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2. Just because it's at Goodwill, doesn't mean they know what something is worth. I've actually insisted that they take more for a Griswold cast iron skillet that they had priced at $5. It had to go as a donation, but that skillet priced at over $100 in my "Blue book". On the other hand, I've seen them price a treadle sewing machine, no slide plates, frozen, rusted, wood in terrible shape with the irons broken for $100....it was a parts machine at best, if there were enough parts left on it to salvage.
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I decided I didn't want it after all, so we didn't make an offer. I find that GOODWILL is willing to reduce the price of things when they really do not know the value of an object. I have offered less for some machines and offered more for others. I bought one 2 weeks ago and they were asking $40. The bobbin case was missing, the slide on the top was missing and the thread guide on top was hanging. I asked if they would take $20, because it was a brand I had never heard of and I had no idea if I could ever find parts. The manager said, "I can do better than that, how about $19.99." I said, "I'll take it." It is now sitting in my spare garage with 8 others, waiting to be worked on. Who knows if I can bring it back to life?
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