Originally Posted By kennect I think I have a mental illness....I just bidded on and won a Roomba vac...So what has been your strange Ebay purchases?
Originally Posted By mele Hm...an old book from the 70's that had a punch out-cardboard Xmas village. I had one when I was a kid and it was one of my absolutely favorite toys EVER. Actually, it took me years to find it and when I finally did, I found two! (Yeah, I bought 'em both. LOL)
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I guess mine would be my "Wuzzles" checkbook cover I got 2 weeks ago, lol. In the meantime, I have *twice* bought "The Sesame Street Songbook" (newer version with 62 or 64 songs) because the 1st one never came, and now the *2nd* one hasn't come yet...arrrrgh!! (and these are 2 different "top quality" sellers!)
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy No, I've gotten every single thing else I've ever ordered or been sent as gifts (not that I'm gifted regularly, lol) since I moved here 2 years ago. It's so unfortunately ironic that the 2 things that haven't shown up are the same dang item from 2 different sellers. I even called the P.O. on the first one, but they had no sign of it. I'm hopin' that this 2nd time it was just mailed out later than thought, or has taken its sweet time gettin' here.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy *sings* "Oohhh the THIEVING POSTMAN is a person in your neighborhood, In your neighborhood, In your neighborrrhoo-oood, the THIEVING POSTMAN is a person in your neighborhood, And if he hoards your stuff, call a P.I.!" *stops singing*
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <--wonders if JohnS1 had himself a right nice breakfast once, or if there are some emus roamin' around the ol' S1 backyard
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Originally Posted By DlandDug I don't know what qualifies as "strange" here. But I have purchased some rather obscure Disneyland items on eBay. The strangest item I sold was a pair of medals for a sharpshooting tournament at MGM from the late 1930s. The purchaser was Leonard Maltin's wife.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy ^---Oh man, I'd love to get in touch with him. So many of his reviews in "The Disney Films" are spot on.
Originally Posted By Dave In touch with DlandDug??? I can hook you up TDG... have your people contact my people.
Originally Posted By Big Thunder I usually buy Disneyland memorabilia on eBay. Vintage Disneyland souvenirs was the second item I ever bought, the first item I bought as a test just to see how the system worked, this was before paypal and prior to all the rules and protection eBay now has for buyers/sellers. That first item was a on a whim, I have no idea why I picked it other than it was cheap. It was an old empty bottle of Hires Root Beer extract in it's original box and the recipe for making Root Beer at home. I have gotten some strange items in lots while searching for old Disneyland items. Back then it was common to come across someone who found an old box in their aunts attic from a trip to California in the fifties or sixties which included things like California state souvenirs, plates, ash trays etc. Many times in that box is old Disneyland maps, brochures, postcards etc. Many times they were sold in lots, I may have only wanted a postcad or DL map, but had to take the whole lot. Disneyland only mattered to me, I'd just take the other non Disneyland stuff and donate it to my local thrift store. One time I bid on an auction for an old slide projector which included many slides of family vacations and store bought "Pana Vue" slides from Disneyland. I won the auction for about $25 dollars, the shipping was almost more than the items. Back then, any eBay user could see your e-mail address and contact you. Shorty after the auction I got an e-mail from the buyer whom I outbid. Apparently he collected old camera equipment and he was surprised that someone else actually outbid him for the projector, but he was smart enough to look at my bid history and feedback to learn that it was the Disneyland picture I truly wanted. I conceded that I only wanted the DL slides and not the projector. He asked if he could buy the projector, I explained that I had to pay almost $25 just for shipping and theoretically it will cost approximately another $25 to ship it to him. He offered me a flat $100 and I was more than happy to take it.
Originally Posted By Ursula <The purchaser was Leonard Maltin's wife.> I know/knew her!!! Leonard used to use my screening room and on a few screenings, he'd bring his wife. I love her and I am so sad that we got rid of our screening room. She made her husband sign some stuff for my husband when she KNEW I wasn't allowed to ask! Her first name is the same as a Disney character. Very charming woman!
Originally Posted By Ursula The strangest thing I ever bought on eBay...I guess the paper mat from Aunt Jemima's from Disneyland? Or the Vintage Vogue dress pattern from 1944? It was not my size and I can't sew, but I loved the picture.
Originally Posted By pecos bill Most everything I have purchased on eBay has been vintage Disneyana. The exception was a tiny vial containing remnants of wood, sealed and documented in the 1890's, from a cabin used by the famous Donner Party of 1846. I had seen them before in a museum and was amazed to find one for sale. It doesent go too well with my Disney stuff, but being a history buff, and somewhat of an expert on the Donner Party, it is very important to me.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Most of the things I've purchsed have been Chicago Cubs baseball memorabilia. While not necessarily strange, but certainly unusual, a very good friend of mine bought a Corvette on ebay and paid for it with his credit card.
