My deal of the day !

[sidewaze]

Stopped by a liquidation world in my town just newly opened. Went into the back where they keep their misc. electronic items and they must have bought out an old Radio Shack because they had the boxes of various items. I found rolls and rolls of hookup wire mind you all blue but at a buck a piece its a steal so i bought 20 rolls!

[FloridaBoy]

As a certified pack rat, scrounger, and accumulation junkie, who is into model railroading and model cars with equal zeal, I have had my share of good deals and being in the right time at the right place, along with missing out on some good deals, too. There is nothing more pleasurable to me than scoring a major hit for veryfew dollars or stuff in trade.

However, my model car buddy and fellow builder Jeff, scored the deal of the century a couple of weeks ago. He was contacted through a mutual friend of his by a recently widowed lady whose husband was a prolific model car builder, and she wanted to get rid of his model collection, supplies, and materials. He ended up with about 200 kits, many of them oop and real collectors stuff, (for example, the original AlaKart/29 Model A, the Double Dragster, stuff I have never heard of lest seen) plus tools, a new state of the art paint booth, every Model Cars and Scale Auto mag since '98, trucks, planes, paint, air brushes and compressors and the list goes on and on. He has at least 30 copy paper sized boxes with kits sticking out now temporarily stored in his dining room. Geeeessshhhh!!!!

He asked me considering the circumstances how much he paid for it. I told him at the very least, and if the seller was totally desperate, 500 bucks. He floored me when he told me 130 bucks. The funny thing is the story of the negotiation. She originally asked 100 bucks for the entire lot, and Jeff did not want to hoodwink her, so he told her 200, and she said that was too much, so they ultimately agreed on the 130. Out of that stash, he already doubled his investment back by selling off the duplicates or stuff he wasn't into. I sprung for the mags, and now can brag that I have every Model Cars magazines printed.

Beats any deal that I hold proud by a million, that is for sure. Jeff is a super good guy so he deserves all of the rewards offered from this transaction.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman