Post #26057 by mig on Mon, Mar 10, 2003 7:34 PM

I don't know myself... not being a hardcore antiquer, I have said all those things at some time... and an antique dealer shouldn't discount the income from random walk-ins like me.

Being that the nature of any business is to sell products or services in some niche, it is an incidental hazard that the business owner will hear certain things over and over. For some people, it's "does that come with salad". For some people, it's "how much for a lap dance". For me, it's "I can't upload my pictures."

Antiquing and thrifting are both trades that are by nature ripe with stories of good and bad dealers and customers. And there's a ripoff story for each serendipitous find story.

I can see getting tired of every time someone tells you their grandmother had one, or how they used to have one and sold it. But you know what? It means that you have some item or article that caused a reaction in them. Which means you're doing the right thing.

As far as the six offensive statements go though, it's part of the cost of doing business... and given how many shops I've seen go under lately, a shop owner shouldn't be objecting to bodies in the store.

-mig
(feeling quite talkative today)