man, they wouldn’t have run through her mind. People were kind of like
that. Often, the niceness or their kindness completely erased their physical
image or made them inherently likeable and beautiful.
“We’ve had good traffic, at least these past couple weeks,” Romi said in a
small voice, trying to appease the grouchy bear pacing around in front of
her.
Wade’s area was huge. It took up a quarter of the third floor, probably
around eight hundred square feet. She had no doubt that he paid a higher
commission to have that much space. He’d filled it up with many antique
treasures, AKA partly junk, partly battered up items, and a sparse few were
actually in decent condition—all of which he wanted top dollar for. His
prices were astoundingly out of touch. Wade was currently pacing at a crazy
rate, eating up the old plank floor faster than Romi ever could, even with
her longer legs.
“Don’t know why I bother. Eats up a bunch of my time, coming here,
setting all this up, pricing everything. It’s hardly worth it. Don’t make more
than a couple hundred bucks a month and most of that goes to just being
here in this trashy place. Wouldn’t be surprised if it closed down soon, with
no one buying anything. What’s the point of having a building if no one
buys a damn thing? This ain’t how a business should be run. But then a
woman—”
“Um, I can assure you that Kiera does indeed know what she’s doing.”
Romi swallowed hard. “Our other vendors are actually doing quite well. I’ll
tell you plainly, since I’m sure you’re going to be angry with me for
whatever I have to say, so I’m not going to sugar coat it. It’s not us. It’s you.
Your prices are too high. Your things are middle of the road when it comes
r /> to quality, if that. People aren’t going to pay a ton of money for something
they could find at a thrift store for a tenth of the price. Some of our other
vendors have the same items for sale for a fraction of the price and they’re
in far better shape. That’s what’s going to sell. You’re overpricing and