@Ginger – Yeah, she didn’t seem to really care all that much, but then again I didn’t really go out of my way to excite her ;)
@sarah oneill – haha, thanks. all good points!
@Niki – It’s right next to me as I type! ;)
@Sense – Well, after I wrote all this I started feeling MUCH much better about it, haha… like I “got it all out there” or something, not that I have been dwelling over it or anything. Oh, and I just told her I thought it was worth more than 25 cents but wasn’t sure how much. Which I honestly didn’t, even though I was secretly hoping for a million dollars ;) Imagine how bad I’d have felt THEN?!
@Steph – Ahahhahahahaa… I’m not that nice ;)
@Molly On Money – Yeah that’s true. I do the same thing with some things like old records and other antique-like things that I genuinely don’t care about. It’s very possible she just thought it was ugly and wanted it out!
@Tea – Yup! I totally agree. And I def. don’t think this lady was hard up for cash, although looks can certainly be deceiving (aka people who “look” like millionaires but are actually the opposite).
@kh – Yeah, looking back I should have made more of an effort. We grow every week!
@Ashley @ Money Talks – Haha, I like your analysis ;)
@Robert Muir – Well, I def. speak up in terms of getting more money by accident in stores (which happens all the time to me for some reason), but I guess it’s harder for me to categorize this same situation in there. Good things to think about though.
@slug – I wonder what I would have done if I found a gold bar? haha…
@Trinnie – haha, yeah – and actually 99.9% of the times it really ISN’T worth anything. which could have been the case for me here too, but luckily it wasn’t ;) and also I would have only lost a dollar. meh.
@Emily D. – Either that or she didn’t care as others mentioned :)
@Leslie – HAH!!! Well, he could have been making fake OLD coins, right? and then who’d be the chump! (me)
@Erin – Well, not sure I agree with that 100% of the way, but I do see what you’re saying :)
@retirebyforty – done and done!
@BoomChakaLaka – haahahaa… man, you all are funny today!
@Jon | Free Money Wisdom – Still not sure it’s the “nice” thing to do though :) I feel like people always have to come first over business, which is why I was upset with myself for a bit.
@Beth – Oh man, if she was a little girl? I think I’d be going to hell, haha… she was an older lady though.
@Sassy – Oh, me too! But this was a case where it was lower because she didn’t realize (i don’t think anyways) what she was selling. I didn’t get her down from $10 to $1 ;)
@wldflr – Interesting! Man, what a bargain too – good for you. And yet I don’t think you did anything wrong at all here. How weird is that? Maybe cuz it was books and not actual MONEY you were buying? haha… i mean think about it, she tried to sell me a $1.00 coin for 25 cents! hahahaahaha…. why I’m just now thinking this I don’t know.
@Wade – True dat. Although I didn’t pay $1.00 cuz it was face value, I paid it cuz I felt bad :)
@Hunter – I’m slowly feeling less guilty – woo!
@L.G. – hahahhahaha… I’m not sure if you’re being funny or serious, but that cracked me up like crazy. haha..
@Rafiki – awwwwww, I don’t remember Toy Story II all that well but I’m envisioning it :)
@becky – Man! What a find!! Wow. I don’t think I’d have the balls to do that one actually… although I could see me offering like $20 for it to ease my guilt ;) but that’s the old me now… haha…
@mike – Awwww, that is a most wonderful woman indeed. And I agree – I’d pick “good” too :)
@Bryan – Yeah, in theory at least.
@Amy Saves – I did get a nice post out of it, huh? :) thanks!
@Dr Dean – Haha… I’m already better! posting about this cured me up just fine :) and beer always helps too.
@Andrea @ NickelByNickel.com – oooh la la! that would be nice.

What will you do to calm them down-make restitution, give a little extra this week, or have a beer???

What is most important in a person–being smart, hard-working or good? I want to be a good person.

On the other side of the coin, years ago I went to a garage sale to get clothes for my baby. I (being extremely poor at the time) asked the lady how much for the socks–“Oh, they’re free”. How much for the pants-“Oh, they’re free too”. Of course she was a special woman, and dumb me, it took me awhile to realize the kindness this lady showed me.

A few years ago he went to a yard sale held by a man who was moving into a retirement home because he could no longer take care of himself (his kid’s were running the yard sale). My dad was flipping through a basically worthless book of stamps and came across an autographed picture of babe ruth.

My dad flipped shut the book, paid the 2-3 bucks they were asking for, and that was that. He then went home, sent the picture off for authentication (it was legit) and sold it on ebay for a couple hundred dollars.

So I think my dad woke up 8 months later quite smug in how observant he was. But I also know he wakes up in fear because he knows that someday his kids (that would be me!) will just sell all his ‘junk’ for a couple of bucks at a yard sale and someone ELSE will be getting the good deal.

I consider it the vicious circle of life in the yard sale world.