Is This STEALING?
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I bought a black smith anvil from a widow lady one time at a yard sale.
for 5.00 $ .
about a month later i went back and gave her 100.00.
just wasnt right .
MMike
I bought a black smith anvil from a widow lady one time at a yard sale.
for 5.00 $ .
about a month later i went back and gave her 100.00.
just wasnt right .
MMike
Just give him more if it makes you feel better. BTW, send me a message and let me know how you like the delivery you should have gotten by now from Michigan.
Titlists are very sought after. These are probably worth close to 40 times the asking price.
Give him his asking price and go on.....
The last thing you want to do is offer to give him $100, telling him you think that is fair.....and then watch the wheels turn in his head, watch him grin, and then ask you if you'd go $200.....no good deed goes unpunished....
If you feel bad about it later, you can always give him more money as someone already mentioned....
The last thing you want to do is offer to give him $100, telling him you think that is fair.....and then watch the wheels turn in his head, watch him grin, and then ask you if you'd go $200.....no good deed goes unpunished....
If you feel bad about it later, you can always give him more money as someone already mentioned....
if they are marked and the seller has internet access, they should find out what they are worth before selling them. In this day and age, unless you are buying from an elderly person who has no computer skills, they should do the research before the let them go. It is not hard to google anything.
Technically if you pay the $25 before you leave with the cues it is not considered stealing in Colorado.
However, there is an old Titlist robbing law that has been in effect for decades, and is still enforced in some counties.
I'm not familiar with the laws in your area, just to be safe I would lay low for a while.
However, there is an old Titlist robbing law that has been in effect for decades, and is still enforced in some counties.
I'm not familiar with the laws in your area, just to be safe I would lay low for a while.
I definitely wouldn't take them from a senior without paying for them correctly.
Otherwise I guess its up to you.
Otherwise I guess its up to you.
A "Steal" and robbery are not the same. A steal is a good deal. Feel better:grin:
You can just play dumb and pay the asking price. Then after awhile if you feel a little bad about it you can tell him you found out they were worth more and give him what will make you feel better.
It is if you don't give him his 25 dollars:smile:
I'm so sure a yard sale picker will say "hey, this book is actually worth $200, would you mind men paying you for its full value?"
Who cares. The person is selling them and you got lucky to get a deal so buy them. It's not stealing. I've lost money on selling shit I could of got more on but who cares life goes on.
Who cares. The person is selling them and you got lucky to get a deal so buy them. It's not stealing. I've lost money on selling shit I could of got more on but who cares life goes on.
Is a Rembrandt worth $20,000,000.00?
Is a diamond really worth thousands of dollars per karat? Go to Tiffany's jewlers and then go to a local pawn shop and and you'll realize the value of a diamond is often relative to the name on the box it comes in.
We all operate on illusions of value and value is often in the eye of the collector.
The seller is obviously not a collector. To them it's just antique firewood. Give them their asking price and revel in the illusion that all collectors hold for their obscure treasures.
"One mans junk is another man's treasure"
Is a diamond really worth thousands of dollars per karat? Go to Tiffany's jewlers and then go to a local pawn shop and and you'll realize the value of a diamond is often relative to the name on the box it comes in.
We all operate on illusions of value and value is often in the eye of the collector.
The seller is obviously not a collector. To them it's just antique firewood. Give them their asking price and revel in the illusion that all collectors hold for their obscure treasures.
"One mans junk is another man's treasure"
^^^^^ This ^^^^^
I remember picking up an old Adams cue at a garage sale for $2. The middle-aged seller seemed both knowledgeble and in touch with reality, so I gave him the $2 and went on my way...
"Can't" and "won't" are two different things. So unless the seller seems like they can't do the legwork to find out what the cues are worth, then give them the $25 and move on...
If the guy is asking 25 and you give him 25, no it is not. If he asks you how much they are worth and you lie to him, then yes it might be stealing.
JV
JV
