It's no big secret. Longtime readers, friends, and rival shoppers all know my preferred M.O. It takes some cojones, but it's oh-so-empowering to utter the phrase: "What if I buy them all?"
Last weekend, at the DC Big Flea, I wore out the phrase! FOUR TIMES, I bought ALL of something a dealer was proferring.
The above photo is my ab-fab experience, especially since it's a two-fer on so many levels. Firstly, you may not have noticed, but those are mini type-tray organizers that Mr. Type (aka Typecrafter) repurposes from old type trays. He only had 5 left, and all were reasonably priced. And don't get me going on the baby shoes. That actually leads into my second M.O. tip, which I'll save for a later post. Suffice it to say that I bought them all.
Some deals, however, are just too good to pass up. A box of chippy corbels? Mine too.
And then—I don't know why—I espied all these hotel keys (to a semi-local hot-spot ski resort) from one of my favorite dealers. He had about 15 of them out, so I bit: how much for all of them? His response was $300! Turns out he had hundreds of them, but even I won't buy all of something that I'm not sure about.
Seriously, when you see a quantity of something goooood, buy them all, and don't be afraid to ask my patented question.
