I second the question about whether you asked if they would come down on the price of the first two.

Where I live there are antique shops owned and stocked by one person (these are rare and/or generally very small shops) and those that are stocked by many dealers who rent booth space to sell their wares.

The singularly owned shops are the ones that I've had the best success with making deals.

On the larger shops, the person helping me is almost never the actual owner of the items. Most often then, they have no authority to deal and many make it clear that they could care less. The price is the price. Still, I always ask.

I'm way past the starry eyed mouth drooling "Gasp, a razor!!!" mindset I was in when I first started. Back then, when I didn't know what to look for (chips, cracks, warped scales, pitting at the edge, etc) I paid more for and bought razors that I shouldn't have. So.......now most visits I make to shops are a bust since I pass on most things and find very little of value.

But, then there are the wins, so that keeps me going.

Chris L