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by Theodores 86 days ago
Meh. Maybe it is a cultural difference, we have different manners outside the USA. Your business is rather vulgar in the UK context, that of a parasite or a greedy gannet. There would be no honour in selling the estate items to your sort, setting light to everything or giving it to sensible charities would be far preferable.

As exemplified by what is going on in the Middle East, the USA has different values to the rest of the world, so don't take this criticism as a slight, just don't come here and expect to be liked for what you are doing.
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ehnto 85 days ago
I'm not sure I follow, maybe I misunderstand what the original commenter is doing, but it sounds like they are helping their community find and re-use old equipment which doesn't sound like a bad thing. Not many charities would take on that kind of stuff, and it would end up in the tip.

I'm from Aus if that helps, I would rather see that kind of stuff flow on to enthusiasts than get tossed.

I am however not a big fan of scalping or opportunistic/speculative profiteering. That does happen a lot with these kinds of second hand markets. But I am not seeing that being what the original commenter is doing, maybe I missed it though.

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myself248 85 days ago
How do you view thrift stores, then? Genuinely curious. All the same items, one or two steps further removed from the family.
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marky1991 85 days ago
I don't get it , he's buying stuff at estate sales. That's literally what they're for. I didn't understand what part of his behavior you consider uncouth.

As he already said, they're almost always run as a very detached thing, run by professionals with no connection to the family, other than the transaction.

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loco5niner 82 days ago
This is the completely wrong take. Yes, perhaps GP may have gone a bit far in his comments, but so have you. I also don't see the point in bringing up the current US situation when the UK has had similar issues in the past. The pot calling the kettle black.

I have also been frustrated in the past with organizations putting stickers haphazardly over screens etc, and it's worth reminding them.

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ragall 86 days ago
Well said.
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