Fool me once, Bagel me twice

Gary pushed through the crowded street to find the little bagel shop that was sandwiched between an office building and an empty storefront. A tall slinky looking man stood to the side of the empty building with a box of curios, which included an old deck of cards wrapped up in a dirty green rubber-band, a small hand-carved elephant made of some sort of pallet wood more than likely, and assorted sunglasses, glasses, and miscellaneous. The tall man was hunched slightly with his knees also bent, giving the impression that he was ready to jump at any minute. Roughly penciled in the side of the small box were the words, “please make offer”.
Gary walked past the tall man slowly, eyeing his wares for something he could reason himself into buying. Before coming to the entrance to the bagel shop, he stopped, turned, and returned to the tall man who was now cradling the small box in his arms. “I’ll give you a dollar for the elephant”, Gary offered to the tall man.
The tall man picked up the small carved elephant, turning it over in his large hand as if he was inspecting the wooden figure for the first time. “This is surely worth much more than a dollar friend, how about giving me ten dollars for it?”
“Ten dollars, it is made out of some cheap wood and the carving really isn’t that good, that seems like a steep price to pay for something I really don’t need.”
“Then why did you make an offer on the item?” asked the tall man.
“Look sir, I just want to help you out.”
“I appreciate your concern sir, but I really want to get a good price for these items, it means a lot to me”, exclaimed the tall man.
“Okay, here’s ten dollars for the elephant, at least it’s going to a good cause.”
“Thank you so much kind sir, it surely is going to a good cause, I plan on giving all my sales proceeds to the Salvation Army.”
“Well, I uh, I thought the money was for you, you seem to need it, standing here on the street and all”, Gary said rather confused as he slid the small elephant into his jacket pocket.
“Oh no good sir, I don’t need the money, these are unclaimed items that my customers have left in my bagel store throughout the years, I thought I would try to get a few bucks for them instead of throwing them out”, the tall man exclaimed, “besides it is a nice day to stand out and breath some fresh air and stretch out a bit, I get a kink in my back from stooping over that baking counter all day.”
“Ha, yes, what a good idea”, Gary laughed, “maybe you could spare a couple of bucks, I seem to have spent my bagel money on a carved elephant.”