Look at this eBay link. An ugly little Hot Wheels T-bird sold for almost $11,000! What am I missing here?

Money.

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1981 240D 32X.XXX km Totaled
1983 300D 28X.XXX km Sold
1993 300E 126.000 miles Totaled
1999 S320 76.000 miles


Will live forever.......

thats more than I paid for my Mercedes

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2000 Ford 7.3 Powerstroke 4x4
2006 Mazda Tribute
1983 Black 300 D (donated to charity)
1993 Teal 300 D (160K) Sold
"I love the smell of burnt diesel fuel in the morning, it smells like ....VICTORY"

Semper Fidelis
USMC 1973-1976

its got a good interior

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

what are you missing? Dumb people with too much money....just like with the beanie babie craze ....you can't give those things away today..

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Every once in awhile someone comes along testing P.T. Barnum's theorem with wildly successfull results.

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Amazing!

I remember reading an article a few years ago about a guy who was on the verge of completing a $7K transaction with a Hot Wheels collector...

...apparently, he managed to get ahold of a one-off VW Bus with a roof rack and surf boards that Mattel never released publicly...belonged to a former Mattel Hot Wheels engineer.

Any "Beanie Babies" hit that target yet on ebay?

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Did you see the auction history on the high bidder? He must've spent thou$$$$$$$$$$and$ on those hot wheels cars

Oh my god! I had a bunch of the cars that he bid on. My mom owes me A LOT of friggin money!

UGH!

Ok, college wasn't cheap. I'll call it even. Hehe.

I must admit that I have been know to linger during strolls down the toy department aisles, eyeing the carded Hot Wheels/Matchbox toys, checking out if they still sell the ones I used to have. I may have to go buy that Speed Racer Mach 5 yet.

That's more than I paid for ALL of my Mercedes

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

That's one of the Painted over Chrome ones.

Highly desirable.

Kind of like an old $20 gold piece with the Carson City mint mark. Not just another $20.

Stuff is worth what people are willing to pay. $20 to one person is $100K to someone else.

If I could afford that particular Hot Wheel, I'd keep it with my "Princess" Beany Baby, if I could afford one of them too.

- Patrick

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1982 240D. 198k, Marine Blue/Blue, 4 Speed, Crank Windows, No Sunroof, No Rust, No Oil Leaks
2001 TDI. 197k, Lagoon Blue/Black, 5 speed, Chip, G60/VR6

I am now convinced that we ARE in the last days. As soon as I finish packing, it's off to hills for me....

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Hell, thats more thanI paid for three of my Mercedes

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I'm sick of .sig files

I was looking at that. It's amazing, if you want to spend the time, you can add up exactly what he has spent on those, on E-Bay anyway. I clicked on a few of them. Some around $50, others $6, 7, 8 hundred, a couple $thousand plus. Must have inherited a few million or twenty or two hundred. What a trip....

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K