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Post# 353855 , Reply# 1   6/15/2016 at 15:18 (2,842 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)   |   | |
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Post# 353857 , Reply# 2   6/15/2016 at 15:22 (2,842 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)   |   | |
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Post# 353868 , Reply# 5   6/15/2016 at 18:46 (2,842 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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Are also guilty. At estate auctions a set of cookware is often broken up into box lots so you must buy a bunch of junk to get what you want. |
Post# 353870 , Reply# 6   6/15/2016 at 19:09 (2,842 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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I understand what you're saying I don't think of it as thievery. The items are donated, they own them and can sell them however they think will bring in the most revenue. There's nothing underhanded about that; they're just living up to their mission to support whatever charitable organization they're affiliated with. Heck, I used to work at a chain discount retail store that did the same thing. We'd unbox sets of dishes and price the pieces separately.
One of the thrift stores around here routinely sells accessory kits for vacuum cleaners separate from the machines they come in with. Several of them will also do things like break up bookshelf stereo systems, selling the speakers separately from the stereo, sometimes even selling the speakers individually. I recently bought a CD tower at a thrift shop a few months ago that was in two halves. They wanted $3.99--FOR EACH HALF!!! I assembled it at the checkout to prove to the cashier that it was indeed one item. She didn't want to see it my way but the manager agreed with me and instructed her to ring it up as one item for $3.99. I bought a nice Sunbeam Mixmaster Vista mixer at the same store a few years ago. They had taped the beaters and dough hooks to the mixer; but oddly enough, they had sold the bowls separately and they had gone out the door before I snagged the mixer itself. |
Post# 353874 , Reply# 8   6/15/2016 at 20:23 (2,842 days old) by CoffeeCanMan (Ferndale, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 353877 , Reply# 9   6/15/2016 at 20:55 (2,842 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)   |   | |
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I will keep you in mind. |
Post# 353923 , Reply# 10   6/16/2016 at 21:52 (2,841 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)   |   | |
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Post# 354001 , Reply# 11   6/18/2016 at 10:07 (2,839 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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The broken handle on that electric mower might just need $2 of nuts and a bolt from Home Depot too?? Electric mowers were good and still vintage, I'll bet there are some of that same condition on eBay for $100! --Especially some of the old Sunbeam made ones, they were quite popular and Sunbeam no longer makes electric mowers!
A store can always go down in price over time but they can't go up in price over time. If someone decides to buy that mower for $50, that's his/ her choice. The rule of Supply & Demand shall live on. There is no absolute guarantee price of what to mark something at, it all depends on what it is worth to someone. Who would've guessed that a Hoover portable canister from the 1960's in filthy condition would sell for over $700 but it just happened only a few weeks ago on eBay!! I think the seller originally had the unit priced at around $10 and bids took it over $700! |
Post# 354006 , Reply# 12   6/18/2016 at 11:03 (2,839 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)   |   | |
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I've gotta see that! |
Post# 354036 , Reply# 13   6/18/2016 at 21:51 (2,839 days old) by Durango159 (State College, PA)   |   | |
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It was a Penncrest branded Hoover straight suction cleaner!!
Opening bid was $19.99 with $15.00 shipping. FINAL WINNING BID: $795.92 Unfreaking believable if you ask me!!!! It's not filthy but it's not completely clean either. I look at the hose and I think that looks nasty!!! One of the attachments is an upholstery nozzle for a Eureka Rotomatic canister vac!!! LOL CLICK HERE TO GO TO Durango159's LINK on eBay |