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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bercrystal, post: 77182, member: 88&quot;]<i>I really was not in it for the money (although it is always welcome) but for the hunting and gathering, the thrill of discovery, the joy of unrestricted picking. I tried to do my best with the money side, but the real pleasure was finding stuff and then finding out what I had found. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>This is so true!!! I often find myself losing interest in stuff after I have done the research &amp; would much rather go on to something else than actually putting it up for sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>There use to be an antique mall here in Columbia that was owned by a guy who had been doing this nonsense since the 1970&#039;s. He use to go up north to auctions &amp; would come back with a semi truck load of stuff. The truck would be unloaded in the parking lot &amp; he let everyone go through boxes totes, etc. When gas took a dramatic jump he would go to an auction every Monday in a town a couple hours away &amp; would do the same thing on a smaller scale. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was always amazed at what I would find in those totes &amp; boxes. My Tuesdays were always spent going through box after box from the time they opened to almost closing time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> He would let me plunder through boxes &amp; pile everything in the back of my SUV till I was through. He would then give me a price for everything &amp; in the 3+ years of doing this I never once walked away from the deal. I also never failed to at least triple my investment, often times doing even better. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately he retired a couple of years ago. Oh how I miss my Tuesday&nbsp; plunderings!!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Peggy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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