masujoviga
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posted on March 3, 2002 08:10:51 PM new
what our kids will be selling of ours on ebay once we depart?
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morgantown
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posted on March 3, 2002 08:43:27 PM new
OMG, that is so funny and true!  It kinda makes one wonder what items people are hording away, that they would normally THROW away!! Some people are born pack rats, others are learning.
Thanks for the fun post!
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lattefor2
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posted on March 3, 2002 08:43:32 PM new
Hi, yes masujoviga that thought did cross my mind. recently when I read Becky's Mrs Santa Clause's cute thread on how to get a kid to clean. I said to myself, I wonder if this was reversed and my kids came in and started selling things of mine on ebay. They will probably be sentimental and at least keep one thing. (lol) Well, I hope they do alot better with the stuff than I am now.
reenie
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masujoviga
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posted on March 3, 2002 09:07:27 PM new
The reason I posted this is I came across, in a book I bought, what I thought was a worthless piece of paper. Turns out, I sold it on ebay. Led me to think, I wonder if the people who manufactured such piece ever thought that someone might actually think it was worthwhile years down the road. Thus fueling my second thought...what of mine now is so indifferent to me that might be valuable to someone...
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barparts
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posted on March 3, 2002 09:26:27 PM new
Holy cow, I had better get rid of those porn movies the I made years ago. I would hate to see those get in the wrong hands.
LOL
bp
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morgantown
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posted on March 3, 2002 09:29:42 PM new
...what of mine now is so indifferent to me that might be valuable to someone...
Probably more than you realize! I purchase from estate auctions, often items not familiar to me. I learned a long time ago not to judge an item by my personal feelings for it. For example, in a box lot I won, was an old enema kit, c. mid to late 1800s. I was going to throw it away! A friend told me to list it under the medical categories on ebay, and I did. It sold for nearly $500. Nuff said.
Well Nuff said except for one point. I started that auction with "I don't think anyone will want this but..." HaHaHa talk about eating CROW.\
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masujoviga
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posted on March 3, 2002 09:50:48 PM new
that auction is no doubt behind you now 
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morgantown
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posted on March 3, 2002 10:00:11 PM new
Can you hear me LAUGHING!!
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bidsbids
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posted on March 4, 2002 03:10:40 AM new
I wonder how many oldsters are eBay selling the stuff that that their kids would ordinarily get if not for eBay? The oldsters pass away and the kids head for the attic or basement full of old stuff and find it all gone. Not to the goodwill and not to them but instead it all went up on eBay.
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alwaysbroke
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posted on March 4, 2002 04:44:00 AM new
You guys have started off my day with a big laugh. THANKS!
(An old enema kit?!!!!)
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masujoviga
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posted on March 4, 2002 05:41:51 AM new
yea can you believe it? $500 for what probably was an old garden hose with a clamp!
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morgantown
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posted on March 4, 2002 06:43:17 AM new
It came with several "attachments," and a nice dove-tailed box. The rubber hose was so old it was crystallized and nearly solid. Hopefully the buyer didn't feel nostalgic and try to use it!
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masujoviga
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posted on March 4, 2002 07:52:28 AM new
if batteries were included...WOA!!!
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