Category Archives: Waring Stuph

My hip-pocket business selling things on eBay

More pressed glass

Posted on June 1, 2003 by Marchbanks

I picked up one of a pair of candlesticks sitting on the dining table and realized I Had Something. Continue reading →

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Today’s yard-sale haul to go to eBay

Posted on May 31, 2003 by Marchbanks

A TEAC Tascam portable 4-track mini-mixing board with headphones.  $25. An Epson Stylus 740 inkjet printer, never used, complete with all manuals, drivers, software, two extra ink cartridges, DIN and Centronics cables.  $15. A 1930-ish GE waffle iron; Art-Deco styled … Continue reading →

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Today’s yard-sale scores

Posted on May 17, 2003 by Marchbanks

It’s so bad and so tasteless that I couldn’t resist it.
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heeeeeeeeWACK!

Posted on May 2, 2003 by Marchbanks

The Academia Waltz collections just sold.  For MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED BUCKS APIECE!! Continue reading →

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Money . . . as usual

Posted on May 1, 2003 by Marchbanks

I asked her what she’d got for the books, and when she told me $225 each, I damn near dropped my drink. Continue reading →

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Tube-driven existence

Posted on July 4, 2002 by Marchbanks

Nonetheless, I’m still being furloughed next Wednesday, as are all but the twenty most senior clerks in the section. Continue reading →

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d00d!!

Posted on June 30, 2002 by Marchbanks

The final bid was $73.91! Continue reading →

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We’re only in it for the money

Posted on June 27, 2002 by Marchbanks

The nuclear attack ephemera collection is doing great. Continue reading →

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OK, so I came up with some copy

Posted on June 23, 2002 by Marchbanks

I turned out to be a help with drownings, because my sinuses were so bad I couldn’t smell the body. Continue reading →

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A small bit of progress

Posted on June 23, 2002 by Marchbanks

I was able to test just about everything and determine 119 were real, working tubes. Continue reading →

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