chococake
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posted on April 5, 2002 09:29:47 AM new
Jack you'll appreciate this. After spending half a day and not getting anything at storage auctions we came home and started to load stuff for the flea market this weekend.
We get a call from the manager where we rent our unit. He tells us some guy wants to sell some funiture out of his unit. We get over there and the guy opens the door to his 10 x 20 unit. He says no he wants to sell the whole thing. You should see this thing, full of expensive furniture, antiques, garden statuary and I don't know what else because we can't even see to the back. He takes the $2000 we offer.
Now here's the strange part. They just moved into it the day before. The manager said professional movers brought four truck loads. We don't even have to clean it out fast because they had to pay for the month. I'm going to try and get some info from the manager about what happened. So, I'm out the door in a while, and doing a happy dance, to go play in our locker!
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gravid
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posted on April 5, 2002 10:11:44 AM new
maybe they knew the cops are so close behind it was time to dump the big stuff and run?
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nycyn
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posted on April 5, 2002 10:16:53 AM new
Estate war?
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krs
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posted on April 5, 2002 11:35:31 AM new
Sure, it's all stolen goods and they've devised a pretty clever way to fence it.
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chococake
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posted on April 5, 2002 02:30:16 PM new
Well, I just got back, and all I can say is wow!
I talked to the manager just to make sure everything was legit, and to get the scoop.  The lady is the sister of the CEO (or what ever they call the top guy there) of Oracle. He payed for her move from where ever, and for the storage unit. Manager doesn't know what happened in one day for her to take just $2000. We got though half of it. I have lots of boxes in my van that I'll play with tonight.
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gravid
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posted on April 5, 2002 05:30:16 PM new
Short Oracle!
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nycyn
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posted on April 5, 2002 05:48:13 PM new
You know, I never did like her, whoever she is...
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Borillar
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posted on April 6, 2002 12:00:03 AM new
Congratulations on your Big Score, chococake!
I hope that it brings much happines to you, your family and friends, and good sales on eBay.
Good luck!
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nycyn
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posted on April 6, 2002 06:44:38 AM new
Still sounds weird. Former mistress perhaps? So what is in there? Don't tell me. Tell me.
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chococake
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posted on April 7, 2002 11:57:18 PM new
No, she really is his sister. Another interesting thing is she's a Wiccan. I found little bags with hair, rocks, sand, and herbs. Each bag has different hair, and ingredients.
There are many books on Wiccan, which I really want to look at. It seems I have alot in common with the beliefs and nature. I collect rocks and stones, and will probably keep these.
I don't wear jewelry, but if I did this is the kind I'd wear. All silver with natural stones entwined with animals and goddesses. I have them all hanging around my work area. I love to look at them.
The furniture is mostly Indonesian teak and birch. Several patio sets in heavy iron and glass. Three piece white leather living room set. That's all I know right now. We'll be starting on the other half of the unit tomorrow.
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mrssantaclaus
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posted on April 8, 2002 07:45:17 AM new
Congratulations!
I read on one of the boards somewhere that Wiccan items bring good bids ... and bidders without problems.
Looks like Santa came early this year!
BECKY
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snowyegret
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posted on April 8, 2002 07:56:58 AM new
Yeah, Chococake!!!
I hope you make a great profit! That sounds like you were just in the right place at the right time.
fix a bluebounce
You have the right to an informed opinion
-Harlan Ellison
[ edited by snowyegret on Apr 8, 2002 07:58 AM ]
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gravid
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posted on April 8, 2002 08:47:07 AM new
Good for you. You are finding out it is like reading a book about a family's life to go through all their stuff in a locker.
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plsmith
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posted on April 8, 2002 02:03:51 PM new
"I found little bags with hair, rocks, sand, and herbs."
Promise you won't start right in making hexable replicas of us all 
Seriously, this sounds like a great deal and a wonderful opportunity to bolster your finances. Maybe you'll even find a computer monitor in the pile 
Have fun!
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chococake
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posted on April 8, 2002 02:12:49 PM new
Pat, I'm hoping to find the whole darn computer!
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nycyn
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posted on April 8, 2002 02:42:01 PM new
I got 75 bucks for an old Wiccan record once.
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mildreds
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posted on April 8, 2002 02:43:05 PM new
Keep us posted. Dreams can come true!!!
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mrssantaclaus
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posted on April 8, 2002 08:57:21 PM new
Did you get a whip in yours?
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rawbunzel
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posted on April 8, 2002 09:00:52 PM new
This is so great for you! I can't wait to hear how you do on all that stuff.
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chococake
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posted on April 8, 2002 09:28:16 PM new
Thanks guys, I'm having a ball. One thing I forgot to mention which is also a little strange. There were four pastry boxes of the most delicious pastries you can imagine. I'm eating this peanut butter cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate and peanut butter chips on top, right now. It's from a bakery in San Francisco that supplies restaurants. These are samples of each kind of cake cut into squares, and labeled with the name of the cake.
They had just picked them up so they were fresh, the smell alone was to die for. They didn't even want them and said we could have all of them. I haven't tasted a bad one yet. We ate a whole bunch when we got home and I froze a lot of them.
Oh and I made a mistake on the size of the unit. I said it was a 10x20 but it's a 10x40. Huge!
[ edited by chococake on Apr 8, 2002 09:40 PM ]
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nycyn
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posted on April 9, 2002 02:10:25 PM new
>>I said it was a 10x20 but it's a 10x40.<<
Aww. That's a darn shame.
All that and cake too.
I really can't complain and get too envious, I've had my big ones.
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chococake
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posted on April 9, 2002 02:52:23 PM new
LOL I didn't think of it that way, having my cake and eating it too! This morning I had a scrumptious blue berry thing.
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gravid
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posted on April 9, 2002 05:30:18 PM new
I would ask why they were going to leave pastry in a storage room - but I bid on a room that had a bag of broccoli when I got to digging.
It mummified.
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mildreds
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posted on April 11, 2002 07:55:30 PM new
Ok, Ready for more updates!!!!!!!!!!
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chococake
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posted on April 13, 2002 02:08:52 PM new
Mildreds, I'm exhausted, and overwhelmed by the amount that is here. The boxes I'm unpacking now (each two feet tall) have African wood carvings, stone and wood wild animals, and decorative african plates and bowls.
There are around 35 beautifully framed pictures, from small to very large. Most are Goddesses and Wiccan type art. Others are Egyptian figures on cloth.
Also, found the better jewelry. Gold and silver. She also made beaded jewlery, lots of it. She wants her jewelry tools back. She also made candles, and there are two boxes of different molds.
I have so much more to go, and I'm really tired.
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roadsmith
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posted on April 14, 2002 11:25:14 PM new
Chococake: Surely with all that Wiccan stuff you can do something magical and FIX EBAY!???
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