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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 10213360, member: 36&quot;]Bargain hunting has become far more difficult everywhere.&nbsp; Thrift store &quot;experts&quot; lens everything and mark accordingly, if it makes it to the shelf at all.&nbsp; &quot;Oooh, this is valuable we&#039;ll send it to auction&quot; happens on the reg - ran into it today in the local senior center no less.&nbsp;&nbsp; A so-called designer ring went to eBay. Can&#039;t blame them really, but I&#039;d have worn the ring; it had a cat on it.&nbsp; I did score some sterling jewelry today for well under melt, but nothing crazy.&nbsp; The Ebay asking price printouts happen here too at boot sales. I keep walking when I see a printout. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for auction houses, I&#039;ve seen that here too.&nbsp; One place local to me that carried a motley mix now only carries higher-end items.&nbsp; Their auctions are on-line now, and the lower end merch probably doesn&#039;t have enough profit in it to bother.&nbsp; The consignor probably does fine financially selling in those auctions, but if what they have doesn&#039;t fit it..into a skip it goes.&nbsp; Another auction house locally probably still takes house clearances and most likely has more business than they can handle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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