The Antique Trader

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me three times, well I guess I am a glutton for punishment.
On my first visit the woman in charge showed me a box of cameras that I was interested in. Nothing was priced and she told me to just make a pile and make an offer. I did just that selecting a couple of cameras and a couple of boxes of flash bulbs. I showed her the pile and made my offer to which she replied that the flash bulbs ‘went with another camera’ and that they weren’t for sale.
Ok…
So I made what I expected was a fair offer on a pile of dirty unpriced untested cameras that weren’t even being displayed. Instead of saying ‘no’ she put the cameras back in the box, told me she was just going to give the whole bin to the Goodwill and walked away and left me standing there with my jaw on the floor at how rude she was.
I figured it might have just been a fluke so I went back again 6 months later, same story. Nothing was priced and when I made an offer she was gravely offended yet wouldn’t give me a counter offer.
Third time through I asked her to just name her price on the items I was interested in. She refused and when I made an offer she took the item right out of my hand and told me to leave her store.
Either she is suffering some sort of mental disorder or she enjoys being a jerk to customers. I’m not sure which.

Hobnobbed my way in here as they have an incredible selection of hobnob milk glass in one section of the store. If you are a collector of this type of glass you will be in heaven.
The store is a mess but of course that’s just one opinion. There are organized areas as well so if you are the sort that likes to sort through to find your favorite whatchamacallit you will not be disappointed. They have junk mixed in with somebody’s treasures. I wanted to look at an item inside the «glass» case (oy, it’s like dealing with Fort Knox sometimes asking to get these opened). The one woman knew not where the key was. The other woman knew everything about the place including finding the key in no time. The woman looking for the key said — I did not know the key was located there, while the other woman responded with — it’s the place it always needs to be in. Just like the rest of the items perhaps.