Spun Gold--My Brief and Now Ended Life as a Cars Collector

[gurdonark]

I no longer do as many ebay sales as I once did. When I do them now, it is usually to either sell my little booklet (which, sadly, only moves about half the time now, and thus has been placed on hiatus until September, when Xmas shoppers are more likely to impulse buy) and extra books I've let accumulate around the house and need to clear out. On Thursday, though, I'd convinced myself that I had a "real ebay idea". I was in the local Good Will, which I was glad was open for the holiday. I saw not one but two
rather nice copies of the 45 single by the Cars "Let's Go", coupled with "My Best Friend's Girl". Some inner voice called out to me "Ebay! Ebay!". I paid the one dollar and twenty five cents to the thrift store for these bits of spun gold, and headed home. I wrote neat little ad copy about how I was putting both of them in one auction, in hope that the buyer would get one good one, or perhaps a good one and a saleable one. One of my own personal affectations is that I can write copy to sell anything to anybody. Then I posted the ad. In a classic of failed sales technique, I then began to research the "ebay market" for Cars singles. Soon I discovered that in the ebay heading for new wave and punk records, virtually none of the vinyl sells, and that original issues (as opposed to the "greatest hits-ish" Spun Gold reissues) were going unclaimed. My auction was to end yesterday, and I was comforted a bit when an industry guide said my 45s were worth a few dollars each. Sure enough, though, I got exactly zero bidders. I will repost them in December if need be, and sell them off on ebay after all. If I had real gumption, I'd make one of those cool 45 frames, like "real artists" do, and make a collectible. But as I've mentioned before, as an artist, I am a very good newspaper reader.

If anyone out there in LJ land is a dyed in the wool Cars fan, though (frankly, I never really was), and would like to have the impressive Spun Gold 45 of two of their most enduring hits sent to them, please feel free to drop me a comment. Exchanges are permissible but never required. What would one ask in exchange anyway, a .wav file of the exchanger singing the refrain?

Comments

[ex-sinnie785.livejournal.com]

Unless someone with a record player wants them to listen to, I'd like to have them. And I can exchange stuff!!!! I'll give you 1 largish (over 3 oz.) bar of either lavender, manly green french clay and grapefruit, or a "surprise!" bar (which means we made it and i forgot what's in it).

All our soap is 100% veggie based, lathers pretty darn good, is skin-kind, and smells yummy. The lavender soap is the best for sensitive skin issues -- it's what i use on my face and all those summer and winter dry spots i always get have disappeared.

If I'm yer girl, drop me an e-mail: gawddess@excite.com :)

sold to this fine Californian!

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Great. They're not yet spoken for, so now they're yours. I'll e mail an address to your e mail, and ask you to reciprocate with same, so I can get 'em in the mail.

As far as exchange, I feel I must opt for "surprise", as that's pretty much my mood today.
Thanks.

I knew it, I knew it --

[scott-m.livejournal.com]

-- I knew you would opt for the surprise bar.

Re: I knew it, I knew it --

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

Really, the only surprise about me is that there are fundamentally no surprises.

I am still intriged about the idea of a worldwide
.wav exchange, though! It would be fun to have voices to ascribe to all this wisdom.

[mouchette.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of swapping stuff too.

Here in the U.K. when I was growing up we had a Saturday morning t.v. show called 'Swap Shop' which did just that. I never phoned in but it was oddly exciting.

so now all I have to do is work out if I've got anthing someone else might want ... I'm a bit of a minimalist. And to think of the things I've thrown away ...

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

I have a world of books and oddities, at least so my wife would testify. Once you have decided how to make your life more minimal, I'd be happy to swap with you. Perhaps you need a good straw hat from Texas...and I need a bunch of those odd little Golf cheap chocolates....(grin).