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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George Chaney, post: 4509048, member: 19137&quot;]Ha, I played and lost. I didn&#039;t even notice the candle stick...lol</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember buying an art deco 10K mens ring for 40 bucks plus shipping off of etsy. I thought for sure the seller was going to back out - and wouldn&#039;t have blamed her one bit if she had. I figured when I bought it, worst case, they&#039;d refund the money, though I have to admit, I did feel a little guilty I after I received it in a nice fancy gift box with a bow, and I normally never do <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a rule when it comes to buying treasures - when it makes sense $ wise, always walk out with the treasure and some cheap non-treasure items. It doesn&#039;t allow the seller to really focus on the one item you really want, if you walk, you leave everything else. I understand your position though. You might have gotten away with the candle stick if you mixed in the small bowls with a nice short story about loving to upcycle. (if the money was right value wise relative to shipping). Those plated bowls make nice decorative fancy planter pots, and using them that way, would be upcycling...lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve just always had the mindset picking is really hard work and takes time, effort and money... and it has never been my job to educate a seller who is selling something to cheap because they didn&#039;t bother to research what they should sell an item for to begin with. Heck, I know I have sold items to cheap, but frankly, so long as they get the price they wanted, everyone wins. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing worse than stepping up to the plate to buy something at the price someone wants and all of a sudden because you are interested in it, the items not for sale, or triples in price... had that exact thing happen to me at the flea market a while back...I asked how much a brooch was, looked at and said 30 bucks, I asked to look at it and after looking it over, said I would take it, they immediately got out a loop, looked it over and said oh no, I need to have at least 75 dollars for that.... SOB...!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]395720[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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