Thu, Oct 23, 2003, 4:51am (EDT+4) [email protected]
(Mark=A0Jerde) says:
I wonder what he got with $860...
I wonder about you looking up Beanie Babies.
JOAT
Make my shorts. Eat my day.
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 23 Oct 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 02:29:55 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>All true, but OTOH everybody knows that stuff might have value some day, so
>the chances that anything ever will are much diminished. Anything new, I
>mean. That ship has sailed already, and if you didn't stick your stuff in
>the closet 20 years ago, all you can do is sigh.
That's not necessarily true. Even new toys can go for ridiculous
amounts. Remember the Tickle Me Elmos? There have been a couple
examples in the last couple years where toys that were produced in low
numbers went for ridiculous amounts of money while they were still in
production.
Further, there will always be people who want to relive their youth
and will be looking for toys that they had when they were younger.
Even with today's higher production numbers and more people
collecting, in 20 years, who knows what will still exist? There are
Star Wars action figures that are ridiculously expensive today, even
the ones that were only released a few years ago, simply because the
supply cannot keep up with the demand.
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:08:56 -0400, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Thing is, it was the same deal with all my Star Wars stuff. I could sell it
>for a lot of money if I had never played with it, but I played with it
>hard, and I used it up. So what? I'm not trying to compensate for that by
>buying new Star Wars stuff and keeping it hermetically sealed.
While some people certainly do go overboard with it, adult collectors
of toys and memorabilia are very particular about their purchase and
are willing to put money into quality items.
My wife, quite a few years ago, worked in a toy store and picked up a
lot of discontinued toys, still in original box, out of the bargain
bin for about $1 each. Go forward a couple years and we sold those
toys on eBay for over $1000 each, just because nobody had thought they
might be worth anything in the future. I wish we had known and bought
up a lot more toys, we'd be rich today.
Bruce Adams wrote:
> Thanks Mark, that was a great laugh!
>> I wonder what he got with $860...
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/pxft
News servers are dropping posts, even between two of them, so I'm glad I
caught the URL in some of the replies.
I laughed my ass off. SWMBO and I are pretty happily married, but if we
ever do get divorced, her stupid Barbie dolls are history.
Why the hell does anyone pay $50-100 for a toy that can never, ever be taken
out of the box? Why can't our little girl *play* with these damn things?
It's really screwed up. When I met Renee, we both agreed how stupid the
whole Barbie phenomenon was. We used to have a good time making fun of
Barbie, and of Barbie collectors.
Then she changed the rules. Her mother started collecting them, and got
*her* started collecting them. She has all these messed up dolls (heads
and arms, mostly) from when she was a kid, and she's trying to make up for
that by perfectly preserving these new ones in a hermetically sealed box.
She got all wistful for her girlhood and stuff or something.
Thing is, it was the same deal with all my Star Wars stuff. I could sell it
for a lot of money if I had never played with it, but I played with it
hard, and I used it up. So what? I'm not trying to compensate for that by
buying new Star Wars stuff and keeping it hermetically sealed.
I did actually buy some Star Wars stuff. I went through a little bit of
that wistful yearing for simpler times myself, but the difference is that
when he was old enough to take an interest, I gave it all to my son. To
*play* with. Even a vintage X-Wing in like-new condition. What the hell,
they're TOYS!!
The best "beanie baby" in the world is a little brown dog-shaped thing named
Sugar. My daughter carries it around all the time. That's worth more than
any of those stupid little untouchable collectibles.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Hello there,
> http://tinyurl.com/pxft
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3146042998&category=49038#ebayphotohosting
That is quite funny.
Thanks,
David.
Every neighbourhood has one, in mine, I'm him.
Remove the "splinter" from my email address to email me.
Newbies, please read this newsgroups FAQ.
rec.ww FAQ http://www.robson.org/woodfaq/
Archives http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
Crowbar FAQ http://www.klownhammer.org/crowbar
Fri, Oct 24, 2003, 12:53pm (EDT+4) [email protected]
(Mark=A0Jerde) claims:
Not guilty, your honor. <g> I stumbled on the link in another newsgroup.
Now me, I'd of lied right up front, and claimed someone sent me the
link - preferably someone female.
JOAT
Make my shorts. Eat my day.
Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 23 Oct 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 00:46:12 +0000, Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> scribbled
>On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 04:46:15 GMT, Brian Henderson
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>My wife, quite a few years ago, worked in a toy store and picked up a
>>lot of discontinued toys, still in original box, out of the bargain
>>bin for about $1 each.
>
>OK, here's a gloat. As a kid ('70s), I bought a Muffin the Mule
>puppet at a school Bring & Buy sale for about 20p, thinking that one
>day someone would pay decent money for it.
>
>Couple of months back, I eBayed it for nearly £500
Not bad, 29.8% annual rate of return on your investment, compared to a
7.5% average annual inflation rate in the UK from 1973 to 2002. 20.7%
real annual return on your investment. Not bad at all. :-)
Luigi
Replace "no" with "yk" twice
in reply address for real email address
All I can say is U F R !
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:39:01 -0400, "Bruce Adams"
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky
depths:
>Thanks Mark, that was a great laugh!
>
>Mark Jerde <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I wonder what he got with $860...
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/pxft
>>
>>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3146042998&category=49038
>#ebayphotohosting
>>
>> -- Mark
>>
>>
>
----------------------------------------------------------
* Michelangelo would have made ** Website Programming
* better time with a roller. ** http://diversify.com
----------------------------------------------------------
Brian Henderson wrote:
> bin for about $1 each. Go forward a couple years and we sold those
> toys on eBay for over $1000 each, just because nobody had thought they
> might be worth anything in the future. I wish we had known and bought
> up a lot more toys, we'd be rich today.
All true, but OTOH everybody knows that stuff might have value some day, so
the chances that anything ever will are much diminished. Anything new, I
mean. That ship has sailed already, and if you didn't stick your stuff in
the closet 20 years ago, all you can do is sigh.
Everybody I know stashes everything they buy in the closet in case it's
worth $1,000 some day. Maybe I'm the smart one. Maybe 20 years from now
the prime thing to buy will be toys that have actually been touched by the
hands of a child. :)
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 04:46:15 GMT, Brian Henderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>My wife, quite a few years ago, worked in a toy store and picked up a
>lot of discontinued toys, still in original box, out of the bargain
>bin for about $1 each.
OK, here's a gloat. As a kid ('70s), I bought a Muffin the Mule
puppet at a school Bring & Buy sale for about 20p, thinking that one
day someone would pay decent money for it.
Couple of months back, I eBayed it for nearly £500
--
Die Gotterspammerung - Junkmail of the Gods
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:44:05 -0400 (EDT), [email protected]
(T.) wrote:
>I wonder what he got with $860...
>
> I wonder about you looking up Beanie Babies.
If there's a sale like that, I'm off to search for Beanie Baby
auctions and see if I can find the matching "My damn husband ran off.
Now who'll give me a few bucks for these Bedrock things, so I can
afford Humphrey the camel" sale !
--
Die Gotterspammerung - Junkmail of the Gods
Thanks Mark, that was a great laugh!
Mark Jerde <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I wonder what he got with $860...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/pxft
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3146042998&category=49038
#ebayphotohosting
>
> -- Mark
>
>