Miss_Bella_Hell
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RedPop4 said:Yeah, whatever.
You're right.
Oh,
I'm counting this as a victory.
RedPop4 said:Yeah, whatever.
You're right.
Oh,
RedPop4 said:You do that, dear.
:eusa_clap :eusa_clap
RedPop4 said:Write a book, most likely.
Ask no quarter and give no quarter. I'm good with that. Let's see if the rest of you are.
Miss_Bella_Hell said:::ignores condescending tone::
warbird said:Gee I thought he was talking to Senator Jack
Miss_Bella_Hell said:No...he wasn't! lol
Oh boo, I didn't call you a leech, I said that AYN RAND would have called you a leech. I read a lot of Rand in my day and that was supposed to be a joke. And I didn't call you an anti-capitalist, I said that people refraining from bidding for theoretical other people is counter to economics. Of course you know that.
I WAS TRYING TO BE LIGHT HEARTED AND I FAILED. Apologies.
warbird said:No need for apologies lovely lady. I shall stop there before I get myself deleted. :cheers1: [bad]
green papaya said:I have found that when searching flea markets, thrift stores , etc
I keep seeing the same people looking for the same items? one time a person even took the item I was looking at when I set it down to look at something else, then when I told him I was going to buy it, he said you should have held onto it in your hand!
I keep seeing the same guy everywhere I go because he is also looking for the same type of collectables I collect
last Sunday I went to the local swap meet earlier than usual 6:30 - 7:00 am to try and get something, and the same guys I always see trying to look for the same type of stuff were already there
they buy stuff for resale , because I know they are vendors at shows.
with all the competition it gets frustrating trying to find some nice collectables.
I learned that you must be there very early in the morning to compete with these horders, if you go at 9am or later they will get it before you ever see it.
also NEVER put something down ALWAYS hang onto it until you pay for it, or the next person may try to snatch it from you
they are just like a bunch of vultures, I also noticed they all know each other, because I see them huddle together at the swap meets.
RedPop4 said:Maybe we read things differently, Feraud, we're all human, and we see or receive information in our own manner, I guess. It saddens me to say, that my memory is such that I couldn't point you to specific posts or threads. But I HAVE seen it written. We have strongly opinionated types over on the cigar board, too, who will trash cigars they don't like or consider cheap. I've seen guys on this board, who've said, straight out that "wool hats are crap" without any qualification being made. Same as the guys who say "xxxxxx cigars are total dog rockets!!!!!" without any type of perspective offered as to why.
I understand, quite well in fact, that certain hat materials are better than others. I agree with you on that assessment. $40, though, is slowly becoming an below-average price on a fur felt on OFAS, though. Just a year ago, I got a nice Borsalino San Remo for $23. That will never happen again. My disposable income and spousal negativity to hats, don't allow me to try and win hats that will go where hats are selling these days.
We can't all be collectors, buying stuff that doesn't even fit, like so many here do, and drive prices out of others reach. So we do what we can with the resources (time included) that we have.
Baron Kurtz said:It's a real problem. Reading the eBay sellers boards - over the Baroness's shoulder - gives me the impression that eBay sellers feel a sense of entitlement. They think that because they are in business they should have first dibs on anything nice. And they get really angry when they don't get a good price for their stuff - even if they do market it lying on the floor. The buyers, apparently, are at fault for wanting a low price for the goods.
RedPop4 said:I don't have the time to go "thrifting" or to flea markets, and I haven't done my map work to find the good spots anyway since I don't.
But I do see the same thing here with Loungers on eBay. I watch items that are within what I want to spend or can afford to spend. Then the prices of hats, I'm talking about hats, jump through the roof as the snipers (I do this too, sometimes ) come in and drive the price. I admit I'm cheap, but still. I see loungers all over eBay driving up prices, leaving the rest of us to scrounge.
epr25 said:I have this around me. I see the same people all the time. The thing that bothers me is that they buy the stuff and don't care about it. They just know that it's hot now on Ebay and they can make a buck.
Starius said:So in the world of dealers from my experience, there are good ones and bad ones, just like anything else in life.