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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

safeinOhio

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2. You are not alone

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Wed Jan 7, 2015, 01:44 PM

Jan 2015

A couple of days after Christmas I was in the mall and a couple of booths down I saw an older guy in his 70s getting some Lionel engines. He had 5 of them, all around $250. each. I helped him carry them up to the front and and asked if Santa didn't bring him any. He just gave me a big smile.

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so, i bought myself a xmas present. [View all] mopinko Jan 2015 OP

Congrats on a "happy" buy. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #1

none close by. mopinko Jan 2015 #3

You are not alone safeinOhio Jan 2015 #2

i'm sure. mopinko Jan 2015 #4

I always buy old Fisher-Price toys in good condition. Vinca Jan 2015 #5

i'm so old the toys of my childhood are a hoop and a stick. mopinko Jan 2015 #6

You may not believe this, but I took a trip to the local thrift shop this morning and guess what - Vinca Jan 2015 #7

ha! sure thing. mopinko Jan 2015 #8

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