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DeliciousBacon
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Even before Covid, I barely got to any shows; I work Saturdays, and my wife and I both had Sundays off, so we always spent the day together. She has a new job and works Sundays now, so I don't feel bad about going. The 2nd Sunday in every month is the Rhode Island card show, or whatever it's called. Used to be the 1st Thursday night every month, but the promoter passed away years ago, and his son ran it into the ground. So it's back now, and today was my first time.
It was competing against the Dedham MA show (formerly Mansfield, AKA the good show) and another RI show that was apparently a disaster. This show wasn't much better, with lots of overpriced blasters, $5 boxes as the "bargain" boxes, and showcases full of stuff that's already trending down (multiple people came in, paid their admission, walked around the room once, and walked out). I only bought from three tables; not coincidently, they were the three dealers with 50¢ and 3/$1 boxes. It's good to know there are still hidden finds out there; if my Sportlots sales are any indication, people have been latching on to some weird items as the potential next big thing. But anyone who knew their ****, and was poking through that 3/$1 would have grabbed this, like I did. No idea what this would go for, but it keeps my streak of great dumpster dive finds alive!
It was competing against the Dedham MA show (formerly Mansfield, AKA the good show) and another RI show that was apparently a disaster. This show wasn't much better, with lots of overpriced blasters, $5 boxes as the "bargain" boxes, and showcases full of stuff that's already trending down (multiple people came in, paid their admission, walked around the room once, and walked out). I only bought from three tables; not coincidently, they were the three dealers with 50¢ and 3/$1 boxes. It's good to know there are still hidden finds out there; if my Sportlots sales are any indication, people have been latching on to some weird items as the potential next big thing. But anyone who knew their ****, and was poking through that 3/$1 would have grabbed this, like I did. No idea what this would go for, but it keeps my streak of great dumpster dive finds alive!