Flea Markets and Garage Sales
I enjoy both. There are a few things that I observed this weekend though.
First, I've never thought about selling mouthwash or half a bottle of shampoo at a garage sale. If I'm tired of a shampoo before it's gone I usually combine it with other shampoo(s) that I'm tired of and that full bottle then becomes emergency (or guest) shampoo. Who buys used shampoo anyway? Suave (or is it V05?) costs somewhere in the $1 range at Walmart, doesn't it?
Second, there are always some grumpy vendors. Troy was looking at a post hole digger, probably because when he saw it, he was reminded that he needs to use one to plant a bird feeder my brother made for me. The old man selling it yelled over to him that it's his last one and $20 would take it. Troy jokingly yelled back over that it sounded too much like work to him and moved on. The old man then yelled back that he doesn't know what's wrong with "you young people" never wanting to do any work...and when we was young he worked all he could, and if he couldn't work he'd just as soon be dead...etc Hmm. Didn't set well with Troy...not at all. Thankfully he bit his tongue and just shot him a "shut the eff up" look while saying he was joking. As most of you know, Troy doesn't do physical work (well, none that he gets paid to do--he does plenty of it otherwise) but he isn't lazy and the old man trying to tell him off was just so ridiculous. Needless to say, we didn't buy the post hole digger...or anything from him for that matter.
Third, you can't look at something without the seller jumping up and telling you the history of the item, how much it cost them and how much of a loss they're willing to take to sell it to you. Sorry ma'am, we don't need a tractor...and I was just looking at the shampoo while wondering why you were trying to sell it.
First, I've never thought about selling mouthwash or half a bottle of shampoo at a garage sale. If I'm tired of a shampoo before it's gone I usually combine it with other shampoo(s) that I'm tired of and that full bottle then becomes emergency (or guest) shampoo. Who buys used shampoo anyway? Suave (or is it V05?) costs somewhere in the $1 range at Walmart, doesn't it?
Second, there are always some grumpy vendors. Troy was looking at a post hole digger, probably because when he saw it, he was reminded that he needs to use one to plant a bird feeder my brother made for me. The old man selling it yelled over to him that it's his last one and $20 would take it. Troy jokingly yelled back over that it sounded too much like work to him and moved on. The old man then yelled back that he doesn't know what's wrong with "you young people" never wanting to do any work...and when we was young he worked all he could, and if he couldn't work he'd just as soon be dead...etc Hmm. Didn't set well with Troy...not at all. Thankfully he bit his tongue and just shot him a "shut the eff up" look while saying he was joking. As most of you know, Troy doesn't do physical work (well, none that he gets paid to do--he does plenty of it otherwise) but he isn't lazy and the old man trying to tell him off was just so ridiculous. Needless to say, we didn't buy the post hole digger...or anything from him for that matter.
Third, you can't look at something without the seller jumping up and telling you the history of the item, how much it cost them and how much of a loss they're willing to take to sell it to you. Sorry ma'am, we don't need a tractor...and I was just looking at the shampoo while wondering why you were trying to sell it.
posted by Tanya at 4:05 PM
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