Monday, December 17th, was a very slow day for Andrea and I. We had to leave the auction earlier due to an oversight that was completely my fault. If you must know, and I know deep down you really want to, plus I could never leave you wondering 'what on Earth did he do?!?!', I forgot to pack diapers for my son. Anyway, we walked out after being there about an hour with two items, both of which were Andrea's purchases.
The first thing she bought was a doll. I mean, it wasn't just any doll, it was Barbie's kid sister, Skipper.
Skipper was released in 1964 as Barbie's little sister. Mattel introduced her so that Barbie would 'have kids' without ever being pregnant. It was the 1960's, so having a child without being married would have sent the wrong message to little girls. It truly is fun learning about this kind of stuff. Just seeing the effect that society has on the release of certain toys is amazing.
I always like when there is a good story to go along with how we win our items. Unfortunately, there is no story here. Andrea bid $10 and won her. Follow her on eBay:
Skipper
This next item is a little out of our realm of expertise. One booth had a stack of about a dozen XBox 360 games. We are not out of the loop by any means and we know about all the popular titles of games. In this stack was Call of Duty, Lego Batman, and Final Fantasy XI. Well, while Andrea was bidding on Skipper I ended up winning:
I really don't have a wonderful history lesson for you here except that Final Fantasy has been a major title in gaming since I was a kid.
Now I actually have a small story here. As I figured, the consigner decided to choice out the games. The bid started at $5 which is a decent opener for games like this on a Monday night. The bid stalled at $8 and I had to roll my eyes as I saw the high bidder. Laura. I bump heads with this woman ALL the time. Here's the deal though, she HATES losing, and she hates losing to me even more. Well, I ran her up to $14 and let her take first choice. She ended up taking Call of Duty and Lego Batman. My gamble had payed off. While she took two titles of note she still payed almost what they sell for online AND left me the gem. The best title there! When bidding started again I won the bid at $5. So, to recap, not only did I pick up what I think is the best game on the table, I pay way less than what I was willing to. Well, lets see if my gamble truly did pay off:
Final Fantasy
I told everyone in my last post that Andrea and I attended a special Thursday night auction on December 20th. While I haven't caught completely up due to the holidays, I did list three items from that auction, two of which are the same thing. This right here:
What? Who uses walkie talkies anymore? We have smart phones and texting. This is why it pays to have a secret weapon. Andrea(once again) said these were good. I mean, when I visit my dad on Drummond Island, my cellphone is worthless. I believed her, and we bought a boxlot that contained these two two-way radios for $16. There was a lot of other stuff with them so I can't wait to see what the grand total will be, but you can follow these here and here.
Every week I learn that you have to branch out. You have to be open to other things. If you stick with only one product, such as toys, you limit yourself. In other words, you have to Keep Your Eyes Open!
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