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Things you've bought on Ebay....

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by rockHEAD, Apr 8, 2001.

  1. fadeaway

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    I bought a phone call from a guy impersonating a dead fish on ebay a while back for around $20. I think it was a steal!

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  2. RocketMan Tex

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    I just bought a funky old promo poster for a Buddy Ace zydeco gig in Opalousas, Louisiana back in 1988. At the bottom of the poster, in big block letters, it says:

    THIS IS A B.Y.O.B. AFFAIR
    NO ICECHESTS PLEASE!

    It cost me a whopping nine bucks. It'll look funky cool framed and hanging in the kitchen of my new house!

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  3. Dr of Dunk

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    hehe. Thanks for the $20 bud. [​IMG]

    I still think that was one of the more hilarious things ever on eBay. [​IMG]

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  4. Vengeance

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    Woohoo!! I just made $52 [​IMG]

    MWUHAHAHAHA . . . I am the king of profit

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  5. haven

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    Vengeance: what did you sell?

    I'm sort of like Dr. Of Dunk... just vaguely uncomfortable with buying stuff at on-line auctions for some reason.. the lack of a contract scares me, I guess. I know that almost everyone has good luck with it... but I'm afraid of being that one, or something.

    Perhaps I'm worried about all the bad karma I've been wracking up [​IMG].

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  6. mr_oily

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    I usually buy 50's lamps made from old cactus type wood, with these great old western scenes on the lamp shades. I love nostalgic cactus postcards from the 50's and earlier. I've also sold a few plants (Agaves) and crap I buy thrift shopping for a tiny profit...for a 99 cent burger or something.

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  7. Johnny Rocket

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    I have bought a handful of stuff on Ebay. I have bought 3 rockets posters as well as a bunch of little rockets stuff. The best deal I got was spending $56 bucks on a Dallas Stars Bret Hull jersey brand new which I see in the stores for over $100. My best sale was a Carolina Hurricanes Pin I got at opening night for free and then I sold two of them for over $80 to an NHL pin collector in Europe.

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  8. TheFreak

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    I bought a vintage QUIET RIOT "Metal Health" baseball tee-shirt on there. Cool as hell. It doesn't fit me though, too small. I still plan on wearing it sometime, though.
     
  9. Johnny Rocket

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    Oh yea and I just picked up a rockets wall clock (kind of tacky but will fit in perfectly in my living room) for $15 bucks.

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  10. Vengeance

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    I sold a computer game called "System Shock". It was really, really amazing when it came out, but it didn't sell well. Now, it's almost impossible to find, and I go around town to used software stores and Half-Price Books to look for them. I've done fairly well with them. Usually, I pay from $3 to $10 per copy, and sell them for $30 to $75.

    It was/still is an awesome game, and people want to play it. Who am I to meddle with Supply and Demand?

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  11. rockHEAD

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    other things I've bought on eBay...

    41 lot of Rockets trading cards
    200 lot of Rockets trading cards
    2 - 5 lot of Francis trading cards
    9 lot of Hakeem trading cards
    9 lot of Barkely trading cards
    1 pair unused Rockets Tickets from the "Summit" days '94-'95...

    and the grand finale...this one's really cool! These guys are going atop my monitor!!

    5 poseable Rockets action figures from 96-97 (dream, chuck, willis, elie and drexler)

    aw yeah......

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  12. Vengeance

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    I had some of those! I did the same thing -- taped them to the top of the monitor. Unfortunately, they fell over, and stuff, and they're scattered throughout boxes now, but they're neat. I think it's the drexler one that doesn't stand up well, but Willis does.


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  13. DREAMer

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    TheFreak,

    Dude, I laughed my arse off after reading that final sentence....

    I just got this image of some dude wearing a small T-shirt and I cracked up for some reason. I think it has to do with my memory of when my friend from Greece sent me a T-shirt from Greece with some little scene on the front. I knew it was small, but when I tried it on, I thought I looked like a Greek Male w****.... whew, funny stuff.

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  14. RocketMan Tex

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    Freak, I can't figure it out. Are you Beavis, or are you Butthead????

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  15. ROCKSS

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    I just purchased a miami dolphin helmet signed by dan marino for $132.50.......I had previously bought one @ field of dreams for $450.00
    It was my first purchase on e-bay, I hope it goes smoothly, the seller had over 1000 "positive" responses from previous buyers

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  16. emoreland

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    I just want a piece of the summit floor back when they sold the pieces. I looked all over ebay and came up empty. Anyoneknow where I can find one? email me at clutchcity34@aol.com

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