[Texasrocker]

We have a local "Antique Mall" here under 1 big roof in a huge metal bldg with no AC or heat. It is miserable shopping there just about anytime of yr because of the extreme inside temps except for late fall or early springtime. The owner of this huge, huge un-insulated metal bldg (barn) "rents" spaces to vendors to set-up many 10'x20' spaces and assigns them a "booth #". The actual-owners of the goods for sale are never there, period! The guy that runs the place has a comfortable small "insulated" office up front that he sits in and stays cool, or warm, while the shoppers "smelter or freeze" shopping there depending on the time of yr in the un-insulated part of the bldg. The owners job is to "call" via phone, the people (owners) that rent his booths, to submit "counter-offers" on the tagged prices on all items in the many separate booths he rents.
I have fun with that "junk-packrat", everytime I go there! On purpose!! I have him make as many calls to the owners of the separate booths rented as possible, for mdse Im not even interested in buying just to keep him busy, and "earn" abit of the easy- money he charges his booth-renters! He absolutely hates seeing me walk in there! Payback is "h**l", for overpriced junk, if you just know how to approach these type people!! If I see some item Im seriously interested in purchasing from any of those rented-booths, I hand write the owners a friendly-note, and leave the note in the owners booth for them to find whenever they come in to check their rented booths with my ph # on it, and description of item Im interested in! I get plenty calls-back from the owners of the items Im interested in, once they actually inspect their rented booth and find my note! There is always a way to eliminate the "middleman"!! I have purchased many vintage radios for less than 1/2 price of the actual-owners "tagged price", once I get to do business with the owners and meet them there in person with "cash-ola"!!