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Isn’t most of the ‘collectors’ market for game/toy stuff fake anyway? With the grading company conspiring to make people think it’s worth a ton and no actual volume of sales at those prices.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:That even gets a bit into the details, with the whole thing that Stinky Pete is the only one of the set that's still in the box because his toys never sold well, while the main character Woody is the hardest to find because they were actually played with. And Al also even gets a professional in to fix up Woody to be display grade, who even refuses payment because a remotely intact Woody is apparently such a rare find. Even then, it's a Japanese museum who wants his collection- likely most American ones already have a Woody, but they weren't nearly as common overseas. Yeah I was only being mildly sarcastic, it's actually a pretty good representation of the Whole Thing 
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Feb 26, 2024 05:16
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The Lone Badger posted:Isn’t most of the ‘collectors’ market for game/toy stuff fake anyway? With the grading company conspiring to make people think it’s worth a ton and no actual volume of sales at those prices. yeah the discovered that they could just do the same thing as Art collectors do, trade paintings back and forth paying more money each time to inflate the price and eventually sell it off for 9000% more then it was a few years ago to some new money rube who thinks $$$ art means better.
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Feb 26, 2024 05:35
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wheatpuppy posted:What if those trinkets were mint in box? My Go Bag is stuffed full of mint condition Norman Rockwell plates, pogs, vinyl records from bands no one cares about, and the keys to a mint condition base model '99 Mustang.
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Feb 26, 2024 06:02
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Come to think of it, I'm finding it weird that these things are framed as expected and guaranteed future value, with people reacting with shock, anger and disbelief that their random crap isn't worth an arbitrarily large amount of money in the future, as if it was told to them with a total guarantee, despite being based on specific instances that are clearly outliers, like a comic that was made and treated as disposable cheap entertainment but happened to introduce a character who would become a massively popular pillar of pop culture. And it's not even new, look back at Beanie Babies. I'm also reminded of the meme stonks and crypto weirdos who are years deep in When Prophecy Fails. The whole point of buying toys and keeping them mint condition to sell is that it's speculation, it's making a gamble, and the whole point of a gamble is that there is a possibility, often high, that you will lose. But people very insistently don't think more than one step ahead, or why those things became valuable beyond some vague cosmetic similarities. It's like that cargo cult capitalism poo poo that seems to be on the mind today, people performing the motions of what Success looks like to them without daring to question literally any of the assumptions around it, and only doubling and tripling down when it constantly fails.
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Feb 26, 2024 06:26
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I store mint in box nuclear secrets in my closet and it turns out their is still a healthy collectors market
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Feb 26, 2024 06:28
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at what point does it stop being cargo cult, we're all just wile e. coyote going through increasingly convoluted mental contortions to stop ourselves from looking down to the canyon floor we know lies miles below
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Feb 26, 2024 06:42
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8one6 posted:NTA. If the kids couldn't be bothered to accept a loving zoom call from their dying grandpa then they deserve the trinkets they were left with. Zoom call from a dying grandpa sounds boring af tho. likely to be a real bummer
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Feb 26, 2024 07:08
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Maybe gramps shoulda offered money upfront for people to take his dying dude phone calls
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Feb 26, 2024 07:09
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lmao what the gently caress AITA for pretending to have an affair as a prank quote:Hey everyone, "hey reddit i decided to gaslight my wife in retribution for losing an argument, how come everyone thinks i did wrong here??"
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Feb 26, 2024 07:25
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:lmao what the gently caress No honey I wasn't loving around it was a prank all along! Funny, right? Please come back!
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Feb 26, 2024 07:30
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idk i feel like he posted that reddit post to show to his wife later as proof it was a prank and it was actually real?
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Feb 26, 2024 07:39
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Mx. posted:idk i feel like he posted that reddit post to show to his wife later as proof it was a prank and it was actually real? 
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Feb 26, 2024 07:41
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Mx. posted:idk i feel like he posted that reddit post to show to his wife later as proof it was a prank and it was actually real? It's a great plan, since he's still a piece of poo poo either way!
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Feb 26, 2024 07:43
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Many years before my grandma died, my aunt had a huge falling out with her and wrote her letter that she didn't want to speak to her ever again, she didn't want a penny from her when she died, etc. Eventually they started speaking again, but no one ever addressed the letter. Fast forward to after my grandma passed, my mom was executor. She had the fun task of informing her sister that the will stated she was to receive zero dollars, and had the letter attached. Needless to say it went over very poorly.
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Feb 26, 2024 07:45
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AnoHito posted:It's a great plan, since he's still a piece of poo poo either way! This is unhinged behavior and more reason for divorce than a real affair would have been.
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Feb 26, 2024 08:23
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Vim Fuego posted:Zoom call from a dying grandpa sounds boring af tho. likely to be a real bummer Zoom call from a dying grandpa sounds like a middle of the album Radiohead track that everyone initially hates but turns out to be an actual banger
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Feb 26, 2024 08:27
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AceClown posted:Zoom call from a dying grandpa sounds like a middle of the album Radiohead track that everyone initially hates but turns out to be an actual banger Grandpa calls you up on Zoom and turns out to be dropping bars.
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Feb 26, 2024 08:32
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trickybiscuits posted:
Thin-skinned OP went and deleted his account after being told that yes, he is not the arsehole for this specific thing, but absolutely *is* for letting this go on so long (and for not punishing his daughter for stealing her brother’s stuff).
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I tried to help my girlfriend's estranged brother and it was a mistake. I don't know what to do now honestlyquote:My girlfriend and I have been together for a year and a half. I want to marry her. I was planning on proposing to her soon. But I have made a mistake. When we met I didn't know my girlfriend has a brother that she no longer speaks to. I found out that her brother has had issues with drug use and the last she knew he had been homeless and unemployed. This was shocking to me. I would never let any family member, especially a brother be homeless. In my family we help each other out no matter what. It wouldn't matter if someone uses drugs or even if they treat us badly. I was raised to always help your family - your blood - no matter what. It was shocking and appalling to me that my girlfriend didn't feel the same way. This caused arguments early in our relationship however I eventually let it go for now because I had an idea about helping her brother.
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EightDeer posted:I tried to help my girlfriend's estranged brother and it was a mistake. I don't know what to do now honestly ahhhhh this is making me fantastically angry e: it's possible i know this guy. small fuckin world Mx. fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Feb 26, 2024 |
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Feb 26, 2024 10:12
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EightDeer posted:I tried to help my girlfriend's estranged brother and it was a mistake. I don't know what to do now honestly Look, I know I was told not to go near the haunted house and touch the cursed bones of the dead serial killer in the basement buuuut...
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Feb 26, 2024 10:16
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EightDeer posted:I tried to help my girlfriend's estranged brother and it was a mistake. I don't know what to do now honestly Hah, eat poo poo mate. loving dopey bugger, you deserve everything that's coming to you.
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8one6 posted:Look, I know I was told not to go near the haunted house and touch the cursed bones of the dead serial killer in the basement buuuut... I mean, my girlfriend told me it was a bad idea but what does she know? I'll show her!
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Feb 26, 2024 10:37
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8one6 posted:NTA. If the kids couldn't be bothered to accept a loving zoom call from their dying grandpa then they deserve the trinkets they were left with. I'll rephrase this as "if the kids couldnt be bothered to accept a loving zoom call from their dying grandpa, then it shows how close they were with him and as such they can't complain when he left poo poo in his will to the grandkids that actually knew his name."
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Feb 26, 2024 11:01
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EightDeer posted:I tried to help my girlfriend's estranged brother and it was a mistake. I don't know what to do now honestly This is the content I crave 
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Feb 26, 2024 11:21
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Wifi Toilet posted:This is the content I crave Just needs a ten-page thread derail on how it’s literally impossible for a man in his 50s to beat up a naive 20 year old to make it perfect.
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Feb 26, 2024 11:31
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Is this guy in Australia? He's in a pretty good position if he's in his mid thirties and can afford to rent an extra flat, even outside the capital cities. Or was in a good position, I mean. Shwoo fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Feb 26, 2024 |
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Feb 26, 2024 11:33
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What have I been pulled into? Fantastic use of the passive there, bud.
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BrigadierSensible posted:I'll rephrase this as "if the kids couldnt be bothered to accept a loving zoom call from their dying grandpa, then it shows how close they were with him and as such they can't complain when he left poo poo in his will to the grandkids that actually knew his name." Honestly it sounds like it was the obstructionist mother who screwed them over and either forbade them from accepting the call or manipulated them some other way.
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Feb 26, 2024 11:58
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EightDeer posted:I tried to help my girlfriend's estranged brother and it was a mistake. I don't know what to do now honestly Anyone have that story where a woman's stupid boyfriend and sister(I think?) tried this exact same thing with her dad and ended up assaulted for their "BUT FAAAMBLY!" thinking? IIRC they were trying to sue OP for not telling them of the danger her dad posed despite the OP doing exactly that.
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steinrokkan posted:Honestly it sounds like it was the obstructionist mother who screwed them over and either forbade them from accepting the call or manipulated them some other way. It's possible, but at 14 and 16 they should be plenty capable of getting on a call whether their mother likes it or not. I think if they actually wanted to talk to him it would have come up during them being upset about the inheritance, and definitely would have been worth mentioning in the post if it had. EightDeer posted:I tried to help my girlfriend's estranged brother and it was a mistake. I don't know what to do now honestly I don't care what the sign says, my family teaches that all places are places of honour and whatever is here deserves to be valued and commemorated. Now open this seal so I can prove how wrong you are to shun it
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:lmao what the gently caress Sorry about the whole running you over with a car prank. Why is everyone mad?
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"Why do you not touch the stove?" "It's obviously hot." "No it isn't! I'll prove it by slamming my face into it as hard as I caAAAGH" "gently caress you." "Wait! I'm remorseful now!"
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I'm admittedly more spite based than average, but a race against time to disinherit some apathetic grandchildren seems like a delightful distraction from waiting to die.
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People like him often grew up sheltered and have no concept that people can get so bad that they're a write off that will drag down anyone who tries to help them. We've had quite a few stories along these lines where someone blows up their life from an arrogant belief that they can help anyone.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:I'm admittedly more spite based than average, but a race against time to disinherit some apathetic grandchildren seems like a delightful distraction from waiting to die. I just watched Knives Out last night and honestly sticking it to your family at the end seems fun. Although this happened before I was born, my great-grandparents on my mom's side apparently had a will that was basically "all my kids will figure it out!" What actually happened is a bunch of 40-50 year people lost their goddamn minds about furniture. Apparently one of them broke into the house, got the dresser or something they considered was theirs and left. 3 or 4 of the people never talked to each other again. So my grandma's will was very ironclad. House and trust fund setup for one of her daughters that has disabilities to ensure she's taken care of, anything else was a 3 way split. Which after fighting cancer for a few years, was about 40 bucks.
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CitizenKain posted:I just watched Knives Out last night and honestly sticking it to your family at the end seems fun. See, it's poo poo like this that really makes me want to just decline all possible inheritance when my father goes. I definitely don't want his house or anything in it, I don't want any of the bric-a-brac, and if I have to put up with my family and dealing with that stuff to get money, the money isn't worth it.
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Electric Wrigglies posted:But then they wouldn't be called to the executers office just to be told they are getting $0.15c from old mate's will. may depend on jurisdiction but when i inherited from my grandmother (not a huge amount) the executor basically just mailed a copy of the will and then a few weeks later mailed a check for the amount (also a form to sign and mail back that basically said "yes i agree i have received my disbursement" or something to that effect) that said i can't guarantee that was actually correct, since the executor hosed around and i think nearly went to jail over it
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