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Date Posted: 09:27:18 08/19/11 Fri
Author: Laurence
Subject: give me a break !

The other day I was selling on a flea market selling vintage & old buttons.

Came a woman with her mother who seem to come from an wealthy milieu. The woman seems to have around the thirties or in the thirties...

The woman looked the buttons, asked the prices...

" oh it's expensive, I usually don't buy ( old vintage ) buttons at that price "

I explained to the young lady ( " lady " if we want )than the prices are correct. ( it's where I understand she doesn't have knowledge of the prices )

she continues to complain , I nicely answered her than the prices are correct

she continues in telling me " oh, it's for doing stuff ( understand of course jewels ) "
I thought ' what does she think ? than I'm not on page of what is passing around me ? and if so, than I don't read magazines and have internet ? '
( I kept to myself to tell her than I knew website likes ' etsy ' or for the french version ' a little market ' )

then came the moment where her eyes catched a bag fulled of other beautiful buttons ( curved jet, beautiful brass and metal buttons,cut steel etc... ) the problems w/them being all damaged... having seen on american site than some people where looking for theses kind of buttons I did a small bag of them for 5 E.

" can - you lower the price ? they are all damaged "

I explained her the WHY it's at this price and than IF there weren't damaged they wouldn't be in a bag like that
still with all my calm and patience and thinking more and more ' it's clear than I'm speaking with an idiot '
she continues, continues

Usually in bad situations I keep my calm, BUT HERE, I found myself to repeat the woman WHY that price I didn't yell or other but my tone of voice seemed to have to change because she told me that isn't necessary to speak like that.

I answered her " I don't cease since the beginning to tell you than if these buttons weren't broken they wouldn't be at that price I'm a honest person, you know how to read ( ?) there 's the paper inside with written on it " damaged buttons " 5E ""

she continues to complain, then go away.

then at the end of the FM, when we were putting back our stuff in the car, she came back with 5 E

you know what as soon as I've the 5E I regretted to have them to have sold these buttons to this stupid woman.

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[> sorry, having seen my post was long I wanted to put it back inside, but did a wrong maneuver sorry -- Laurence ( who is very sorry ), 09:30:15 08/19/11 Fri [1]


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[> You cannot please some people Laurence -- Bev uk, 11:56:45 08/19/11 Fri [1]


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[> [> Yes, you're right Bev. I tell that to myself everyday at home. -- Laurence, 13:57:16 08/19/11 Fri [1]


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[> Feel your frustration, Laurence!!! It's one thing to bargain, it's another to act stupid. You should have offered them to her at 3E *if* she bought 10E or more of something else. -- The Chief ;-), 11:58:44 08/19/11 Fri [1]


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[> [> I've several other old metal/brass buttons on at least 3 cardboard, these ones being all in good shape, she looked at them, but as soon as she had seen the damaged ones, she kept her focus on them.She bought nothing else than the damaged ones. -- Laurence, 13:53:54 08/19/11 Fri [1]


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[> Thank you for everything Bev & Chief ! -- Laurence, 13:58:54 08/19/11 Fri [1]


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[> You are welcome anytime Laurence -- Bev uk, 09:38:30 08/20/11 Sat [1]


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[> ah - one of the things I love about the french language - I can hear this woman being described now - La Bonne Femme!! LOL - -- chris k, 22:15:26 08/22/11 Mon [1]


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[> [> ah oui ! La Bonne Femme !!! " La Bonne Femme " !!!! -- Laurence, 11:47:00 08/23/11 Tue [1]


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[> Thank you everyone !!! -- Laurence, 11:32:35 08/24/11 Wed [1]


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