OT Indiana Counterfeiter donates cards to Goodwill?

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

Kind of OT, but related to Goodwill:
I once walked in there looking for furniture to stage an investment property, and I found a stack of 12 leather AUTHENTIC Herman Miller side chairs with a $15 price tag for the stack. Unfortunately, it said "SOLD," and even though I tried to offer $100 for the stack, the manager wouldn't let me buy them. (Probably the right move, but man, was I unnerved about seeing 10 $250 chairs being sold for $15.)

Bottom line, I WISH that folks at Goodwill would have some basic knowledge of key collectible brand names (like Herman Miller) as it would help their cause, but it's just not reasonable to expect given the volume of stuff they process.

man if they were worth 2500...im sure if you offered 1500 they would of reconsidered it..or I would give them more props than just turning down 100

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

man if they were worth 2500...im sure if you offered 1500 they would of reconsidered it..or I would give them more props than just turning down 100

Maybe. I'm just not in the business of flipping chairs, so a $1500 cash investment didn't cross my mind at the time. Also didn't know the value in the moment - researched that later. I just knew they were worth more than $1.25/piece. Oh well.

[slidekellyslide]

Looks like they ended the auction yesterday. Wonder what happened?

[Cozumeleno]

Back up now and listed that they are believed to be reprints. Kudos to Goodwill for that.

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Looks like they ended the auction yesterday. Wonder what happened?