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Hah. There was an estate sale in my neighborhood last summer. Quite a few tools in the garage that I was interested in but the prices were crazy. 30-50 year-old
by bityard 1y ago
Hah. There was an estate sale in my neighborhood last summer. Quite a few tools in the garage that I was interested in but the prices were crazy. 30-50 year-old tools priced the same as brand-new. Even asking 50% off would be been too much for a lot of the stuff. I asked if they would take X for something and the guy said, "we're not doing any discounts, everything is as marked."
Walked back to my car shaking my head. Guess they didn't want to actually sell anything.
- bombcar 1y agoI really want to know what happens afterwards. Sometimes it makes sense - a widow trying to clear out her husband's garage without much understanding of what it is - so prices it what she remembers him buying it for. But others are run by professional estate companies; either they know they can get certain prices online (where?) or they do some form of scam where they overprice everything and when it doesn't sell they offer some "bargain price" to clear the house out.
- uxp100 1y agoThe last day of most estate sales is when heavy discounts are available.
- ElevenLathe 1y ago^this. Typically there is even a standard where, for example, on a Thu-Sun sale, Thursday and Friday things will be priced as marked, Saturday will be half the marked price, and Sunday will be 1/4 the marked price. It's essentially a form of price discrimination: if you want the thing badly enough, you'll come earlier and pay more. If you're willing to chance it, you can maybe get 75% off by rolling in on Sunday.