I have a couple auctions
that I enjoy going to. I’ve tried to
branch out a bit and hit some new ones, but frequently they don’t carry the
good primitive(cheap) stuff I’m after. I
seem to do better with flea markets, thrift stores and yard sales.
It’s possible that I’ve scouted these kinds
of places for so long that I’ve just become adept at the quick scan,
get-in-get-out. However, I do like the
certainty that comes with priced items.
If I want it, I buy it. If I want
it and I'm not okay with the price I can haggle a bit. I do have to say here, that I’m not much for
haggling. If something is priced fairly,
I will not ask the seller to take less just for my own sake. If something is ridiculously overpriced for
me I don’t usually haggle on this point either, because I don’t want to be
insulting offering what I believe it to be worth. It’s in the middle ground that I’m willing to
ask the seller to knock off a bit.
But,
getting back to auctions. They can be a
great resource, but they can take quite a bit of time out of an already busy
day. For example, the auctions I go to
usually have anywhere from 3-10 sellers a night. They draw numbers to get a selling order and
each is allowed 30 minutes. For me, that
means I don’t know when they’ll get to the items I’m interested in or if
they’ll get to them at all. If they run
out of time before they run out of stuff… they sell again the following
week. So, I think I’ve come to the
conclusion that I’ll stick with what I know for now. Does anyone else have auction tips that might
help? I’d love to hear them!!
Thanks for reading J
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