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Sunday, June 3, 2012

A Gentleman, A Chandelier


I ran across a chandelier yesterday suspended over a leather king size bed on this handsome mans.... garage. Had you going there for a minute didn't I? I looked at the price tag and was very pleased but was going to see if he would lower it a bit as some crystals are missing. Mind you, he is a designer and was also selling large pieces of furniture and carpets in excess of five hundred dollars. He had tented rooms all over his yard just a half mile from The Augusta National Golf course. His name is Phillip.  I called him over and asked if he could do better on the price. He said, "How about twenty five dollars?"
Before I could say I would take it a young woman with a tiny infant strapped to her chest jumps into our conversation and gets in my face and says she would give him thirty for it. Phillip ignores her and nods to me and says he will get the chandelier down for me. He is a gentleman and not swayed by five dollars. The woman gets really loud then and insists she will pay more. 
Did she want me to arm wrestle her for it?





Phillip is a character and told me since his hair went white he gets more "action." 
{I had told him his white hair was terribly handsome.}
 I said, "Funny, all I get are senior citizens discounts at age forty nine with my grey hair."

He also reduced the price of an elephant lamp for CC. He was unhurried and had a huge crowd of customers there and spent time talking to us. He had a large group of friends helping him with the sale which was well organized.

Our new chandelier will be hung under the roofed part of our deck and Joe is happy electricity is not required. I must first clean the deck and sell a desk that is resting there. 
The life of a geriatric junker is not boring.

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happy trails
Olive

36 comments:

  1. LoVe your story Olive!!!
    FaB Find... Can't wait to SEE it hung on the porch!*!*!
    Hugs ~ Jeanine Burkhardt

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  2. Wow,Olive I would have had to fight her!! That is beautiful. Glad he was a gentleman and ignored her.

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  4. Glad he was smart enough to ignore that rude woman...money does not buy everything. Reminds me of when we were in Paris and I was buying postcards from a little old lady on the Seine. I was making a pile and the little lady was so happy...then up came someone else who butted in. She shoooooed them away with her hand. I will never forget that!
    Can't wait to see your chandelier all up and glorious!

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  5. Let me try again (I misspelled my hame.) That chandelier is beautiful and I think the seller handled that woman in a very classy way. She was rude!

    xo
    Claudia

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  6. I love your stories. You are such a good story teller.

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  7. And you're such a lady ~ if push came to shove, you would have let her have the chandelier. And we would have had another version of a funny story (:

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  8. Philip is a gentleman and so easy going about the prices. That chandelier will be a great addition to your covered deck. Glad no cat fight ensued over the purchase.

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  9. My gosh - what a rude woman! Philip more than made up for her by being so attentive. You should have posted a picture of him with his sexy white hair!

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  10. Ooh Olive, I just love it, it is gorgeous!... and I am so happy there are still gentlemen in the world today... he sounds simply dashing!... you should have taken his picture as well... you were willing to arm wrestle her, I probably would have smacked the rude woman... (but I am still a lady, so maybe I would have just "accidentally" tripped her or something)... xoxo Julie Marie

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  11. I really like a gentleman who's not swayed by 5 dollars. The chandeliers are pretty handsome too.

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  12. What a fabulous find and I am so glad he ignored the other lady. Perfect piece, love the crystals and the style. Hugs, Marty

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  13. He named his adjusted price to you and stuck by it; good for him!

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  14. She must have been confused and thought she had walked into the auction house. How funny!

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  15. A great find for $25.00 or even $30.00! Sounds like he was a classy guy. Show us a picture when you get it hung in its new home! Laura

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  16. I'm glad the gentleman stood by his price to you and ignored the rude lady. The chandelier is beautiful.

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  17. Great chandy Olive and isn't it nice there are still a feww gentlemen left in this world!
    Sunday Blessings
    Rebecca

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  18. If you're geriatric, then I don't know what that makes me!! LOL!! Good for Phillip by not being swayed by that rude woman offering him more money for YOUR gorgeous chandelier. I know that it will look fantastic when its hung in the place you have in mind for it.

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  19. Oh My, she was a fiesty young thang!~ Glad you scored Olive, it is so very pretty!

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  20. What's with the rude shoppers out there? Some of the people I meet at estate sales are just down nasty. The chandelier is gorgeous though.

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  21. oliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!! I wanted to see the handsome man with white hair...sigh...

    Lovely chandelier... :)

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    1. I did not have my camera. It is getting up in the nineties and the car is getting hot and so on. Plus when I shop I shop. I had to restock my consignments some but this is for us.

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  22. Classy guy, that Phillip! Love chandeliers. Pretty and often sparkly. Great price!

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  23. That Phillip...where does he live? Near my mother? Neat post!

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  24. Wish I had that desk. And I wouldn't even arm wrestle you for it! Some folks are just downright rude.
    Brenda

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  25. Cool chandy! Sounds like an interesting experience, but I'm glad the outcome was good:@)

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  26. What a happy tale. So glad the pushy woman didn't get her way. That was terribly rude. Love the chandelier.. Wish it were mine, but I won't run you over you to get it.. :-)

    Blessings,
    Spencer

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  27. Oh that Phillip, sounds like a real character and yes, a true gentleman. A sweet post and happy you won out against the lady. Even if she was on on edge, NO sleep, no cause to be snippy and in your face. So happy you got that awesome treasure, Miss Olive~

    Nancy
    xo

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  28. Pretty chandelier and great story! It's going to look great on your deck, I'm sure, so don't forget to take pictures.
    Mary Alice

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  29. Hello, hello! We just popped over from curtains in my tree to see what finds you got...we saw that you were going to 55 sales....YOU, Olive, are a girl after our own hearts!!
    Pleased to meet you & hoping to stop over again :)
    Karla & Karrie

    by the way, LOVED this story....three cheers for Phillip!

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  30. loverly..can't wait to see it on your deck...and yes the rudeness of some thrifting people is ridiculous!..makes me want to be super nice and considerate when I am out there....

    Mona

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  31. I love this chandy. I really like the black iron with the crystals. So "ooh la la". Nice to hear there are still some gentlemen out there! Great find.

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  32. Great story. Beautiful chandy. Looking forward to seeing it in place.

    - The Tablescaper

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  33. Im so jealous that is an aweseome find - you go girl. As for that other lady, she needs a bit of a bitch slap if you ask me!

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  34. As a gentleman would say...great they are still out there.

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