Stony
Well-Known Member
I recently had two gentleman (they were no VLJ members) ask me if a flight jacket I have was up for sale, so I IM'd both of them with the price.
One of them replied and basically accused me of getting the jacket at a low price from the family and trying to make a bunch of money on it. That was not the case as I did not get it from the family and I paid a good chunk of change for it. That person also said that they have never paid over $500 for anything in their collection. Well, I replied back that I didn't get it from the family and I didn't get it on the cheap. They sort of apologized and sent me a couple of pictures of their war room. Some nice items were in the pictures, but nothing IMO that was individually worth over $500.
Have I acquired nice military items for low prices? Yes, but those are the prices that they put on the item, so I paid it. Have I paid more than an item is worth? Yes, but it was so cool and historical, I didn't mind doing it.
Have people overpriced items before and I didn't buy them? Yes, more times than I can count.
If someone has something for sale and you don't want to pay the price, please just say thank you for your reply and move on. The second person has not replied to my IM and that is another way of saying you're not interested.
As the title of the thread says, "You don't know me".
One of them replied and basically accused me of getting the jacket at a low price from the family and trying to make a bunch of money on it. That was not the case as I did not get it from the family and I paid a good chunk of change for it. That person also said that they have never paid over $500 for anything in their collection. Well, I replied back that I didn't get it from the family and I didn't get it on the cheap. They sort of apologized and sent me a couple of pictures of their war room. Some nice items were in the pictures, but nothing IMO that was individually worth over $500.
Have I acquired nice military items for low prices? Yes, but those are the prices that they put on the item, so I paid it. Have I paid more than an item is worth? Yes, but it was so cool and historical, I didn't mind doing it.
Have people overpriced items before and I didn't buy them? Yes, more times than I can count.
If someone has something for sale and you don't want to pay the price, please just say thank you for your reply and move on. The second person has not replied to my IM and that is another way of saying you're not interested.
As the title of the thread says, "You don't know me".