pixiamom
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posted on February 23, 2009 08:02:50 PM new
I bought a green Hull planter in 1996. I was embarrassed to pay only $3 plus shipping and offered the seller more, after winning it. I was impressed that the seller refused the offer and said she was glad the planter had a good home. I still have it and could probably still purchase it on eBay for $3.
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LtRay
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posted on February 23, 2009 08:46:25 PM new
My first purchase was too long ago for my tiny mind to remember.
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ewora
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posted on February 24, 2009 12:06:17 AM new
I bought a clock in 1999. I still have it in my livingroom.
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on February 24, 2009 03:39:26 AM new
I won a earring lot for about $10. 5 pair of really nice ones with rhinestones. All were designer earrings. One pair was Eisenberg which the seller didn't have in the title or the listing. He just said they were signed - I emailed and asked.
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cherishedclutter
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posted on February 24, 2009 04:01:58 AM new
I'm sure it was a perfume bottle for my collection - but I don't remember which perfume bottle.
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http://www.rubylane.com/shops/ceeceescollectibles
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neglus
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posted on February 24, 2009 05:04:56 AM new
Mine was 10 dinner plates in my discontinued Wedgwood China Pattern. I was bidding on the cups and saucers but lost to some sniper bidder (think it was probably Replacements) so I put my top bid as high as I could possibly go, and WON! Did that with the dessert plates and salad plates. Now I can serve an army but unfortunately have lost my dining room table to eBay (it's my store) and haven't had a big dinner party since. 
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alldings
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posted on February 24, 2009 05:38:38 AM new
A back issue of a magazine featuring a 60's car I just bought,that was 97-98.
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photosensitive
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posted on February 24, 2009 05:59:50 AM new
Yes I remember. It was an advertising toaster salt and pepper set. I had been looking around eBay for a few weeks but never registered. I found it when it was a few hours away from closing and registered in a panic. I was wild when I did not get the confirmation email right away and emailed the seller. I REALLY wanted that set! She was very nice to me and told me I should get confirmed in time to bid. I was, I bid, I won and that was the birth of my eBay addiction.
I still have the set although I no longer buy toaster items on eBay since I have no more space for them.
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The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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mcjane
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posted on February 24, 2009 06:36:33 AM new
Embarrassed to say.....a Beanie Baby
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deichen
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posted on February 24, 2009 12:11:49 PM new
I can't remember, but that was hundreds of items ago! 1997 or 98.
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ChristopherCS
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posted on February 24, 2009 12:29:38 PM new
I purchased a vintage tube radio and an old equalizer in early 1997, while working the night shift doing modem support for a company that AOL outsourced to. (thankfully I think I finally forgot most of those strings of characters!)
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photosensitive
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posted on February 24, 2009 12:41:25 PM new
The date I joined was Nov. 8, 1997. That has to be the date I bought the toaster S&P. I also remember the first time, November 12, 1997, that I "won" a "reserve not met" auction. I was soooo confused. Luckily the dealer was some one I had been buying from at shows for years so he was kind to me when I wrote and asked why I did not get a winning notice. It was a birthday present for my husband and we worked out a compromise.
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The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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glassgrl
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posted on February 24, 2009 12:55:49 PM new
a bootleg copy of microsoft outlook 
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dazedandconfused
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posted on February 24, 2009 01:06:29 PM new
As a long time lurker, I found this a FUN subject ! I started on eBay in 1998. I bought a beautiful sleeper piece of Victorian art glass, that the seller had listed as Fenton. I also love Fenton, but she had a large estate of more of these Victorian pieces - all listed as Fenton. Some were worth hundreds of dollars. I felt so guilty about my one buy, that I emailed her and told her about my find and that she would do much better if she researched and listed her pieces as Victorian Art Glass. She did, and went on to make a LOT of money. I admit I was tempted, but never regreted my decision.....db
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rutabaga
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posted on February 24, 2009 02:11:38 PM new
Say, Neglus...that wasn't the Wedgwood Edme pattern, was it? Back in 1998-99 I got in a few bidding wars trying to build my set. Must have made some sellers very happy.
When I first joined eBay in early '98 I was so smitten by all the great stuff, I bought all sorts of goofy things...ugly wooden box; crooked Persian rug; flaming-red, hand-painted lampshade; Little Lulu comics, etc. But, boy, it was sure fun.
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neglus
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posted on February 24, 2009 02:33:16 PM new
No, my pattern is Ulander Black. I now have 18 place settings (short a few cups and saucers) and most of the hostess pieces thanks to eBay. I'm done - my china cabinet is full!
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cblev65252
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posted on February 24, 2009 05:12:38 PM new
Back when the USPS was auctioning off so-called lost or misdirected items, I won a lot of jewelry. Good stuff, too, as I recall. A lot of designer items.
Cheryl
http://www.youravon.com/cherylblevins
Now you can buy Avon from me from anywhere in the world.
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sthoemke
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posted on February 24, 2009 05:29:54 PM new
Item #77917190 from karasmom on March 26, 1999. I haven't a clue what the item was. Wow, that was almost 10 years ago!
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rutabaga
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posted on February 24, 2009 07:45:08 PM new
I now have -0- place settings of the Wedgwood.
The Edme pattern became very popular...i.e., no longer 'exclusive'. I sold mine on eBay and bought 30 place settings of Octagon Ironstone made for Sears for the Bicentennial (1970s), for a pittance. Plenty to break and toss about.
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pixiamom
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posted on February 24, 2009 07:53:57 PM new
I had an ironstone octagon set(plain cream), I left it with Neglus when I moved from Minneapolis.
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rutabaga
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posted on February 24, 2009 08:04:08 PM new
<I had an ironstone octagon set(plain cream), I left it with Neglus when I moved from Minneapolis.>
Pixia - Aha! I knew there was a dishes connection. That's what I have...the Octagon in white, which is really more of a cream color, w/ beading around the edges.
Actually, this is my second-go-round w/ it. It was my first set of dishes in the late 1970s. When I got down to 4 place sets, I sold it for $10 at a garage sale. And then never found anything I liked as much. Till Edme. And then not Edme. I'm happy again.
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neglus
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posted on February 24, 2009 08:25:17 PM new
Pixia - I still have your set in my china cabinet but it has more than 8 sides (and no beading). I don't know why I still have it - haven't used it in 25 years! It is pretty though.
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pixiamom
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posted on February 24, 2009 10:38:50 PM new
It's amazing - we are saddling our children with the china we rarely used as well as rhe china of their grandmothers and ggmothers - what will they do with it?
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Fenix03
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posted on February 25, 2009 12:46:26 PM new
::It's amazing - we are saddling our children with the china we rarely used as well as rhe china of their grandmothers and ggmothers - what will they do with it?::
Sell it... That's what I am doing with most of what I am getting. I am inherting a slew of the Lennox Christmas pattern which I do like but just don't see holding on to it since it's not exactly an everyday use setting and I have not had a Christmas dinner thing in years. Then there are the 3 different Imperial Glass pattern sets (This is what happens when your family comes from Bellair Ohio) including Cape Cod, one I don't remember offhand and obscene amounts of Candlewick. If I remember the packing experience correctly there were THREE punch bowls. I'm not an entertaining for 12 type of person, much less 36. The only thing I will probably keep is a Noritake set my father bought for my mom in the late 60's. That one is just for sentimental value since it's about the only thing I can think of the represents both my parents... OK - That and the wooden rolling pin he gave her for a wedding present but that's another story......
To be fair - I also happen to be the end of the bloodline and I just can't think of a single state government I would want to leave my estate to.
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People put their hand on the bible, and swear to uphold the constitution. They do not put their hand on the constitution, and swear to uphold the bible.
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