Garage Sales

Yesterday I decided this was the perfect blog topic for me. I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner. Over the years for probably 13ish years I have had an on and off fascination with garage sales. I will go for months and get up Saturday mornings and look for treasures. Lately, I have been wanting to find carpet remnants and glass containers that are just the perfect size for something I am making for Christmas this year. Funny thing is, I have looked for a few months now and have only found maybe 4 glass containers I wanted.

Yesterday was a typical garage sale day for me lately. I went and hoped to find something I was looking for and I got absolutely nothing. If I was furnishing an apartment, I would have been happy, but I was looking for glass. The first and only house I went to had a very nice middle aged man selling his stuff. In the front of his garage sale was a table and 4 chairs that would have been an apartment dwellers garage sale dream. He was originally asking $50 for it, but as I have found out over the years, people won't spend more than a dollar for anything. It is so annoying to me. He had crossed out the $50 and marked it down to $25. I told him that I wish I needed a table and chairs. It was a steal. Right then a truck with Baja Mexico plates drives up. (on the wrong side of the street)
The guy gets out and looks at the table and says, "How much?" The guy said he just marked it down to $25 and the guy offered him $15. My eyes got huge and I told the guy selling, "NO!". He said yes and the guy took his table and went on his way.

Here is the complaint part. I get so upset when people come to garage sales and immediately try to talk the price down. I think that is just rude. When I go to a sale and I see something I want and ask the price, if it is too high, I just don't buy it. If I find something that is in the $10 range I usually get it because no one else will spend that kind of money at a garage sale. I've gotten some very nice things due to others' cheapness.

That guy that took that table and chairs for $15 really upset me. I left and didn't go to any more places. I decided that if it was so upsetting to me, maybe it is time for me to stop going again for awhile.