Bargain Hunting
Who on earth would donate a framed family portrait to Goodwill? Presumably the donor was at least reasonably well acquainted with the subjects of the picture. But why would they imagine that anyone else would be interested?
Why would a Goodwill staffer assign this family photo a price of $1.99? And on what criteria did they base this pricing? I suppose the quality of the frame has a certain value. Would they have charged more if the family were larger? Or if they were better-dressed or more attractive?* What if there were a baby in the portrait? How about a dog?
And finally, what kind of twisted, sick, demented weirdo would actually purchase a framed photo of some complete stranger's family??
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*Not that they aren't a perfectly lovely family, especially by 1988 standards.
posted by Beth @ 8:46 PM
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4 Comments:
People hunt for old family portraits from the 1900 era, proudly hanging these non-relatives on the walls of perfectly restored houses to give some period flair.
Your purchase may get more of a chuckle, but isn't any weirder in essence, is it?
Annie
Be careful where you hang that picture. They're watching you.
I had kind of thought about taking it to work and putting it on some random person's desk, neatly arranged among their own photos, and see how long it took them to notice.
And if we lived in my fantasy world, when they did, the scream would shake cubicle walls throughout the division:
"Good God! How did this picture get here?! I just took it to Goodwill last week!!!"
I love Goodwill and the like, but can honestly say I've never found anything like THIS at "my" stores. You're cracking me up!!! Thanks for the giggle.....
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