Hick went back to the city last week, seeking more merchandise from the place he bought his new used trailer. For which he has yet to receive one red cent, but whatcha gonna do? Can't get blood from an old turnip.
Anyhoo... this is a lady who is selling off stuff from her dead husband. She has a lot of things like old tools that interest Hick. And some things he usually doesn't seek out.
"She had two bicycles. One of 'em, I could lift with one hand! I couldn't believe how light it was. Some kind of 10-speed. It had really skinny tires. She thinks her husband paid $800 for it. I don't know how long ago that was. And she had another one she thinks he paid $300 for. It was a Mongoose, I think. She said she'd take $100 for the both of them."
"Well, I guess that's a good deal, if you have somebody who wants a bicycle. Walmart sells bicycles. I don't know if your customers want something like that."
"I figure that even if I can get $300 from the both of them, I've tripled my money."
Always the businessman. Hick might need another storage locker.
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UPDATE:
Sunday morning, Hick said he has not yet bought the bicycles. And that lady called him on Saturday, and said she's been looking up the prices online.
"So she might not sell them to me for $100. I'll have to see what she says. She had also asked me about some of her cast iron skillets, and I said they were worth about $30 each. She said she looked them up, and they're somewhere between $20-$70. Well. So is $30. People get to looking this stuff up, but they have no idea what somebody will actually pay for them around here."
I guess this is what Hick gets for honestly telling that lady what her stuff is worth. He needs to smarten up. Not be so eager to be the nice guy. Just offer her a price, take it or leave it.
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He could mention to her that she is looking up the pprices of new goods while hers are secondhand and old so will never sell for as much as new items.
ReplyDeleteYes. Or tell her she's welcome to sell them to someone else for that price. Since he has buyers and knows what they'll pay at his store, but she is just selling things out of her house to Hick, who responded to her trailer ad.
DeleteDid he get the bikes in the end?
ReplyDeleteHick has not been back to the city, so no. I think he plans to buy the bikes, unless she raises the price too much. He'll check on them during his next trip to buy more of her other stuff.
DeleteHick's Antique Road Show!
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting for a really valuable piece of junk!
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