How much is this?
My sister and I went to Florida recently to help our parents downsize and move back to Michigan. One of the huge tasks that we faced was packing up all the things they would keep, and we also had to prepare for a garage sale to sell the rest. I will admit that in the 100 degree Florida heat, we were not diligent in pricing all the garage sale items. Because of our slothfulness, we heard this statement...A LOT... "How much is this?" The pat answer that soon followed this garage sale question became... "One Dollar!" We were so overwhelmed by the amount of stuff and the heat that we would have given the stuff away if we could have. ...well, we did give some things away. "Shhhhhh!" We were amazed as we watched people come and buy bunches of stuff that we thought no-one would want, yet it turned out that someone did value many of these items. This was the exchange we heard again and again... "How much is this?" "A dollar.&q