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Do you keep checking your eBay auctions to see how much your old crap is going to earn for you?

Yes, I am a reload spastic.
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No, you dork.  Just let it go.
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What's eBay?
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Because Bozack asked for it!
- 3 (23.1%)

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Voting closed: April 19, 2005, 01:27:47 am


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« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2005, 08:09:05 pm »
the saddest work thing i've ever seen was when that garbage man stepped off the back of the truck onto the curb and snapped his ankle.  he wore those silly pull on boots that have no ankle support.  they had to be cut off his foot, it swelling so fast and all.

the menthal-chainsmoking alcoholic vietnam vet who went through cans looking for beer etc was not as sad as this guy.  you can kind of see it.

but the guy with the boots, well, i dunno, i just didn't see him in that job.  like, some people are climbing.  the driver who looked like a golden retreiver (even wore the bandana around his neck), he obviously started low but was _climbing_ the ladder.  driving really ain't a bad gig, never get out of the A/C'd truck.

the vet, well, you could tell he was falling.  sad?  sure, but it sort of (sickeningly) made sense.

boot guy, though, wtf was he doing?  he was lost.

saddest work thing i ever saw, it was.
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« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2005, 08:09:56 pm »
I actually have something I need to sell on eBay for quick cash.  Any tips for a first-timer?
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« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2005, 08:34:47 pm »
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No, he said it was his primary means of income - like, he'd starve and be out on the street were it not for old people's golf balls.

Well, yeah, but he just posted that he was doing this while in high school and was basically doing it for beer-and-gas money -- in other words, the golf balls weren't the only thing keeping him off the streets. That's what I meant. So... yeah.
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« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2005, 11:04:01 pm »
You got it, V.

During my year long excursion into the world of golf ball reselling I did have the opportunity to compete with fully grown adults who were doing the same thing, though, and it's true that the income is really unbelievable.  There is a golf ball that costs literally $4 per ball.  Rounding up 5 dozen of those and cleaning them is maybe three hours' worth of work, and then the bidding begins.

Anyway, now I teach little kids religion and make more money, while I literally hemorrhage future money paying for school.
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