Friday, June 11, 2004

WHAT? ANOTHER WEB PAGE MARTHA?

HI folks, yes it's me on yet a new page. This page I'll dedicate to my meanderings and other lucid thoughts. Some may be boring as H-E- double hockey sticks but then again it may be interesting to someone somewhere somehow.
My two sons have their little blog heaven so I think it's time that Big Daddy gets into the scheme of things, maybe polish up my writing abilities and also practice my typing. They say I'm the fastest two finger typer this side of the Mississippi. Now if you believe that I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
One thing I can tell you is that if you happen to have any old vinyl albums laying around not being played, dust them off and sell them on ebay. That's what I do in my spare time. There's money to be made in that vinyl. Now you ain't gonna get rich quick but at a buck or two at a time the money adds up. I've been doing this for the past two years and I finally hit the proverbial jackpot. Most of my albums sell for between $1.99 & $4.99. Well I had one album I had bought around 30 years ago at a Woolworths for maybe a buck. One of those budget/closeout tables. I've had it in my collection all this time and has travelled with me from ND to CT. Now came it's turn to be sold. I looked it up in the trusty Goldmine Record Album price guide and see that it was worth at least $100. Now my philosophy is that even though it is worth that much you have to have someone feel that same way also. So I figured no one will want this, so I listed it with no reserve starting at $4.99 thinking it won't sell anyhow and I can retire it back into the annals of my record collection.
Well low and behold I got a bid for $5.29, so now I'm commited. Someone it going to get a very good deal, so I pretty much forgot about it but checked on it daily. About 4 days into the seven day sale it took a drastic jump to $152.00. Well you can imagine the excitement. I told my lovely wife that this auction could top $200. The best I have ever done on an auction. Well these two guys were bidding back and forth and the bidding has climbed to $270. The last few minutes it jumped to $350 and within the last few seconds another bidder, a new bidder jumped in and won the auction for $372.00 I could not believe it. So dig out those vinyls, check the Goldmine Record album Price Guide and start making some money, works for me.

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