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I was at an Estate sale yesterday. I didn’t witness this, but I heard the lady at the estate sale talking about it. Below is the story:
The sale was at a very nice Condo that just sold in 1 day for $425,000 because it was very nice. The estate sale was on after that to clear the house. The owner’s requested that the people take off their shoes (I assume because they already sold it and didn’t want and stains on the carpet). Well, it appears that some guy came into the sale. The lady asked him to take off his shoes and he told her to f off. What?! I couldn’t believe it. Who would do such a thing? The lady’s theory was that he was single because no married man would ever talk to a lady that way. That is just so wrong on so many levels.
So, please be nice to Estate sale people. At least remember common courtesy. They deserve it and you may just get a better deal too.
Mark
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Here is another example on why to “be nice” at estate sales. I went to one recently that turned out to be the last hour of the sale and everything you could fit into a small home depo packing box was $5.00. Everything that wouldn’t fit in the box was 75% off. I overheard the person running the estate sale sale saying to someone “Oh, I’m so glad you’re getting that, there was a lady here yesterday trying to buy that item but she wasn’t nice, so I didn’t sell it to her, I’m glad that’s going to someone nice”. So even though the person running the estate sale could have sold the item for a lot more money on the previous day they didn’t, because the first prospective buyer wasn’t nice. It pays to be nice!
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Vintage Treasures,
That is a great story about how being nice pays! Also, you can hold your head high knowing that you are a nice person who knows how to treat people right.
We don’t have to like everyone, but we can still be respectful and courteous. It is good business and good for being the right kind of person.
Mark
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I love this thread! Kindness matters. If you’ve ever put on an estate sale yourself you know just how hard they work and they are already tired by the time they start the sale. I know they appreciate every little bit of consideration they can get. I certainly have, at the ones I’ve worked on.
It goes both ways too. I have left sales because the people working were so rude. A month ago I heard an anti-semitic remark by a worker at a school rummage sale and it upset me so much I left and wrote to the principal, expressing how offensive the remark was. To her credit she wrote back immediately and apologized and wrote a very thoughtful reply.
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I was consigning some pottery at the auctioneer’s yesterday. As I went to sign the form the pen skittered across the table. The staff member said “The pen’s alive!” I replied “It’s the only thing around here that is!”
Five microseconds later, message from conscious part of brain to unconscious part “Shut up! You’re being rude!” Brain instructs mouth to apologise. Mouth says “Sorry”. Brain then realises that habitual mumbling on mouth’s part meant that staff member did not hear the smartass remark.
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Antique Frog,
That is a good point to remember. Sometimes we think things and before we know it, it comes out our mouths. If we have a problem with blurting things out or just have had a bad day, then maybe we just have to “train” or “tell” ourselves to be nice before we go into social situations like an estate sale.
Mark
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