EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Ghost in the Machine

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3. Too many times to count!

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:51 PM

Oct 2015

I once bought a bow saw for a dollar at a flea market. I had no use for it, but just couldn't leave it sitting there for a dollar! I hung it up in my dad's garage, where it stayed for about 12 years, even when we moved to another State. One day we got a bunch of stuff together to take to the local flea market here, and I took the bow saw along. We had people already looking as we were setting stuff out. When I pulled the saw out, a man asked "how much do you want for that saw?" I asked "how much would you offer?" He said "$10"... I said "it's yours!"

When I have the money, I'll buy things really cheap because I can't just leave them there for that low of a price. I bought a "Blooming Onion" Maker, still brand new in the box, never been opened, for $2 at a yard sale 6 years ago. It's still sitting on the shelf beside me right now!

Peace,

Ghost

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Did you ever buy something and then not know what to do with it? [View all] Paper Roses Oct 2015 OP

Thanks for the laugh, an empathetic one! northoftheborder Oct 2015 #1

You ought to be at my house sometimes. Vinca Oct 2015 #2

Too many times to count! Ghost in the Machine Oct 2015 #3

could you consign it at a vintage clothing shop? grasswire Nov 2015 #4

Hi Grasswire and others who may have read my initial post. Paper Roses Nov 2015 #5

I saw a whole bunch of sellers who are mis-reading the market on the weekend grasswire Nov 2015 #6