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Message:: [QUOTE="Bev aka thelmasstuff, post: 320946, member: 23"]The words "antique" and "vintage" are meaningless.  What was said earlier - "even Gramma shops at Home Goods" is true.  My parents were in the second hand business all my life.  They had a barn behind the house and, when they could afford the rent, had stores.  They did flea markets on Sundays.  My Dad was a hustler.  He could convince you that a five year old chair which sat outside in the weather for five years was a priceless antique from the 1800s.  People from Mass. out for Sunday drives in NH were the biggest suckers.  Of course, he drank up all the profit, but that's a tale for another time.  I've discovered you can't educate people who already have their minds made up.  When I see someone post "It's an antique because my Grandma said she got it from her Grandma."  Well, I'm a Grandma and even if I got something from my Grandma, it might only be from 1970.  That's why I always ask the year they first saw the item.[/QUOTE]