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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 354959, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> The church I joined in the 1970s had a sale every year. Before I joined i got so many bargains there. The year I joined they had 4 Tiffany single shades for sale for 250 dollars each. One elderly lady sold them for 25 cents each. I almost had a stroke. One lady used to be one of the first people in the door. She would fill five or six bags of stuff and then set there for hours and drink coffee. About 12 noon I asked her if she want to check out, she said "No not until 3PM when everything goes to half price." The church would be lucky to make 200 dollars for the day. They thought it was wonderful.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /> The next year I was elected to run the sale. That year they made 3 thousand dollars. Just a few changes you paid for articles BEFORE you went to the refreshment area. The elderly ladies all helped pack the stuff and talked to the visitors. Everyone had a wonderful time and all the missing expensive items where accounted for. There were a lot of wonderful items that sold for pennies to bring bargain hunters in. I did not know a lot about jewelry but all of it sold for a couple of dollars instead of 10 and 25 cents.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 354959, member: 78"]Hi, The church I joined in the 1970s had a sale every year. Before I joined i got so many bargains there. The year I joined they had 4 Tiffany single shades for sale for 250 dollars each. One elderly lady sold them for 25 cents each. I almost had a stroke. One lady used to be one of the first people in the door. She would fill five or six bags of stuff and then set there for hours and drink coffee. About 12 noon I asked her if she want to check out, she said "No not until 3PM when everything goes to half price." The church would be lucky to make 200 dollars for the day. They thought it was wonderful.:eek: The next year I was elected to run the sale. That year they made 3 thousand dollars. Just a few changes you paid for articles BEFORE you went to the refreshment area. The elderly ladies all helped pack the stuff and talked to the visitors. Everyone had a wonderful time and all the missing expensive items where accounted for. There were a lot of wonderful items that sold for pennies to bring bargain hunters in. I did not know a lot about jewelry but all of it sold for a couple of dollars instead of 10 and 25 cents. greg[/QUOTE]
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