Hick has a little bit of everything. If you can't find what you're looking for, come back next week, and it might be there. Hick says he sells at lower prices than some folks, just so he can move the merchandise and make room for new (old) items. As long as he's making a dollar or two off his sales, he'll bargain with you.
He gets new merchandise almost weekly, by going to at least two auctions. Here's a picture he sent me with the caption "auction trip."
He has since sold one of his guitars for $8. He got four of them for $18. An old guy was trying to bargain with Hick on Saturday. He wanted to give $5 for the guitar, but Hick told him he wanted $10, but would settle for $8. The guy said he wanted it for his grandson, but he didn't want to pay $8. Hick said, "That's okay. Somebody else will want it." He sold it for $8 later that day.
The NEXT day, that man came back and said he wanted to buy the red guitar for $8. Hick told him it was in the back. He had two of the red guitars. The old man came to Hick and said, "No, I want the one with the WHITE guitar pick, not the black guitar pick." Hick said, "Oh, I sold that to a guy for $8 yesterday." This old man left without buying a guitar. If he hadn't been so hard-headed about besting Hick in the bargaining process, he could have had the one he wanted the first time.
Hick cleaned out his last remaining storage unit this week. Here's some of what was left inside.
He says there's a lot of stuff for crafts and scrapbooks. I told him that ought to sell pretty fast. I don't think he's put it out yet.
Hick also had some cookware, new, in the box
that he sold to back-creek neighbor Bev for $70. I saw it online at assorted stores for $90-$140.
And he found two plates and two bowls (like large flat soup bowls) with a marking on the bottom. I looked them up, and I think Walmart or some other chain sells them, but I don't know if it's the ones with this dotted mark.
I believe I saw them on eBay for about $17 a plate. Hick says he's going to sell all four pieces for $10 total. Because dishes don't sell very well at the auction, or at his store.
Hick has already told one of his buddies to let him know the next time he hears about a storage unit auction. A busy Hick means a happy Val.
No, Val, you said that wrong. An at-home Hick means a happy Val.
ReplyDeleteI think you might have a fever. A high, high fever.
DeleteI wanted to dive right into that first photo and have a good rummage. I'd buy just about everything! The two wooden cabinet/shelf units on the left and the stuff in them too maybe; the blue shelf unit, the tool box, the stainless steel pet food bowls, the lightshade hanging from the ceiling, all the Tupperware.
ReplyDeleteThe craft and scrapbook supplies would be great for a day care centre for youngsters or for elderly people who make things to sell at fetes etc.
Well, then Hick has accomplished what he set out to do! He wants a variety so people will keep coming back.
DeleteI hoe he does some on-line research on those guitars. If the red one was an acoustic it may not be worth much, though new strings cost more than $8, it it was an electric, $8 is giving it away.
ReplyDeleteHick said these 4 guitars were all acoustic. The son of one of his fellow storage unit store proprietors came over and played them, and even tuned them. Just for fun.
Delete$8 is still a good price, those things make great wall decorations.
DeleteOr toys for musically-inclined kids, to see if they're serious about it before investing in a better one.
DeleteHick is a real wheeler dealer, and I think he could get rich if you're lucky.
ReplyDeleteI think that since he's raking in the dough, Hick needs to come up with his OWN casino bankroll now!
DeleteGood thinking, let him supply his own casino money.
ReplyDeleteThere's really no excuse now. He is obviously turning a profit. He can hang onto that money to reinvest in his junking hobby, or he can let loose of a little bit to join me in my gambling hobby. Otherwise, he can sit and watch ME!
DeleteHe's making a lot more off his junk now than I am off my scratchers. He just has to set some aside for casino purposes. Not spend a couple hundred on two shotguns at the auction, which he hasn't resold yet. Of course he DOES have the shotguns to show for it. And would probably have NOTHING after his casino gambling. Unless he's more careful with his OWN money...