Hick Makes a Discovery

Remember the cabinets Hick wanted to get for Bargain House? The cabinets he found on Facebook, for $500, being sold by a woman down in Genius's College Town? There's been a new development. You may recall that Hick was planning to go get them on Monday, but Saturday night he changed his mind when the woman asked for a $100 deposit.

Monday night, Hick was fiddling with his phone after supper. 

"Huh. Remember them cabinets? NOW this gal has them listed again, in St. Louis!"

"The same cabinets?"

"Yeah. She's got the same picture. Asking $500."

"Does she mention a deposit?"

"Nope. She's scamming. I knew it!"

"Does she mention how they're worth $7,000 to $14,000 and have a granite countertop?"

"Nope. Just the cabinets for $500."

"That's to lure people in! Then she'll give them an address. Then she'll ask for a deposit, and say how they're worth so much. Once she gets the deposit, she'll probably say she got a better offer, and sold them."

"Yeah. And good luck getting back the $100 deposit!"

Huh. What a coincidence that the same woman has "another" set of cabinets to sell for $500, but in a different city. Or else she hauled her used countertops up I-44 for two hours to sell them in St. Louis.

Hick is a savvy buyer. It was that woman's weather response that tipped him off.