Has any one done this before?

[cyberdan]

I was at a yardsale last saturday (I wonder how many time I have typed that) at an apartment complex and the whole front parking was filled with sellers from the apt. I was walking past a seller who only had a few items and a nice 10 speed bike. I could hear a buyer pointing at things on the bike and counting out loud what he wanted to offer the lady. Never saw this kind of barganing before so I stopped and stood in the background. He pointed at a wheel and said $10 and then at the seat and said $15 and on and on till he offered her $35. That seemed pretty low for a nice bike and she looked confused. I was directly behind the buyer and in her line of sight so I held up first 7 fingers so she could see and then five fingers ($75) she caught on right away and said $75. they did a little back and forth and he fineally said $60. I nodded and moved on, the buyer was none the wiser. I could tell the buyer was just buying to add stuff to his swapmeet booth.

 

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[diggummup]

I've never done that but recently I had an overwhelmed homeowner asking me how much she should charge for this and that, I was honest and gave her my opinion on several items.
My wife has a habit of jumping in and offering sellers their asking price when sees someone else was trying to get it cheaper, even if she doesn't actually want the item. For example- a person is trying to sell something and they want $10 for it and it's a very good, cheap price, but the person "buying" it is trying to get them down to $5, she'll blurt out "I'll pay you $10 for those if they don't, that's a great price". It usually ends up with the person paying the original asking price. We were at a sale a few weeks ago and she started an auction type scenario with a lowballing buyer over a 40" hdtv someone was selling, meanwhile she wasn't even trying to buy it, that was pretty funny.

 

[jerseyben]

Dan,

Sounds like you did a mitvah.

 

[cyberdan]

Dan, Sounds like you did a mitvah.

I have been to a Bat Mitzvah and I know what that is. But a mitvah, I don't. help

 

[diggummup]

Had to look it up- The secondary meaning of Hebrew mitzvah, as with English "commandment," refers to a moral deed performed as a religious duty. As such, the term mitzvah has also come to express an act of human kindness.

 

[jerseyben]

Mitzvah = a good deed (usually performed for a selfless reason).

 

[cyberdan]

Mitzvah = a good deed (usually performed for a selfless reason).

kind of like good karma?

 

[SCdigger]

kind of like good karma?

Hopefully it will come back to you 10X...