Monday, April 04, 2005
The philanthropy? Stops here.
You know, I KNEW this was going to happen, and yet I get involved anyway and it ends up being my fault.
Oh yes, the china cabinet sold and it sold for $1,181.56, right? A good, healthy price considering I started the auction at $200 and similar pieces with "Buy It Now" prices of $1,200, $1,500 weren't getting nary a look. I mean, I thought so. I was thrilled that it did so well, in fact.
Crazy Aunt, however, does NOT, and is now upset because she was told the cabinet was worth at least $2,000, EVEN THOUGH this appraisal was never put in writing and she TOLD ME SPECIFICALLY that she wasn't sure the $2,000 appraisal included a table and chair set or not.
You know, it seems to me that when you have absolutely no money and don't seem to be trying very hard to get it, you shouldn't be biting the hand that feeds you. But what do I know?
Oh yes, the china cabinet sold and it sold for $1,181.56, right? A good, healthy price considering I started the auction at $200 and similar pieces with "Buy It Now" prices of $1,200, $1,500 weren't getting nary a look. I mean, I thought so. I was thrilled that it did so well, in fact.
Crazy Aunt, however, does NOT, and is now upset because she was told the cabinet was worth at least $2,000, EVEN THOUGH this appraisal was never put in writing and she TOLD ME SPECIFICALLY that she wasn't sure the $2,000 appraisal included a table and chair set or not.
Do the words “Fire Sale” mean anything to Crazy Aunt? OF COURSE you’re not going to get top dollar selling something quickly on an online auction site. If she wanted the full appraised value of the item, she would have been spending a lot more quality time with it before finding a buyer.
My parents have enough antique crap to fill a season of Antiques Roadshow, but if they had to get rid of it all in an estate sale tomorrow, they’d be lucky to get 50 cents on the dollar for most of it and not quite as lucky for the rest. It’s called a fact of life and it’s how antique stores get their hands on all of this old stuff in the first place before jacking up the price beyond the appraised value and letting it SIT IN THEIR SHOWROOM FOR ***YEARS*** UNTIL SOMEONE BUYS IT.
Seriously Broad, someone needs to beat most of the members of your family with the Reality Stick. It’s similar to the Ugly Stick, but has higher pain potential.
Here’s your sign,
Dix