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Originally Posted by Photojeep
I'm sure I'm sitting on a mint!!  |
And they will offer you a quarter of a mint for it. It is automatic that as soon as any number is mentioned, they go straight to maybe 25% of that. I get that they run a business and they have to make a profit, but the dance is so predictable that I never bother to watch anymore.
What was disturbing to me is how little interest there is in grandma's good china and silver. There was a time when a new bride was happy to get that stuff, but these days you cannot give it away. We learned this when a friend's wife passed away a few years ago, and it was reinforced last year when his 98 year old mother died too. He took a few items and some furniture, did the auction thing for the rest, and left the rest behind when the property was sold. Fortunately the buyer was OK with that, saving him a lot of dump runs.