Picture this: you’re at Goodwill, minding your own business, when you stumble upon a hidden treasure. You decide to buy it, but little do you know, someone else had already ‘claimed’ it. Drama ensues, and you’re left wondering if you’re in the wrong. That’s exactly what happened to a 22-year-old woman who found a pretty marble statue hidden under a basket. She decided to buy it, but was soon confronted by an older woman who claimed she hid the statue for herself. ️
Discovering Hidden Treasure
Uh-Oh, It’s ‘Claimed’
To Buy or Not to Buy?
Taking Matters into Her Own Hands
Checking Out and Confrontation
The Statue Saga Continues ️
Defending Her Purchase
The ‘Claimed’ Excuse
Standing Her Ground ✊
The Cashier Weighs In
Husband Joins the Fray
Not Backing Down
Finalizing the Purchase
One Last Attempt
Walking Away ♀️
Parting Words
The Great Goodwill Statue Standoff: Who’s Right? ♀️
In a wild turn of events, our 22-year-old protagonist found herself in a heated confrontation with an older woman over a hidden marble statue at Goodwill. Despite the woman’s insistence that she had ‘claimed’ the statue by hiding it, the young woman stood her ground and purchased the item. The older couple followed her outside, hurling insults and expressing their disbelief. So, who’s in the right here? Was the young woman justified in buying the statue, or should she have respected the older woman’s ‘claim’? Let’s dive into the internet’s opinions on this dramatic situation…
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“NTA
You don’t get to hide things from other customers when you’re ‘deciding whether to buy it’. The entitled arrogance of the sort of person that thinks they can hide things in a shop to call dibs on them, and expect other people to respect that, is beyond belief.” – A showdown at Goodwill!
Carry it around, don’t hide it! Especially in thrift shops!
Conflicting motives: decoration or confrontation? NTA, enjoy it!
NTA. Proper ways to ‘claim’ an item while you’re still thinking about if you want it:
• Hold it in your hands
• put it in a cart
• put it in a basket
• take it to the register and say ‘I’d like to buy this item, could you hold it here for me?’
Hiding merchandise within, under, or behind other merchandise doesn’t constitute a valid claim, as someone else coming across it triggers their ability to invoke the age old rule of ‘finders keepers’.
“$200 and it’s yours” – A competitive thrift store encounter ️
Outrage over woman’s misunderstanding of shopping etiquette
Taking it and then giving it back would have been better
NTA, proud of you for being non-confrontational and maintaining integrity!
“My mom hides things in Goodwill to decide if she wants it. You’re not the a**hole! “
NTA. Bizarre situation, no moral right. Rude couple
Claiming items by hiding them in your cart? NTA!
People hiding library books for later creates unnecessary inconvenience
NTA: Commenter shares personal experience of a similar situation.
Neil mcbeal didn’t have dibs!
Claimed statue sparks outrage! NTA says lady who bought it.
No a**hole here. Dibs don’t apply to statues!
Eating the whole box to spite them?
Claimed statue sparks outrage, but is she really NTA?
♀️ Woman’s misunderstanding of store protocol sparks outrage
Finders, keepers! NTA sparks outrage with claimed statue purchase
NTA at thrift shop, handled situation better than expected
Claimed statue sparks outrage, but NTA says keep it!
Is this the legendary Navy Seal Neal McBeal?
