or as sarah said "the find of my life".
we got a late start on the circuit saturday.
it turns out people are a lot more willing to bargain when they are closing their sale in 15 minutes.
we came across this beautiful china that the seller's mother received at her wedding in 1963.
it was in perfect condition and so great. it was a little bit of a debate since i do already have so many dishes. they wanted $65 for the 32 piece set. they had just marked it down to $45. however, i only had $20 on me, so i offered that & they took it! immediately sarah & i looked up how much it was worth online & the total was $511!
Find of your life. The thing that made it all worth it was seeing the joy on the faces of Clark and Jeff. The only changes I would have made about the weekend is using those china dishes instead of the plastic wear and more sharing on Jeff's end about his golf lessons.
Posted by: sarah | May 21, 2006 at 07:26 PM
shut up. oh man. best $20 purchase ever??? holy cow. i think arlo and i are going to have to come down and hit the circuit with you before you pack it up. what do you think?
Posted by: hannah | May 22, 2006 at 09:19 AM
what an amazing deal. definitely worth the price-per-use! you always find such lovely things kerry. maybe you could starat a personal-estate-sale-shopper business!
Posted by: gail | May 22, 2006 at 11:52 AM
i bet clark was thrilled to have more dishes, but how could you pass it up? great find kerry, wish i could hit the circuit with you. "find of your life" cracks me up!
Posted by: julie | May 22, 2006 at 12:19 PM
clark, buddy: www.ebay.com
Posted by: mike | May 22, 2006 at 09:38 PM
if this isn't sold on eBay within the next two weeks...i'm gonna break something!!
Posted by: jmac | May 22, 2006 at 11:48 PM
wow, wow, wow..great find, kerry! you pulled the ol' "oh, but I only have $20 left." that's great! This weekend, I did the "will you take $4 instead of $5" and then pulled out a big $20. Oh they hate that. Especially when you take all their ones.
Posted by: lynne | May 23, 2006 at 08:53 AM
i like your thinking mike and jmac. that's the first thing i said when kerry told me how much they were worth.
Posted by: clark | May 24, 2006 at 09:28 AM
Those dishes are certainly a find. But I must admit, I'd be tempted to sell those puppies and fly somewhere fun for a spontaneous trip.
Posted by: kristen | May 24, 2006 at 05:01 PM