I sometimes go on the weekends with my parents to a Flea Market in lower Ohio. We rent almost a whole aisle. My stepfather is in the wholesale business so he has a lot of little knick-knacks and useful thngs and not-so-useful things. Well, since a lot of it isn't great quality or expensive, we sell most of it for either 25 cents, 50 cents or a dollar or two.
Now, the prices are clearly marked on every table (i.e. "All items on this table $1.00 plus tax") at least once, usually twice, and even whole booths are marked at 25 cents or whatever for each item. This is not a hard concept. If it is on a 25 cent table, it is 25 cents. Period. (Well, plus tax.)
But we STILL get people constantly who ask how much it is. Seriously, people, would we put it on a table, mark it 25 cents, and then charge you $2? Really?
The worst was a few weekends ago when I was working and a woman came up and wanted to buy this little box of (I dunno) pills or something. It was on the $1 table in the $1 booth. Every thing was a dollar. (Just re-establishing.) And when I told her so, she had a fit. The item had a 50 cent sticker on it but I explained it was still a dollar. She went and put it back instead of paying another 50 cents.
What I don't understand is how people who are coming to a rather large flea market can be so CHEAP. It's a dollar! I understand not everyone has money but don't reprimand something that's only a dollar or 50 cents when you come to a flea market!
Hey, at least we're not like other booths in the flea market where NOTHING is marked so it's like a surprise every time. Don't even get me started on those.
EDIT: Ah, I should note. Not every item is marked induvidually. That would take up too many resources. Tables are marked with a cards that say the price.
Now, the prices are clearly marked on every table (i.e. "All items on this table $1.00 plus tax") at least once, usually twice, and even whole booths are marked at 25 cents or whatever for each item. This is not a hard concept. If it is on a 25 cent table, it is 25 cents. Period. (Well, plus tax.)
But we STILL get people constantly who ask how much it is. Seriously, people, would we put it on a table, mark it 25 cents, and then charge you $2? Really?
The worst was a few weekends ago when I was working and a woman came up and wanted to buy this little box of (I dunno) pills or something. It was on the $1 table in the $1 booth. Every thing was a dollar. (Just re-establishing.) And when I told her so, she had a fit. The item had a 50 cent sticker on it but I explained it was still a dollar. She went and put it back instead of paying another 50 cents.
What I don't understand is how people who are coming to a rather large flea market can be so CHEAP. It's a dollar! I understand not everyone has money but don't reprimand something that's only a dollar or 50 cents when you come to a flea market!
Hey, at least we're not like other booths in the flea market where NOTHING is marked so it's like a surprise every time. Don't even get me started on those.
EDIT: Ah, I should note. Not every item is marked induvidually. That would take up too many resources. Tables are marked with a cards that say the price.
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