Posted 5:16 PM by Bonnie

Yard sale you wouldn't believe! I belong to a group called TOPS. We are a non-profit weight-loss support group. We have various events which must be paid for, so each of us in our group has hosted a yard sale. Well, mine was August 5th and 6th. I am still chuckling over the events that turned it from a simple yard sale into something not to be believed.

Friday was a beautiful day. We had everything out and while sales weren't brisk, we were selling. Then two vans pulled up and 3 black women got out of each van. Acting as if they didn't know each other they separated those of us watching the sale by asking questions about various items and distracting our attention from the other women. When they left they had purchased a 50 cent item. But, after they were gone we noticed a beautiful dress one had been looking at and at least half the jewelry was gone! Yep, they ripped us off at a yard sale! How low is that?

Then another buyer purchased a TV after being told without cable it would only get 5 or 6 channels, but the woman wanted it and the person who had brought it again told her it wouldn't pick up more than those few channels.

Thus ended Friday.

Saturday started off okay, but we weren't set up very long when it started to rain. Well, it wasn't a hard rain so we moved all the tables under the tree and that helped. Then the woman with the TV returned to bring it back stating it didn't work. When asked couldn't she get anything on it she said, yes, but only 5 or 6 channels. It wouldn't pick up the cable channels. Do you have cable in your home? she was asked. No, but this wouldn't pick up the cable. Okay, time for a duh!!! moment. So, she made a fuss and we returned her money.

Now, it started to rain with a vengence so we packed everything up and put some back in my shed to take to a thrift store and took the rest to the place we would hold the next yard sale. No sooner did it stop raining when a man pulled in and demanded to know where the yard sale was. Soaking wet I explained we had been rained out. He said, well, it aint raining now and you advertised it so where is it. I looked at him with amazement...another duh moment please... we were rained out... I'm soaked. The sale is over. He finally leaves.

The women return for another load and another car pulls up and this time the woman demands we set everything back up for her because it isn't raining now and the ad said until 2 pm. We couldn't believe it but explained it would not go back up. Within minutes it was pouring again.

You gotta love the south!! And some of my friends here think northerners are rude because we're honest about our opinions and feelings and don't sugar coat things with sweeties and pretending we like someone only to snipe behind their backs. Yep, even in the south, sweeties, they can be downright nasty.

The funniest part is one of the women had to leave to go to school on Saturday, and when she returned after the rain, to help put things away she asked if we had made money that day and I looked at her and said, no, actually we lost money today.

What a hoot!! And after all that I can still say we had fun. We had some good laughs and it was time spent with good friends. When I told my mother all about it she was laughing so hard and asked if I thought they would ever let me have another yard sale here. Probably not!!