Yard Sale deal of the day.

Found this clock in a box of stuff at a yard sale today, asked how much. Owner said $1.00, I didn't even counter offer. $2.30 Face value all 1964 silver, about $25 in silver content! Good day including all the other none coin bargains I came across as well.

 

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Awesome. Great find! You going to pull out the coins or keep it the way it is?

 

Nice! Can you post so we can see a larger picture?

 

I put a battery in it and it has kept correct time for about 7 hours now. If it stays pretty accurate all keep it as is for now.

 

Much better picture! Thanks!

 

Can you post a picture of the movement?

 

Don't forget to check for errors. You can always put it back together later. keep us posted.

 

Not to steal the thread but a couple of weeks ago a yard sale netted me an full roll of 1952 Trenton, N.J. Transit Tokens for $2.00. My girlfriend picked up two picture frames for a buck a piece. We researched the pictures and they were by a French artist and were going for $50.00 and up on Ebay.

 

If you leave them inside they will take brown/black/pink toning from that wood/glue
Here is one i pulled from a clock just like that. The quarters,dimes and halves were darker and not to pretty...

 

I just hope it's not a Chinese fake.

 

Nice pic! wish I had a picture. ( in Tenn. ) But, have a set of black walnut dice with 66' Lincolns.

 

This bothers me..I know that was his offer...but really? Give him $10 and walk away...reminds me about a time that someone offered an elderly lady $200 bucks for some of her passed husbands guns....she agreed and then the person said I would throw in $50 for the gun case (Not a cheap one). The guns were worth well over $2000. He was bragging about the deal he got....

Really? $1?

Yeah..you won.

 

Big difference between $2000 and $25........no foul I say.

 

I agree. In similar situations, I've sometimes tried to give the seller more, especially if they seem to be having a hard time. But cherry-picking and getting "steals" is an integral part of the yard-sale game. And it's usually not a make-or-break-the-livelihood issue on either end of the transaction.

The last time we had a yard sale, there were a couple of items where people got wide-eyed when we said "yep, it's really 25 cents". Yes, we could've gotten more -- but we got rid of the stuff, which was our overriding goal, and we made somebody else happy, which was a nice bonus.

 

Well I guess you can do what you want, but I would have handed him $10. I would not walk away feeling good about my deal when the guy obviously knew not what he had.......the buyer did however. To each his own I guess.

Side note...when I managed a video store years ago, some kids came in with Morgan Dollars and wanted to spend them. I told them hey these are Morgans but they did not want to listen. So I offered them $5 a piece for them. After balking at the deal, they finally took it. Yeah they were worth $10 a piece and I only gave $5.

My point is, I would not have done that, you can do how you wish. I am certain there are circumstances in which you want to get rid of something at a yard sale. We had one for my mother and some of my passed stepdad's items. I had a guy offer me $5 for a 1920ish Kodak camera in 90% shape. Worth hundreds....I kindly told him no, it is marked $50. He came back and got it later, for $50.

Something to me just feels wrong of buying something for a $1 that you know is worth more...way more. At least offer him face. To each his own I guess.

 

The guy wanted a dollar for the clock. I dosen't seem that it had any sentimental value to him. No harm no foul. I guess some feel that they must pay retail for everything. If i walked into an estate sale on Sunday (usually half off day). Should I pay $50.00 for something that they only ask $25 for?

 

Its not your issue, its mine. Like you said, you got ~$2 face of silver for $1, metal value of > $2. You got a great deal and if you are ok with it, then fine.

 

So am I supposed to offer sellers more than what they are asking on everything or just this because it is coin related? There are all types of people who hold yard sales for all types of reasons. This sellers mentality was, I just want to get rid of this stuff. Everything we bought from him and everything else he was selling was priced like this. This is not the best deal I ever recieved at a yard sale, but I think the only time I have purchased actual coins.
Our goal was to pick up baby items (carridge, play pen, car seat, etc...) so our daughter does not need to drag all that stuff with her when they visit. Should I have said no I'll pay you $30, $40 or whatever for that playpen instead of the $10 he asked? Saw many other people selling same type stuff for much more!
Once I picked up a box at a yard sale marked "Free" had several USB hubs an assortment of cables and some dish network stackers. Needed a USB Hub so figured if I use one and toss every thing else so be it. Sold the Stackers for over $150.00. Once walked up to a yard sale and as I was coming up the driveway glanced at a box and the seller said $10 for the whole box, so looked and it was a set of tail lights and some other car parts, tok them home put the the tail lights on ebay for $75 for right set and $75 for the left set, sold almost as soon as I listed and shipped out that day! Bought a box of 16 Dansco cello wrapped Dansco albums for $3, seller said $3 per box of books, asked about tese and he said they fit in a box so $3, sold them for $15 each and am still using 2 of them. So what is the difference in these cases or am I just an overall evil ruthless theft?
The purpose of going to yard sales is to pick up things for pennies on the dollar! The only thing that supprised me was it was obvious that it had $2.30 face value.