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Undertoad · 05-09-2014, 03:45 PM

Oh boy do I have a sequel coming up for you all.

Hopefully a mini-series sequel

lumberjim · 05-09-2014, 06:29 PM

I like the smell of this.

sexobon · 05-09-2014, 09:52 PM

Sounds like it could be aromarriffic.

Undertoad · 05-16-2014, 08:07 PM

This story is ready. It is about the length of a longer magazine article.

To gain access to it send me a P.M. You must promise to never link this story to anywhere on the Internet.

Thank you in advance.

Nirvana · 05-16-2014, 09:37 PM

glatt · 05-17-2014, 06:30 AM

That was good. Thanks for sharing it. It's too bad you have to keep these stories secret. I could see that being published in a writing journal or something. It's better than some stories I've read in the Washington Post Magazine.

Undertoad · 05-17-2014, 08:09 AM

It has the advantage, over the WaPo, of being 100% true... only the names have been changed

Griff · 05-17-2014, 10:21 AM

I'd probably would have left at lunch day 1. Nice writing bro.

Undertoad · 05-17-2014, 11:15 AM

I must add, it's okay to talk about the story here. I'm sure the general details won't matter so much, since the names have been changed.

Undertoad · 05-17-2014, 11:16 AM

Also, thanks you guys!

lumberjim · 05-17-2014, 05:02 PM

Has American pickers been to see the collection?

monster · 05-17-2014, 05:37 PM

WaPo = Water Polo. Just sayin' I was all excited for a mo....

glatt · 05-17-2014, 06:59 PM

When I first saw the pictures and hadn't read the text yet, I was all excited like it was a treasure trove. But Tweaker sounds like he's not letting anything go for cheap.

Undertoad · 05-17-2014, 11:18 PM

No.. one thing I didn't put in the story (aside from the dogs) was that Andy had this annoying practice of doing an eBay search, clicking on Sold Listings, and then sorting from highest to lowest, and assuming the highest price he saw was a price that he would get.

One should actually click on Completed Listings, because then you'll see all the prices that things DIDN'T sell at, which is a bigger clue. And then you also have to assess your item fairly because small differences are important to collectors.

So he is pricing things way too high and getting nothing

I don't expect there will be a Roadshow Antiques moment where someone tells him one of his pieces of shit is worth $20,000.

Big Sarge · 05-18-2014, 07:40 AM

i'm interested in reading the story

05-09-2014, 03:45 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Down here at Tweakerville Oh boy do I have a sequel coming up for you all. Hopefully a mini-series sequel

05-09-2014, 06:29 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I like the smell of this. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-16-2014, 09:37 PM	#5
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	__________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

05-17-2014, 10:21 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'd probably would have left at lunch day 1. Nice writing bro. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-17-2014, 05:02 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Has American pickers been to see the collection? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

05-09-2014, 09:52 PM	#3
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Sounds like it could be aromarriffic.

05-16-2014, 08:07 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This story is ready. It is about the length of a longer magazine article. To gain access to it send me a P.M. You must promise to never link this story to anywhere on the Internet. Thank you in advance.

05-17-2014, 06:30 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That was good. Thanks for sharing it. It's too bad you have to keep these stories secret. I could see that being published in a writing journal or something. It's better than some stories I've read in the Washington Post Magazine.

05-17-2014, 08:09 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It has the advantage, over the WaPo, of being 100% true... only the names have been changed

05-17-2014, 11:15 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I must add, it's okay to talk about the story here. I'm sure the general details won't matter so much, since the names have been changed.

05-17-2014, 11:16 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Also, thanks you guys!

05-17-2014, 05:37 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	WaPo = Water Polo. Just sayin' I was all excited for a mo.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-17-2014, 06:59 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	When I first saw the pictures and hadn't read the text yet, I was all excited like it was a treasure trove. But Tweaker sounds like he's not letting anything go for cheap.

05-17-2014, 11:18 PM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No.. one thing I didn't put in the story (aside from the dogs) was that Andy had this annoying practice of doing an eBay search, clicking on Sold Listings, and then sorting from highest to lowest, and assuming the highest price he saw was a price that he would get. One should actually click on Completed Listings, because then you'll see all the prices that things DIDN'T sell at, which is a bigger clue. And then you also have to assess your item fairly because small differences are important to collectors. So he is pricing things way too high and getting nothing I don't expect there will be a Roadshow Antiques moment where someone tells him one of his pieces of shit is worth $20,000.

05-18-2014, 07:40 AM	#15
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	i'm interested in reading the story __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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