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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 4368266, member: 5398"]I used to go to estate sales in the Twin Cities (MN), 60-70 miles from my home, but haven't gone for years because things started getting too pricey or not worth the effort. During the good years I picked up several pieces of great vintage costume jewelry laid out on tables at one estate sale. I sensed a woman walking closely behind me who didn't seem to be picking up anything and thought it was maybe because I was getting all the good pieces. I had to leave my selection with a worker at a table who put everything in a bag with my name on it and then put it behind her table and wrote the amount on the sales slip I was carrying around and said I could pick up the jewelry after I paid. In the meantime, I took my time looking in other rooms, picked up a few more things and then checked out. When I went to pick up my bag of jewelry the worker couldn't find it behind the table. I always wondered if the woman who was behind me heard me give my name, then quickly paid for a few of her things and went back with her receipt and gave my name so she could get my bag of jewelry. Anyway, instead of asking for a refund, I asked for a bag of antique buttons that were priced a little higher than my jewelry, but probably not as valuable, which they agreed to. After that, when I had to leave a bag of jewelry until I paid for it, I always went straight to the cashier, paid, and took my receipt to the jewelry person, put the jewelry in my purse, and then took my time looking around at the rest of the stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 4368266, member: 5398"]I used to go to estate sales in the Twin Cities (MN), 60-70 miles from my home, but haven't gone for years because things started getting too pricey or not worth the effort. During the good years I picked up several pieces of great vintage costume jewelry laid out on tables at one estate sale. I sensed a woman walking closely behind me who didn't seem to be picking up anything and thought it was maybe because I was getting all the good pieces. I had to leave my selection with a worker at a table who put everything in a bag with my name on it and then put it behind her table and wrote the amount on the sales slip I was carrying around and said I could pick up the jewelry after I paid. In the meantime, I took my time looking in other rooms, picked up a few more things and then checked out. When I went to pick up my bag of jewelry the worker couldn't find it behind the table. I always wondered if the woman who was behind me heard me give my name, then quickly paid for a few of her things and went back with her receipt and gave my name so she could get my bag of jewelry. Anyway, instead of asking for a refund, I asked for a bag of antique buttons that were priced a little higher than my jewelry, but probably not as valuable, which they agreed to. After that, when I had to leave a bag of jewelry until I paid for it, I always went straight to the cashier, paid, and took my receipt to the jewelry person, put the jewelry in my purse, and then took my time looking around at the rest of the stuff.[/QUOTE]
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