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Furniture, appliances may be unusual, imperfect or bizarre
by Merceda Ares Kansan staff writer
In the corner of the dimly lit store a Pee-Wee Herman doll sits in an ice cup on top of a black plastic table. A silver tea-serving set rests amid suitcases and a baby carriage. Lamps of every shape and size hang from the ceiling.
All these items are found at Everything But Ice, 616 Vermont St. Everything from beds to home appliances can be found at Everything But Ice and two other Lawrence bargain markets, Merckling's and Freeman's Used Furniture and Appliance Center.
Sam Pepple, owner of Everything But Ice, said that he stocked his store with damaged merchandise.
"And that can run from anything to anything," he said.
anything, he said that many of the items had sustained only minor damage. For instance, the talking Pee-Wee Herman Doll is in good condition except that his words are scrambled and hard to understand.
A room in the back of the store is piled to the ceiling with sale items, but People said he had no trouble selling them. He usually prices his items one-half off the regular store cost.
Every ten days, a tractor-trailer full of merchandise arrives to update the selection of goods.
cost:
"We have a large clientele that comes in regularly to see what new things we've gotten in," he said.
ings we've gotten in, he said.
John Merckling, owner of Merck
Estate sales are usually held when people are moving into a retirement home or have died. Merckling said that quality items could be bought at
ling's, another used furniture store, said that the merchandise in his store was mainly bought from estate sales.
"The things they sell here come from their home and are not things they necessarily think about selling," he said.
Merckling said that his prices were usually marked up 15 to 20 percent from the price he had paid for them.
"We don't go by the guy next door," he said. "I don't care if they have it priced at $50 and we have it marked $100."
married 1940.
Several of the items in Merckling's, 1025 Massachusetts St., are antiques.
antiques.
At the front of the store, an early 1900s King Arthur-style cabinet stands beside a Victorian chair.
Merckling said that a number of KU students also came in. He said that even though they were looking for durable items, they also had an interest in antiques.
for hiljques.
"I'd rather do that than go to Weaver's," she said. "I like the atmosphere in these stores."
status besides
Charlotte Wilks, a customer in
Merckling's, said she liked browsing
for antiques.
Doug Nairn, owner and operator of Freeman's Used Furniture and Appliance Center, 1145 Pennsylvania St., repairs a table to be sold in his store.
Freeman's Used Furniture and Appliance store. 1145 Pennsylvania St.. has been at that location for 19 years. Dong and Sheree Nairn bought it. Dong and Sheree's parents last March.
A huge delivery truck sits outside the store.
the store.
Inside the store, stacks of coffee tables, chairs and desks form pathways for customers to walk. A 75-cent picture of a black Scottish terrier dangles below a portable refrigerator. A menu board like one you would find in a restaurant displays the special of the day, "chair and couch — only $69."
to them.
Occasionally, she and her husband repair the items they receive. She said they based their prices on the condition and appearance of the goods.
Sherree Nairn said that they obtained most of their merchandise from people who came in and sold it to them.
foods.
"If we can't make a profit, we don't
buv it." Nairn said.
Doug Nairn said that the busiest sale time was in August when a lot of students were coming back
Recently, the Nairns have tried a new selling technique. They have been advertising a special monthly sale in a telephone service, the Woodward Directory. Persons dial the special phone number of Freeman's special code, 2112, to hear a recording of the special.
Dwayne Stanford, 1420 New Jersey St., was in the store searching for a couch and chair. He sat down on a brown striped couch.
"It's not bad, pretty good quality." he said. "I'm coming back here with my checkbook to put a down payment on it."
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