It would seem a lot of "yard sale people" are.... or be can be ruthless. Like the guy elbowing his way through the crowd or the woman trying to snach your purchase away from you, they have a much different mind set.
I suppose different people have yard sales for different reasons. Some just want to "get rid of crap", others are trying to make money. On the few occasions I've held yard sales, I try to do both. I don't want to just give (what ever it is) away for 10 or 25 cents when it"s worth a lot more, but I also don't have a ridiculously high price on "it" either. The thing that pisses me off the most about the "buyers" I've come across is, they want it "brand new in the original sealed box" for free. I'm sure you know what I mean.
Years ago I had two Hitichi Chime-O-Matic rice cookers and decided to sell one at our yard sale. It was in really good condition and I priced it less than half of what they sold for new. Granted I could have priced it a little lower I suppose, but I figured if it didn't sell I would just keep it. One woman saw the rice cooker and offered a small fraction of the marked price. "No, the price is $12". This woman left in a huff, surprised I wouldn't accept her offer. She ended up coming back 5 different times throughout the day, trying to grind me on the price each time, but got more and more angry because I wouldn't budge, "No, the price is $12", refusing all of her offers. I think by the 3rd or 4th time she came back I refused to take a lower price just to spite her. (hey that was a lot of years ago, I was more subborn then, lol)
OK buckle your seat belts, here's a rant. Another time we (my family) had yard sale and I had some things to sell, but had to work so I couldn't be there. I priced everything and we tracked who's stuff sold and for how much. I had a brand new, never opened, popular board game (Monopoly I think) I wanted to sell. At the time they were selling for $25 in the store, so I figured $5 is a fair price considering it was still sealed in plastic. Later that day I got home from work and went over what had sold and the total $$, but the amount was off. I asked about items that sold and my sister tell me "two older ladies bought that board game" I asked how much and she said "25 cents". WHAT?!? It turns out those EFFING bitches swapped the $5 price sticker for a 25 cent sticker. ARRRRGG! That pissed me off more than you can probably imagine. Damn dishonest people.... sweet little old ladies my ass!
Kevin
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