One of my favorite things to do on a Saturday is go to garage sales. And if you go out early before the dude from the City picks up all the signs you can find a bunch. Lots of Bargains to be had, especially when some guy has pissed off his wife or girl friend and got caught messing around. His stuff is being sold cheap and you can pick up some nice things. She is selling everything because that will teach the bastard. Another bonus for Palm Bayers especially toward the end of the Month is that there is always people getting thrown out of their house so more good deals to be had.
Talking to a lot of folks having these garage sales a common story always seems to come up. The Jamaican or Haitian women who frequent these sales. I have seen them myself and have experienced their little show. Here's how it goes: They pull up to your house and stroll up your driveway and proceed to any clothing and shoes you may have. They will rummage through the clothes asking prices even if the price is clearly marked. Next they will pick up a giant arm load of clothes and tell you that they will give you a dollar fitty for it all. You will say no that is eight bucks, No No they will say one dollar fitty cents Mon. No but I will let you have it for seven dollars. No I will give you one dollar fitty cents. Now at this point a lot of the nice people of Palm Bay start feeling sorry for the lady and let her have the damn clothes for a buck fifty. They think shes a poor woman looking to clothe her family etc. But refuse their offer and it gets funny. I have heard people say I will throw the crap out or give it to CITA or GoodWill before I will let you have it, because they are so persistent. They will keep saying no no I give you one doallar fitty cents. Some times they will give up and mosey on back to their car and walk back to you with a five and two ones. There are so many people that this has happened to and some great stories if you have one please comment and share.
You see what these ladies are doing is buying those items and selling and sending back home for a profit and that's all fine and dandy Mon.
OMG! This is so true of the Haitians! I lived in Palm Bay for 18 years-and am now in Orlando-but it's the same with the Haitians and yard sales. They want you to give your stuff away-no matter how low of an asking price (25 CENTS per item!)which in some cases would be fine-but they are RUDE! Hello-after one too many dealings with these "ladies"-I too, choose to give my things to the Goodwill.
ReplyDeleteHave a garage sale. Let me know how it goes for you. Also, tell me who gave you a harder time. And let me know if you’ll be doing it again.
DeleteApparently you have little to occupy your time.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest volunteer work or a hobby.
It's unfortunate you seem so troubled by the community around you. Other than passing judgement on everyone else what have you done successfully to address your issues?
Besides whine and complain on the internet?
I just had to move to palm bay and had a yard sale- and this is SO true!! They tried to bargain everything for next to nothing- and I did give in at first- but then it started pissing me off. I would rather throw it away.
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ReplyDeleteAnd what would you suggest, post yard sale signs with "NO HAITIANS" written on them?
I, too, see this at every single yard sale I have had here in Orlando. I've even agreed to a lower price (after some degree of haggling) and had these people turn around and grab another armload of clothes thinking that they could include them at the same price. Yeah, not happening.
After 14 years of dealing with this, it does get old. People need to vent. So what?
Apparently you have too little to occupy YOUR time.
The Haitians have made me cry at yard sales that I had. At the end of my day they come in with eight Haitians trying to distract me while the other ones were stealing stuff. They get armfuls of clothes and you give him a deal then they put all the clothes on the floor won't put them back and say they want another discount after I already gave him one of the first place. They will gang up on you. One time I was giving giving out items for free one Haitian took my b i n s and all the free clothing that we had they didn't care what we had. I saw her filler truck up with the goods and I took everything out of her van and put it back. They are horrible. I tried ask them to leave sometimes they don't they don't understand you that's what they say. All Haitians should be banned from yard sales!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Haitians have made me cry at yard sales that I had. At the end of my day they come in with eight Haitians trying to distract me while the other ones were stealing stuff. They get armfuls of clothes and you give him a deal then they put all the clothes on the floor won't put them back and say they want another discount after I already gave him one of the first place. They will gang up on you. One time I was giving giving out items for free one Haitian took my b i n s and all the free clothing that we had they didn't care what we had. I saw her filler truck up with the goods and I took everything out of her van and put it back. They are horrible. I tried ask them to leave sometimes they don't they don't understand you that's what they say. All Haitians should be banned from yard sales!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Haitians have made me cry at yard sales that I had. At the end of my day they come in with eight Haitians trying to distract me while the other ones were stealing stuff. They get armfuls of clothes and you give him a deal then they put all the clothes on the floor won't put them back and say they want another discount after I already gave him one of the first place. They will gang up on you. One time I was giving giving out items for free one Haitian took my b i n s and all the free clothing that we had they didn't care what we had. I saw her filler truck up with the goods and I took everything out of her van and put it back. They are horrible. I tried ask them to leave sometimes they don't they don't understand you that's what they say. All Haitians should be banned from yard sales!!!
ReplyDeleteI live in the orlando area and this happens all the time. Every time I have a yard sale, and my prices are dirt cheap they come in truckloads and try to get everything for 25 cents. If more people would stick to their price and not let them intimidate you this would be less of a problem. It obviously works for them because most of them use this practice. I have asked them to leave my sale and get off of my property because of their rude and persistent attitude. I would never go to someones house and act the way these people do. If you don't like the price leave and find it somewhere else. You can't pick up clothes for 50 cents a piece at any Goodwill, Thrift Shop, or Salvation Army Store, so if this is what people have priced their clothes at pay it or leave. I too would rather post it on Craigslist or Nextdoor for free than deal with these rude people. I usually am not rude to anyone but these people have irritated me so much that it usually goes there which I am not proud of but it is what it is.
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ReplyDeleteThe Haitians are very rude!! I was selling a brand new $80 baby stroller only used once for $30 dollars, these Haitian ladies tried offering me $15 dollars, and would not take no for an answer. FINALLY, i said $20,(just to get them to leave) after haggling back and forth, they agreed to $20. Here comes the kicker, they wanted me to deliver it, because they had no room in their car...lol, i kept telling them NO. "They are bullies!" my husband was furious at them, he grabbed the $20 and gave it back to them, then took the stroller away from them and told them to leave the property. We have a secret to share, they always say, they are sending the items back to their country because they are very poor their, what they really do is sell their items for much more to their people back home (they rip off their own) We tell them, "oh how terrible, let me help.I will give you a discount only if I mail the Items to your people, give me the addresses and we will be glad to send the items. They said, no no and they walk away or they pay full price. If they can play shady, so can I.
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