What would you do? A lil help..

[Beachkid23]

Last Friday I was at a thrift store and I overheard this lady saying she was going to have a yard sale. She was going to have it this coming weekend and she was going to be selling a lot of her jewelry and her mothers jewelry as well. So I asked her if I can come take a look at it ahead of time. I gave her one of my cards. She gave me her phone number and her address. She said she would call me or for me to call her if I had not heard from her so I could come over to her house. I called her today and the phone number she gave me said it was disconnected.

I have her address so what should I do? Is it rude if I go knock on her door tomorrow and say I tried calling you but the phone didn't go through maybe the number was wrong? I really don't want to wait to the morning of the sale! Or should I wait until like Wednesday and if I don't hear from her then go to her house then?

 

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[cfdfire]

Nothing ventured nothing gained.Stop over to say hello, give it a shot

 

[huntsman53]

Yep, stop in tomorrow or Wednesday and tell her that you called but the phone number she gave said that it was disconnected and that you were concerned! She may have given you the wrong phone number but might be having money problems, thus the disconnected phone number and the reason for selling her' jewelry.


Frank

 

[Beachkid23]

Thanks. I think I'm going to take my 4 yr old daughter. The lady is old enough to be a grandma so I'm thinking with her by my side if she comes to the door she'll feel a lot more relaxed just in case she doesn't recognize who I am right away.

 

[kcm]

I agree. If the woman gave you a phone number and asked you to call if she didn't call you, then by all means accept the invite.

But I like the idea of bringing your daughter along!

 

[Drmad7]

So...?

 

[Beachkid23]

I went back. No one home. Waited around for 10 minutes down the road and no one came so I made a note and one of my cards and stuck it in her mailbox.

Her daughter called me back today and we talked for little while. She said that she was OK with me coming to the house and meeting with her mom to discuss her jewelry. About selling it . She mentioned that her mom was 90 years old and she's looking to start getting rid of some things so she would probably enjoy me being there. Which I told her that I appreciate you offering her phone number however if she's getting ready to sell some things I would like to just have your phone number and have you contact me directly that way I can meet you and we can do this together. Only reason being I don't want any backlash from family or anything like that. I feel like if I can gain the trust of her mother and I can gain the trust of her then there's not anything I have to be worried about. I don't want to be the type of person that takes advantage of somebody because they're old. so with her daughter being there then we can discuss the best options of what to do with her items. I guess the daughter is an only child so she would be getting everything in the house but she said she does not want to be stuck with it all and really wants to liquidate now instead of down the road. She said August 5 they are having a sale so she wants me to get in there next week.

 

[Junk_Puppet]

I had a woman give me a bogus number once. On a bar napkin. But no address. lol