You may remember from last week that I had a package of Joe Exotic rolling papers.
I don’t have much use for rolling papers - none at all, actually, unless perhaps to make miniature egg rolls - so I stuck them on eBay with the following description:
“When Joe was running for governor, he appeared at the Oklahoma Press Association annual convention at Firelake Grand Casino and Resort in June 2018.
“There were about a dozen candidates present, but Joe stole the show. Afterward, I had a short visit with him and he handed me some rolling papers, which were his campaign card. I put them in a cabinet drawer when I got back to the office and ran across them while cleaning this morning.
“In case you have wondered, Joe is the same in person as he was on the Netflix series. He was wearing his mullet, but not his pistol.
“These are pristine. None missing. I’ll pack ‘em securely and mail them as soon as you pay. I was hoping to package this with some sardine oil, but alas. It was not to be.”
I put a starting bid of $37 and threw them in the water, figuratively speaking, to see if anyone would take the cork under.
There were a few nibbles, early, and one person made an offer of $20,20, which I rejected.
Then, a lady from the San Francisco area made an offer of $60. Dang. Now that’s what I’m talking about.
Dang. Now that’s what I’m talking about. $60. I mentally tried calculating how much Diet Mtn. Dew and Spam I could buy for $60.
“But wait,” I said to myself. “If she is offering $60, it’s pretty sure she will go higher than that.”
“Probably so,” I replied. “But don’t get greedy. You don’t want to lose the wad, just trying to squeeze out an extra buck.”
I had to admit, I made a good point.
Used to be, George Bush was the most famous person I’d met. Bumped into him a few times when he was governor of Texas, then he moved on to D.C. for two terms and became the best-known person on earth.
Now, you don’t hear much about him.
Joe’s career took a similar arc. He ran for governor, then moved on to the DOC for a term of his own and became the best-known person on earth.
I am pretty sure his fame won’t last forever, so I figured my strategy should be: get while the getting is as good as it will ever be.
So, I counter-offered for $67.50.
Took only a couple of hours for the lady to accept it with no further haggle and to send me the $67.50 (plus shipping) through Paypal.
So, there I was, $67.50 to the good and feeling pretty happy about it.
Except that while I was on eBay, I happened to see this old Rolleicord twin lens camera.
I love old twin lens cameras and it was in good shape and I figured I could get it for $100, with free shipping...