over-pricing

So there was an estate sale in Country Club today. #104. Huge house, 3 floors of stuff. Except it was WAY over-priced. Which brings me to my topic for today. People, if you are going to have a yard sale, price it cheaply please! If your stuff is that valuable you have to put a 4 dollar price tag on used shoes, then just keep the darn shoes! (It is a well-known fact at this point, how very miserly and painfully cheap I am, right? I don't need to keep reminding our 4 followers. I will not pay over a quarter for shoes. Pathetic, I know.)
So anyway, this estate sale was wicked pricey. Shells for $6! A neat giant clam shell that I would love to get for my boys-$25! Come on! You expect estate sales run by professionals (this one was) to be pricier than an amateur one, but seriously. I may have to run by tomorrow since everything will be half price, but the only thing that struck my fancy was this awesome retor 60s sectional sofa with spindle legs. With a reuphosltery job, it would look so freakin' awesome, but the price tag was 225.00 today. I don't even want to spend half that on it.
I did stop at St. Henry's craft/yard sale today. I didn't see any crafts. Nancy said Thurs. at the O'Fallon thrift stores (I scored 2 $2 mini windows and a $4 old medicine cabinet-wooden. She even takes a military discount!) that if Samantha, her and myself want to exchange Christmas gifts, we have to keep it under a dollar. So she found something for me on Thurs. and I found something for today. Now....whatever shall I find for Samantha?
I think we are going to try Cherokee Row soon. I would also like to hit St. Louis thrift stores. Samantha and Nancy did one day last week. We have to get our shopping fixes some how! Samantha said she got good stuff when she went. She even found a great old (but in great condition) sled for Dylan for Christmas for $15!