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Need a Hand?

I couldn’t stop thinking about that Willy Wonka. I really wanted to have bought it, but it wasn’t for sale. I kept looking it up on eBay. Saw the prices it was selling for, and just kept wishing I had bought it to flip it.

Next weekend came around and there was a community wide garage sale in Worth. Garage sales on every corner every street. Now, most of these were senior citizens trying to clean out there attic, with things that nobody wants anymore. Or at least I didn’t. But, some of the items we found were something that we didn’t expect to see. Like a sealed copy of PS2 Death By Degrees for 2 bucks.

As we kept driving around there was a little one, I said probably won’t find much but, might as well. As I walked up I saw it. There he was laying there. It was meant to be. Willy Wonka all 18″ of him laying on the table … Eh? … That doesn’t sound right. Let’s try this again.

There it was, on the table laying next to a couple of different action figures was Willy Wonka. Minus the box, but it had all the pieces. (All the pieces is just his cane.)

I was happy also picked up a Marv from Sin City, cause he offered me that one for 10 bucks.

We get home, and we had a long night. Ended up going to bed bright and early in the morning. Kids woke up, and started playing I paid them no attention. I just needed a couple hours of sleep. And, I did sleep.

I wake up, and I see a mess, the kids were playing with their toys, no big deal, we’ll just clean it up, but not till I get my coffee. Make myself a cup of Joe and head over to my desk. And, I notice that the mess made it’s way over here. And what I had picked up yesterday at the garage sales was all over the floor.

 

At least they didn’t break the cane.

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“That’s Not For Sale, Man”

I was looking up the Garage Sales on Craigslist. And, I stumbled upon a listing that seemed too good to be true. This guy was selling all these collectables, old Vinyl, Video Games, Action Figures, you name it, he had it.

I figured I had to go there as soon as he opened at 8:00am. It was a Thursday morning, and I had to take my daughter to Summer School. I’ll drop her off and head on over. It was about an hour away from where her school was, but what else would i do that morning.

Off I was, I had my little daughter in tow, and I had to keep her from dozing off as we rode out to Frankfort. When we finally got there, I looked around and nothing seemed to be the same as what was shown in the pictures. Still, I looked around.

What was displayed at the Sale was mostly junk. The 80’s metal records from the listing were actually those old worthless records that no one wants. I had seen some Motley Crue records on the listing. Where were those?

And then I turned to a bookshelf and saw the good stuff. I was like, ok this is what I was looking for. I grabbed an 18″ inch NECA Willy Wonka figure. Price tag was $5.00. And as soon as I was about to say, “I’ll take this” He said, “That’s not for sale, man”

I looked at him.

“But, you got a price on it.”

“That’s what I paid for it, at a garage sale.”