AND LAST YEAR? AT BAND CAMP?
We had these uniforms? And then we sold them on eBay? And then...
(Thanks to Karin Dixon)
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May 14, 2004
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I'm First!
Posted by: Rosella | May 14, 2004 at 06:06 AM
Darn, no, elle beat me to it.
Posted by: Rosella | May 14, 2004 at 06:07 AM
Band uniforms are Ew. USED band uniforms are ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!
Posted by: MeL | May 14, 2004 at 06:14 AM
How to Negotiate to WIN.
Tip # 7
Sometimes the other party does not want to negotiate. You must find a way to make them feel they should negotiate.
There are many ways, but most fortune 500 CEOs agree that the time tested method of breaking into the other party's house and threatening their wives with a gun is the best way to procure used band uniforms at well below street value.
Posted by: christobol | May 14, 2004 at 06:21 AM
Maybe Tinoula Awopetu, which wbagnfarb, or more likely her editor, should try looking up literally in the dictionary. If the guy went "literally" ballistic, someone would have shot him out of a gun (which would certainly be fun to watch).
Doesn't this seem am awful lot of trouble, not to mention expense, mental anguish and criminal activity, to go to over some used band uniforms? Of course you do, because you are sane.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | May 14, 2004 at 06:24 AM
Aw yes, the old "gun falls out of a briefcase ploy." A mainstay of aluminum siding and encyclopedia salesmen across the country.
"Now ma'am, before you say 'no,' just let me show some literature. Oops! Gosh is that a 357 Magnum? My, that's an awful scary-looking gun, isn't it?"
Posted by: Garret | May 14, 2004 at 06:33 AM
ok granted nobody died, but wouldn't this be a really crappy reason to die? wouldn't you have to file an official complaint when you reached the restaurant ateotu?
"How'd you die?"
"Shot in the face because my husband bought some used band uniforms on ebay."
"Wow. That sucks"
Posted by: Christobol | May 14, 2004 at 06:34 AM
It's ok, Rosella, we know you'll make it one day. Until then, we'll give you credit for trying and continuing to type "I'm First!" without any accompanying meaningful comment. (Trying in the fullest sense of the word.)
Just promise us one thing: Don't go traveling 1300 miles to wave a gun in another bloggit's face simply because they got the first post before you.
Posted by: MOTW | May 14, 2004 at 06:50 AM
My husband buys stuff on ebay all the time. I had better go find my stapler in case some guy threatens me with a piece of paper from his suitcase.
Posted by: Lily | May 14, 2004 at 06:53 AM
All that effort and he left WITHOUT the uniforms?
Imagine what the train ticket from New Orleans cost him. Probably would have the uniform IF he'd thrown those $$s towards the auction..... and an 'after market' for used band uniforms? Where?
Posted by: Kibby F5 | May 14, 2004 at 06:56 AM
Topeka, KS
Posted by: MOTW | May 14, 2004 at 07:01 AM
As a web geek, I find the URL of that link funny in itself.
Posted by: Ryan | May 14, 2004 at 07:07 AM
Bidding on ebay is one of the most stressful things you can do, for some weird reason. If you lose the bidding, you're upset. If you win, you wonder if you paid too much (yes.). But to resort to guns? No.
Sledgehammers, maybe.
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | May 14, 2004 at 07:30 AM
"As a web geek, I find the URL of that link funny in itself."
ebaylosergoesliterallyballistic Might BAGNFARB
Used Band Uniforms WNBAGNFARB
Posted by: BMX3 | May 14, 2004 at 07:43 AM
I loved that after he lost the auction HE KEPT BIDDING. Doesn't this suggest possible mental health issues his family should have addressed before they let him go walkabout with a briefcase and a gun?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | May 14, 2004 at 08:03 AM
Jeff, sounds like a lot of boxers out there.
Posted by: BMX3 | May 14, 2004 at 08:15 AM
I third that....
Posted by: Lily | May 14, 2004 at 08:18 AM
I have a theory that eBay causes the false sense of "missing out" when you see a cool item:
"Wow, I better bid on that! This will be my only opportunity to get it! I better WIN, too!"
Of course, an identical item will appear the next week, but that's not how our brains think while using eBay for some reason.
Posted by: John | May 14, 2004 at 08:19 AM
yet another reason for me to stay the h*ll away from eBay! I KNEW blogging would benefit me someday!
Posted by: looney girl | May 14, 2004 at 12:04 PM
As an Ebay addict, I would love to know the secret of how he kept bidding even after the auction was over. Didn't he get the screen saying that BIDDING IS CLOSED FOR THIS ITEM?
Posted by: Guin | May 14, 2004 at 03:49 PM
There is a link at the bottom to "more stupid crimes and misdemeanors." I think, though, that all crimes and misdemeanors are stupid.
Posted by: Katzendogz | May 14, 2004 at 04:52 PM
He kept bidding offline, Guin. Meaning, he annoyed the auction-winner with emails and phone calls trying to convince him to sell and offering bids on the stuff. Wonder how much he thought he was going to make reselling the uniforms, once he had them?
Hawking used band uniforms, yeah now that's a goldmine.
Posted by: Gregg | May 14, 2004 at 08:47 PM