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Re: [OM] Online auction editorial (Off topic)

Subject: Re: [OM] Online auction editorial (Off topic)
From: *- DORIS FANG -* <sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:52:11 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, c.e. packard wrote:

> clerk for a better price isn't worth the effort. Or maybe they see a "sucker"
> when they look at me.

  Where I live, the pawns are a so-so source compared to the others, still
better than most Ebay end-bids. The smarmy feeling one gets there is
another question. I can't stand the stench of misery around those places,
but others can...

> Garage/estate sales, even flea markets put on by churches and schools are the
> best bets for good prices.
> By the way what is "hondeling" ?

  A Rabbi friend told me I was very good at "hondeling" after accompanying
me once on the garage sales years ago. From the context, I assume it was
analogous to "haggling", but I like the sound of the word. 

                                    *= Doris Fang =*




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