Have you ever had someone break something valuable of yours and somehow have an attitude when you ask them to replace it or pay you back its full price?
One woman found out she bought a vase worth thousands of dollars for only 40 dollars at an estate sale. When her boyfriend’s young son broke it, he refused to pay her its entire value.
She’s 23 years old and loves to shop and decorate her home with things she finds at estate sales.
“I’ve been able to find amazing things for a cheap price,” she said.
“I love to decorate my condo with the things I buy and make sure all my extremely expensive things are kept safe in a storage unit. Once I buy a house in the next upcoming years is when I will bring them out. I went to an estate sale this summer and bought mostly clothes and also a beautiful vase.”
She bought the vase for only $40 and put it up in her home. Then, another friend of hers, who is a collector, noticed the vase and said it looked like an expensive vintage vase. So, she went to get it appraised and found out it was worth $3,500.
Since then, she’s kept the vase on her bookshelf, although she usually would put something that valuable in her storage unit.
Now, she regrets not putting it away sooner.
A few nights ago, her 30-year-old boyfriend went over to her house and brought his 10-year-old son, who mostly lives with his mom, at the last minute because she just had a baby.
“I didn’t mind since his son is nice and has never damaged anything of mine,” she explained.
“When his dad and I were cooking in the kitchen, he was watching TV in my living room. All of a sudden, I hear a crash and we run into my living room to see my new vase shattered. His son started crying, saying he wanted to see a book I had on my bookshelf, saw the vase and thought it looked cool and ‘touched it,’ and it fell.”
Her boyfriend comforted his son, and while she was very upset, she kept her composure and said everything was okay. Later, her boyfriend talked to her about wanting to repay her for the vase. When she told him it was $3,500, he was confused since she then told him she originally bought it for $40.
“He told me he would pay me the $40, and I said absolutely not,” she recalled.
“Just because the woman that sold me it didn’t know its true price doesn’t mean I don’t. And, if I ever sold it, I would charge its appraisal worth. So, he needs to pay me back the appraised price.”
Plus, her boyfriend makes $600,000 more than she does annually, so she knows he’s not hurting for money. She insisted that since his son broke the $3,500 vase, she should get back $3,500.
Her boyfriend eventually gave her the money, but he’s been unhappy with her ever since.
Should she feel bad for demanding the full price of the vase?
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