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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9464654, member: 16283"]Driving back from the market yesterday & saw my local teensy thrift was open (very sporadic hours). It's run by a mom & daughter to benefit sex traffic & drug abuse victims-very legit run by honest folks.</p><p> This is at the front counter.</p><p> I'm dumbstruck-they get so-so costume jewelry & old clothes,but this !?</p><p>Hmmm...'How much ?' I ask the Daughter.She thinks for a few seconds and says '-A hundred ?'.....!!!!!</p><p> '-that sounds reasonable....' i say,quietly hyperventilating.</p><p> Then after a few minutes she says-'I'd better call Mom and see if she wants to keep this as a display shelf'....'OK'....'Mom says she wants to look at it again-give us your phone number & we'll give you dibs on it,if we sell it.'</p><p>......and there ya go-end of story.There will be scores of picker/dealers rumbling thru the shop by the time,if ever,they decide to sell,and i seriously doubt i'll be offered it for $100.</p><p>...ah well-they're good people with pure hearts,and there ends the tale.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 9464654, member: 16283"]Driving back from the market yesterday & saw my local teensy thrift was open (very sporadic hours). It's run by a mom & daughter to benefit sex traffic & drug abuse victims-very legit run by honest folks. This is at the front counter. I'm dumbstruck-they get so-so costume jewelry & old clothes,but this !? Hmmm...'How much ?' I ask the Daughter.She thinks for a few seconds and says '-A hundred ?'.....!!!!! '-that sounds reasonable....' i say,quietly hyperventilating. Then after a few minutes she says-'I'd better call Mom and see if she wants to keep this as a display shelf'....'OK'....'Mom says she wants to look at it again-give us your phone number & we'll give you dibs on it,if we sell it.' ......and there ya go-end of story.There will be scores of picker/dealers rumbling thru the shop by the time,if ever,they decide to sell,and i seriously doubt i'll be offered it for $100. ...ah well-they're good people with pure hearts,and there ends the tale. [ATTACH=full]441161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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