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I just came across these for sale in E-bay. Would you buy this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5566772697&rd=1

And if you have any hot wheels laying around, you might want to check them out.     

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1172&item=6951960863&rd=1                                                                                        

Kevin

1st Item: I can't believe the weirdo stuff people put on Ebay - even more psychotic are the ones who bid on this crap...

2nd Item: Thats an INCREDIBLE price for a Hot Wheels car! I sold a prototype Mercedes 280SL "Gullwing" doored Hot Wheels car with plastic black bottom for $800 about 5 years ago & I thought I did well. I had a friend who's dad worked for Mattel development in Metuchen NJ back in the late 1960's & I used to get these "oddities" as birthday gifts.

Cool stuff Kevin!

Marty

Kevin & Marty

I've done some selling on Ebay as well and its amazing that prices you can get for some items.  It really pays to keep up with the markets (toy, antiques, etc.) with what's hot because if you have any of the stuff and don't have any sentimental attachment to it, you can make some good money on it. 

An example was Martha Stewarts show which always had pictures of her Jade glass collection on the shelves, and, after that, you couldn't touch the stuff....which was a little gold mine if you had any of the stuff, which we did and made out very well on it.  Prior to her show, you practically couldn't give the stuff away.  What's tough is you never really know what is going to be hot and if you buy up the wrong stuff, you can get stuck with lots of ugly, useless stuff...

I wonder if the IRS ever got their clutches into Ebay regarding sales taxes?  I know a few years ago they were working on it but I don't know what the laws are anymore as its been a few years since I've sold on there. 

Paula

Drat! If I had known all those under-the-bed dwelling monsters were valuable I would have set out live traps for them. Instead I put out poison, like carrots and brussel sprouts, and wiped the poor devils out.

 All that extra cash from kids, nephews, cousins, brothers and sisters' monsters, all buried in the back yard.

My wifes nephew used to manage a toy store and he was collecting hot wheels as the new ones came out.

About 2 months ago he sold one for...$2000. Unreal.

We call our little piece of heaven here, The Emerald Acre. I think I'll sell bags of sod on E-bay from the

 Emerald Acre. Yeah, thats the ticket!
                                                                                                 Kevin

Geeze, if I only still had all my Hot Wheels from the late 60's, damn.

The Monster story was on the news here in Philly.  The monster kept trashing the girls room but no longer does.  It was the daughter (about 5 years old) that told her mom to sell it on e-bay.  When the story was broadcast, the current bids were only about $375, and although the mom was in disbelief, she said she was most happy that the monster was no longer trashing the room.

Walt wrote:

Hi Walt. I just checked and it's up to............$6,600. With 1 day and 4hrs to go. Unreal.

                                                                                                                                Kevin

Vangellis wrote:
I don't get it? I mean, are there really people ingorant enought to pay that kind of money for a baggy?

Marshall:
The only way I would pay that much for a baggy,
it would have to have A LOT and I mean a LOT of premo brown leafy substance!

Wow Kevin!,

$6600...Go ahead monster and trash the place...I'll hire a maid!

Walt