Saturday, January 12, 2013

Goodwill Hunting

I have made my second purchase to sell toward a new to me Pachinko machine.  It is a vintage Whirlpool Mangle.  It is a beast.  It is so heavy, but still works.  If you love to iron I suppose you would want one.  Me, I hate to iron.  My idea of ironing is put the item in the dryer for 10 minutes.  



If you are in the market for a Mangle from the 1950's it is up on Ebay right now.  If you buy it bring a friend to lift it because it is weighs a ton.

At this point my total I have in my pocket towards a Pachinko machine is $18.71 cents not including taxes and the fees that accrue from Ebay.  

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Goodwill Hunting


                                   Happy New Year 2013
   One of our favorite Christmas gifts this year came from my 94 year old Grandma, also known as Skinny Grandma.  She gave us each a $5.00 gift card to the Goodwill.  We are junkers.  Our family loves to go to thrift stores and garage sales.  Kids are funny.  Mira found a lovely set of pj's at the Goodwill,  the kind that zips up with feet.  They were new with the tags for a price of $4.93 with tax.  She is a as happy as a owl.  That is the animal that was on the jammies.  Jasmin,  she loves candy and spent a little bit on a baby bottle pop.  Buck on the other hand is looking for something special.  So far he has bought one book, a Simpson's comic book for a grand total of $.44.  Moe spent his on a wood rack for salt and pepper shakers and a new one to add to the collection.  

   As for me, well,  I thought about just buying something, but then I thought it would be more fun to only buy things to sell on Ebay and roll that money over, and over until I can buy something really amazing.  What would that be you ask?  A vintage Japanese Pachinko machine.  I have always wanted one since I was a kid nd my cousin in Spokane had one.  So this is my journey to being a Pachinko machine owner.  I have made my first purchase and have it on Ebay, it is a Yakima ski/snowboard rack for your car.  I purchased it for a grand total of $4.99.