[herr_oberst]

I was moving; Yard sale, everything must go. I had a cute little antique writing desk, emphasis on little. It was in nice shape, solid oak in excellent original condition - drawers, hardware worked perfectly, all joints tight. I just wanted it gone. I put 50 on it. Lots of lookers, no offers, no takers. I was about to mark it down to 25 but my friend suggested 50 was too low, it had had a ton of interest all morning. I put a new 200 dollar price tag on it. IIRC, I let myself get talked down to 175. Split the extra 125 with my friend, everyone was happy, and I learned a lesson.

Same yard sale. I had a perfectly good electric drill listed for 2 dollars. Almost new, Black and Decker. In the original box. Some guy offered me a quarter. I said, no but for you I'll let you have it for 10 bucks. He looked at me, I told him I was serious. He didn't get the drill. Somebody on the sidelines watching this little tet-a-tet take place just handed me the two bucks and walked off with a good tool.