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[BlackSnake]

Haha, you know I'm just messing with you man..

I know. That's why I LOL'Ed
Antique Road Show...��
How the hell you been?

[Chili]

Lol. You know, most buffets are 1k or less. Then there are some that are in the 2 to 3k range. But then you get into some that are closer to 10k. Not all of it is simply Antique. Hell, go to a fine furniture store and see what a custom piece would cost you new without history. This custom Antique piece is over 120 years old and in near perfect condition. Not only is it old and full of history, it's also a rare piece. The very reason the girl was hoping our employee could inlighten her a bit.

Haha, you know I'm just messing with you man..

[BlackSnake]

I've been watching Antiques Roadshow for ~20 years, so I am kind of a big deal and have at least 2 decades of expertise under my belt.

That said, if it's brown it's down in the antique business. That buffett is probably only worth about $1k now, so you really didn't lose that month.

Doesn't that make you feel better?

Lol. You know, most buffets are 1k or less. Then there are some that are in the 2 to 3k range. But then you get into some that are closer to 10k. Not all of it is simply Antique. Hell, go to a fine furniture store and see what a custom piece would cost you new without history. This custom Antique piece is over 120 years old and in near perfect condition. Not only is it old and full of history, it's also a rare piece. The very reason the girl was hoping our employee could inlighten her a bit.

[Chili]

I've been watching Antiques Roadshow for ~20 years, so I am kind of a big deal and have at least 2 decades of expertise under my belt.

That said, if it's brown it's down in the antique business. That buffett is probably only worth about $1k now, so you really didn't lose that month.

Doesn't that make you feel better?

[BlackSnake]

Why not let an attorney handle this?

Time

[svauto-erotic855]

Why not let an attorney handle this?

People sometimes want to talk about things to assuage their grief.

My step mother (whom I hardly know despite my dad being married to her for the past 28 years) had an antique store in Corsicana TX some years back and she would still be crying if she had mistakenly lost a piece like this one.

[SS Junk]

I'm sure he could. Wanted to have it ready for him.

Why not let an attorney handle this?

[1carcrazyguy]

Why fire the employee? Unless the employee was fully aware the piece that was sold, was a "display only"? The employee called the owner and confirmed the sales price and that it was okay to sell for that.

[BradM]

Yuck, sorry, fire that employee.

[BlackSnake]

And she knew that she would be in the clear for doing it.





It appears that her intent was to buy something at a very low price to be able to resell for a profit. Did she swap the price tag from one item to the other? You can get her for doing that if you have it on tape. If she simply saw that you had an item miss marked and bought it she did nothing illegal and it could be argued that she is just a savvy shopper.

It was neither. The item was a display. We were out of town and the employee called us with a offer for 400 bucks on a buffet. We only have one buffet for sale that belongs to us. Melinda calls me which I'm also out of town and ask me if I'm willing to sell the buffet for 400. I said sure, we need to move a few things so we can get new items in. Melinda came in that day and saw the buffet was still there. She told our employees that she thought we had sold the buffet. She said you did and pointed to the empty space. Melinda called me in tears and told me what happened. I told her to try to find the buyer and explain to her what happened. Luckily the buyer called us back wanting more info on the piece to which we explained the mistake. That's when it became very evident of what her intent was. She knew she stole it. She knew it was worth a ton of money, but what she didn't know was the history behind it to which she was inquiring. Evedently she thought we were ignorant to the value of the buffet. She did not know that melinda was back in town at the store and was hoping the employee could give her the exact info to the piece

[A_A_G]

That facebook post says they purchased it, though.

[BlackSnake]

That's the one...
Kills us every time we look at the pic

[BlackSnake]

Small world. I drive by there every day on my commute to work.

Well hell, stop in some day and say hello!

[helosailor]

If an employee of yours quoted the incorrect price on an item, and the transaction was completed before the mistake was caught, then you have no legal leg to stand on. There is plenty of precedent in courts that would be in favor of the trailer queen.

[scootro]