15 Dec
1998
15 Dec
'98
11:41 a.m.
Uncle Roger wrote:
It's not so much the item's location as it is the *buyer's* location. I go
to a fair number of antique shows (no computers yet) looking for Donald
Duck stuff. I also go to Disneyland a fair bit. I regularly see things
like buttons, flatware, stuffed animals for sale at shows for twice what
they are *currently* available for at the park.
Justification? The buyers aren't at Disneyland. They have the choice of
paying $20 for an stuffed Donald Duck that is marked $12 on the tag, or
buying a $50+ plane ticket and a $35+ Disneyland ticket to get the same
item.
Okay, the buyers location with respect to the items location is probably a
better way of putting it :). And of course, the item is only worth what
someone is willing to pay. For myself, I usually find that getting to a
garage sale, bazaar, etc. early is a waste of time since the sellers usually
expect to get more for the items. I love being close to the last one there
since most of the real junk (to me anyway!) has been sold and makes a clear
line of sight to the good stuff. Sometimes the cost is merely hauling it
off. I can afford that :).
hundreds of dollars for some old toy. To some, my
mother's prize Steinway
piano is no better than her old Baldwin Acrosonic, and would be just as
happy with the piano patch on their sound card.
Which model Steinway? And only heathen would even consider comparing a
sound card to a Steinway. But of course, these people would have to be deaf
not to be able to hear the difference :).