Man am I pissed today. About a few months ago a girl I know who runs a flea-market/antique/junk store in town with this older lady, told me her co-worker had a bunch of razors she came across. This was in February, the store wasn't opened yet, since they open between May to about October. I said great. I called the lady but I couldn't see them right away she told me, so I waited a month or so and asked again if I could see/buy them. This time she said she did have the razors, but they were in a box somewhere in her garage. She assured me I'd be the first to get dibs on them. She was planning on having a large yard sale later in the summer. But she packed them away and they were behind a bunch of other stuff, so she couldn't get to them for awhile, but she told me she'd call me within the month. Sure enough a month went buy and no call. I called her, left a message if she dug them out yet. Never received a call back.
Then finally the store was opened and I inquired about the razors and told the lady I tried to call her and I left a message to let me know what was up with the status of the razors, if I could come over to buy them? She said she did get my message but was too busy to call back. She said she still had to get the the box where the razors were. Then a couple of more weeks went buy, then I went to the store and the lady said she'd call me within the next two weeks about coming over to look at the razors. Again she said you can see them before anybody else. The ones I didn't want she'd put them into her yard sale. So two weeks came and went, nothing, no call or anything.
Then I went to the store today because her yard sale is this Friday/Saturday. What does she tell me, oh I have bad news for you, I sold the razors already. She said some dealer called her up and was passing through town, so she invited him to come over to her house to look at stuff. Sure enough either he saw the razors or she showed him the razors and he bought them all up on the spot. He paid her $375 for all 9 razors. She said they were all cased and in very good condition. I think this was similar to the cased razors I bought at the store last year? I bought a British Diplomat, was in mint condition in case for $35. I also got a slim adjustable for $3 cased almost mint shape. So these razors might have been from the same stock? If the guy paid $375 for them and he was an antique dealer, the razors must have been highly collectible and in mint to hardly used condition and higher end models, like Diplomats/Executives, Aristocrats, etc..all in cases. The lady said they were her husbands who collected stuff over the years but passed away about 5 years ago, so she's selling most of his stuff. I guess he collected safety razors too?
Anyways what pisses me off, she lets me know she has more razors (because they know I shave with them). She told me way back in February about them, but she doesn't seem to be in any big hurry to find them or contact me to let me know when I can come over to buy them. I patiently waited several months to buy them, but she keeps me waiting, waiting, waiting.... assures me she will hold them for me before anybody else can see/buy them. Then some guy calls her up from out of town who is passing by in town, he just comes over right away to her house and buys the razors she was holding for me. Nice eh? I was really mad at the lady and disappointed. I'm not doing business with her again or going to her store either anymore. She just pissed me right off. I thought that was kind of underhanded what she did. I guess she could sell them to whoever she wanted, but I thought she was saving them for me first before she let others look at them?
Then finally the store was opened and I inquired about the razors and told the lady I tried to call her and I left a message to let me know what was up with the status of the razors, if I could come over to buy them? She said she did get my message but was too busy to call back. She said she still had to get the the box where the razors were. Then a couple of more weeks went buy, then I went to the store and the lady said she'd call me within the next two weeks about coming over to look at the razors. Again she said you can see them before anybody else. The ones I didn't want she'd put them into her yard sale. So two weeks came and went, nothing, no call or anything.
Then I went to the store today because her yard sale is this Friday/Saturday. What does she tell me, oh I have bad news for you, I sold the razors already. She said some dealer called her up and was passing through town, so she invited him to come over to her house to look at stuff. Sure enough either he saw the razors or she showed him the razors and he bought them all up on the spot. He paid her $375 for all 9 razors. She said they were all cased and in very good condition. I think this was similar to the cased razors I bought at the store last year? I bought a British Diplomat, was in mint condition in case for $35. I also got a slim adjustable for $3 cased almost mint shape. So these razors might have been from the same stock? If the guy paid $375 for them and he was an antique dealer, the razors must have been highly collectible and in mint to hardly used condition and higher end models, like Diplomats/Executives, Aristocrats, etc..all in cases. The lady said they were her husbands who collected stuff over the years but passed away about 5 years ago, so she's selling most of his stuff. I guess he collected safety razors too?
Anyways what pisses me off, she lets me know she has more razors (because they know I shave with them). She told me way back in February about them, but she doesn't seem to be in any big hurry to find them or contact me to let me know when I can come over to buy them. I patiently waited several months to buy them, but she keeps me waiting, waiting, waiting.... assures me she will hold them for me before anybody else can see/buy them. Then some guy calls her up from out of town who is passing by in town, he just comes over right away to her house and buys the razors she was holding for me. Nice eh? I was really mad at the lady and disappointed. I'm not doing business with her again or going to her store either anymore. She just pissed me right off. I thought that was kind of underhanded what she did. I guess she could sell them to whoever she wanted, but I thought she was saving them for me first before she let others look at them?
