water during a drought! We're talking about cheaply-made mass-produced items that people took home as souvenirs, and then discarded many years later.

I mean, I love this stuff, and I've spent waaaay too much money for it on e-bay, and I've been ecstaticly happy to find a good bargain at the flea market.

But I also know that people have to make a living, and buying stuff to re-sell on e-bay is lot of work without a guaranteed return. And they're not all driving $60,000 SUV's.

Post #245815 by ookoo lady on Sun, Jul 30, 2006 7:44 PM