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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 4942, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> At a yard sale I was having a lady came and started looking at a 120 yr old doll crib I had 75 dollars on it hoping it would not sell. The woman whipped out her wallet and I said it was a wonderful antique since most of them did not last long. She then told me she was giving it to her 2 yr old niece to play with. I almost had a stroke. I told (really yelled) her it was not for sale and quickly took it into the house. A few months later I sold it to a a nice couple who appreciated the crib. Unfortunately the next year the couple had a house fire and the crib was lost anyway. It helped me realize that if somebody buys something it is theirs to do with what they want. I would not do such things like</p><p>the piano into a desk but I can not save everything in the world.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 4942, member: 78"]Hi, At a yard sale I was having a lady came and started looking at a 120 yr old doll crib I had 75 dollars on it hoping it would not sell. The woman whipped out her wallet and I said it was a wonderful antique since most of them did not last long. She then told me she was giving it to her 2 yr old niece to play with. I almost had a stroke. I told (really yelled) her it was not for sale and quickly took it into the house. A few months later I sold it to a a nice couple who appreciated the crib. Unfortunately the next year the couple had a house fire and the crib was lost anyway. It helped me realize that if somebody buys something it is theirs to do with what they want. I would not do such things like the piano into a desk but I can not save everything in the world.:( greg[/QUOTE]
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