Gah! The torture! The pain!

[Ben]

So I'm feeling tortured and teased...

Yesterday, a confidential informant gave me a tip that 8-10 lava lamps were for sale at a local yard sale. Within an hour, I was at there. By the time I got there, all that was left was 3 32oz LL's, all in need of TLC, parts, or re-gooing and 1 non-LL brand lamp. I bought them all for $10. One looks like clear/gold and another is black/orange but both looks like various stages of diarrhea and urine. The other 32oz is a purple/clear that can be filtered. The seller told me he'd sold a bunch within the hour, and had I come by the day before I could have bought dozens more. He had literally dozens of 1980's-early 2000's lamps he was selling for his brother and I missed all but 4 clunkers. The most torturous part is, after I left I discovered he had increased the prices to $4 per lamp from $1.50!!!! (The price stickers had been covered up with new stickers.) he must have had no idea what his brother's collection was worth.

Grrrrr, I could have bought gazillions of nicer lamps at a stupid-low price!

Ughhhhhh... I have that pain in the pit of my stomach... I feel ill.

But my wife is no doubt glad I didn't get them. But man, opportunities like that just don't happen very often. I gotta let it go. Gotta let it go.

[Kirk]

It hurts just reading about it, Ben!

[Marley's Ghost]

I'm so sorry, Ben.  It makes me sick for you.  Dang.

[Erin]

Ouchies. :( That blows. Sorry to hear it. I feel yer pain!

[Aladdin 2 Lava]

Know the feeling, I just got back from one of the biggest carboot sales in the county... not one lava or glitter lamp !

Not even a china !!!  :(

[Ben]

Trying to look at the bright side....

...can't find the bright side.  Kinda wish I'd never known about it at all!!  LOL

[Marley's Ghost]

Well, now I'm about to toss my cookies for both you and Rocket Man.  How depressing, and a very stormy day don't help.

[Jonas Clark-Elliott]

Ouch! I rarely see lava at yard sales - usually ALL I see is stuff the baby recently outgrew.

[Samantha Gregory]

ME i would buy any junk lava lamp because i like having projects like that to do oh man do i want to fix lava lamps now

[Modulo '70]

Your time will come again. Keep the faith!

[Modulo '70]

I had an amazing car boot score recently, a Red anodised Crestworth Comet for £2. An amazing find. They are still out there somewhere....

[Samantha Gregory]

Awesome wish i could find such great finds have this guy lined up but hasn't gotten the lamp out of storage so he hasn't come by and i am giving him 5 dollars more

[Modulo '70]

What sort of lamp is it? I hope it's a good one!
 
Samantha Gregory said:

Awesome wish i could find such great finds have this guy lined up but hasn't gotten the lamp out of storage so he hasn't come by and i am giving him 5 dollars more