Yard sales are for jerks.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

my girlfriend wore it once.
It looked sufficiently horrifying to turn me right off, I put it back on the wall.

 

[Erzengel]

When I go to yard sales, I walk into their house and take things then plunk down money for it. And when they call after me, I just run faster to my car.

 

[Lantern Venom]

My neighbor is having a yard sale today. Her and her stupid sister moving crap woke me up and made me come to a realization. Yard sales are for jackasses. They are just a bunch of garbage thrown in someone's yard or garage and sold for a dollar so some cheap ******* can make a quick buck. And don't give me that 'one man's trash is another man's treasure' BS. One man's trash is a cheap *******'s way of making money

Yardsales are mostly junk most of the time but if you just find one good deal on occasion, they are worthwhile. They are good for finding toys or clothes for kids and maybe a valuable collectible if you get lucky.

 

[jaguarr]

my girlfriend wore it once.
It looked sufficiently horrifying to turn me right off, I put it back on the wall.

Your lack of twisted resolve in this matter sickens me.

jag

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

but you gotta see the MASK man.

 

[Morg]

How do you resell it? Ebay? Antiques roadshow!? And how on earth can you tell what is junk and what is valuable (like the cookie jar...the comics and toys I understand)?

Because I read alot, I look through tons of antiques books and always checking antiques shops and shows and I have a Kp Toys and price edition that list thousands and thouands of prices of old toys. I sold the cookie jar on ebay, I do know which items sells better on ebay and that cookie jar was one of them.
I also watch antique roadshow when I can, also interesting stuff on there

 

[Lurk]

something like this, Wil?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

LOL, holy crap!
That's the one! Hahahaha.
I forgot, the wonders of the internet.

Weird to see it at work.

 

[Morg]

Not a fan of the yard sales. Flea markets are where it's at.

Big ones yes, flea markets are good places to go

 

[Morg]

I found an old Back To The Future movie storybook at a yard sale once. Sometime later, I sold it on eBay to a guy in the UK. He paid nearly $20 for it.

Heh, I see those books at flea markets for a quarter. No one ever buys them and I don't either.

 

[Lurk]

I like this one better...

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

kind of insectoid

 

[kane9321]

at a yard sale a few years ago i bought mint conditions..of x-men(ist apperance of gambit..and bishop) in a $5.00 stack of comics..I was like wtf wtf..

 

[Lurk]

I kind of got a superhero vibe from it.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Big ones yes, flea markets are good places to go

In 1990, I bought a near-mint condition OJ Simpson rookie at a FM for ONE DOLLAR. I sold it for over $100 two years later. I had mixed feelings about selling it for awhile. Then the summer of 1994 came. I was glad it was gone.

 

[kane9321]

49er..you know he didnt do it..right?

 

[LEX]

I saw on TV that there was this one man who got a whole house from just one red paperclip.

Actually, it wasn't a yard sale, but it is kind of related. He started off by trading a red paperclip on the internet and traded it for a fish hook. Then traded it for a jet ski. Then for a beer sign. It kept going on for over a year. Finally, he traded it for a truck. And then he sold the truck for the house. Remember, it all started with a single paperclip.

So, yes, a one man's trash is another man's treasure.

 

[Lantern Venom]

49er..you know he didnt do it..right?

Um...riiiiight.

 

[Leto Atrides]

I saw on TV that there was this one man who got a whole house from just one red paperclip.

Actually, it wasn't a yard sale, but it is kind of related. He started off by trading a red paperclip on the internet and traded it for a fish hook. Then traded it for a jet ski. Then for a beer sign. It kept going on for over a year. Finally, he traded it for a truck. And then he sold the truck for the house. Remember, it all started with a single paperclip.

So, yes, a one man's trash is another man's treasure.

It was a paper clip for a pen for a cabint knob for a mini-grill for a generator for a keg w/ pump and sign for a snowmobile for a trip somewhere for a van for studio time for a year's rent on an apartment for meeting Alice Cooper for a KISS snowglobe for a film role for a house. The town is having a big party for it, and is having a talent contest for the film role.

I was following his progress

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

49er..you know he didnt do it..right?

I'm grateful there was no Hype then.

 

[Daisy]

So let me see if I understand the main point of this...

Matt is grumpy and needs a nap because his neighbors woke him up early to prepare for their yard sale, but rather than be responsible for his own moods/feelings, he must blame his disgruntled mood on something external to himself, so he directs his anger at yard sales.

Is that about right?

And W-S, you honestly don't remember Linda Evans and her electric face torture device (I think it was called the Rejuvenator - kinda sounds like Terminator - or something like that )?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

No, I was spared, until the yard sale.

 

[Morg]

I wish the hype use this smiles

better then this one

 

[LEX]

It was a paper clip for a pen for a cabint knob for a mini-grill for a generator for a keg w/ pump and sign for a snowmobile for a trip somewhere for a van for studio time for a year's rent on an apartment for meeting Alice Cooper for a KISS snowglobe for a film role for a house. The town is having a big party for it, and is having a talent contest for the film role.

I was following his pregress

I wasn't. It just popped up on a show called Beyond Tomorrow long ago. Far off on the jet ski and the van, but close enough. A pen? I thought it was a fish hook. Srsly. How can a single paperclip get him all that? Maybe I should try something like that. I need some major moolahs for my Japan trip.

 

[Daisy]

No, I was spared, until the yard sale.

There was a great infomercial with a woman wearing it at one point. I remember thinking... "she looks like Hanibal Lecter".