10,000 is a bit much for this collection. Ive followed alot of individual sales on ebay and you could easily buy them all separately for less. If they were all MIB you could justify the 10K, but from the listing many are broke, missing parts and not with box, so the value decreases by about 50%. I did keep all my transformers (and later conned by brother out of all of his, though they were a bit worse on wear). I have half the 1984 Autobots and all but one 1984 Decepticon, and about half the 1985 years of either and one or two from 1986 years. Without the boxes I have a typical ebay value of about 1000 dollars. All of mine are complete, with only 2 having glued parts, but missing the boxes. That would double the price. I love them, and do not intend to sell them (other the the extra Grimlock I have and some loose parts from the Aerialbots). If I had money to burn I wouldnt pay much more then 6000 for this collection. But wouldnt it be nice to have them all!
The november issue of Discover Magazine (or its web version discover.com) has an interesting article on the various types of vote counting systems that have been proposed. Most of them are far better then the current system. Discover article
I can see over other vehicles But nobody can see over you. Glad you have this 'me first' attitude. Minivans and station wagons are just as hard to see over in many normal cars. Ive owned everything from a high 4x4 truck to a low sports car. Even in a normal car the view over a large lincoln or cadillac was impacted. SUVs are not the only problem, not even counting the number of small and large freight trucks on the road. it's safe For you. In an accident, if the two vehicles were normal cars, the two people might walk away with whiplash and nothing more. Same accident with an SUV and a normal car, and you walk away with no problems, the other person might not ever walk again. Your "safety" comes at the expense of others on the road. Not to mention that the vehicle fills narrow lanes and leaves less margin for error, and blocks the views of other motorists, giving them less time to react. The 'safety' is entirely selfish. Again, thanks for your 'me first' attitude. A responsilbly driven SUV is no worse then any responsibly driven car (thought I do hate the cell phone users in any vehicle). And if the small cars wouldnt be so impatient and try passing the larger cars so carelessly the margin for error wouldnt matter. A minivan or large station wagon packs as much force as an SUV if involved in an accident with a regular car, even most normal pickup trucks are gonna be a hard hit for a car. And again, lets not forget the big diesels. I can stick each of my kids in a separate row of seats (no fighting on long trips!) An extravagance that simply cannot be justified. Dear lord, this is the excuse used for raping the environment, wasting resources, and being a menace on the road and taking up two parking spots? Because you want to abdicate your responsibility as a parent?? This I will agree is a pretty lame excuse. Glad you can afford it. Too bad you fail to realize how many others are paying for it (including your kids, who obviously aren't learning how to share their space or cooperate or deal with less-than-ideal situations). Why should someone who has worked and found the means to afford it enjoy it. Just because someone cant, or refuses to? If its unfair for me to enjoy my income to the poor, its unfair for them to force me to share it when they do nothing to deserve it. And driving an SUV does nothing to instill a sense of not sharing, or not cooperating with others in children. A parent in a minivan, car or walking can instill the same bad actions. Its the parent, not the car. If you cant come up with good reasons to bitch, then dont do it!
And why shouldnt you have to pay some taxes? Im tired of working my ass off and tyring to succeed in life only to have almost 1/3 of my money get sucked out by the governement to pay fat lazy assholes to sit around and do nothing but commit crimes and have more kids to suck up more money. While I know all people do not do this, far too many are like that. (ive known many personally). I dont agree with tax loopholes for the rich and companies, because they get abused. I say lets just pay a flat percentage...nothing more, nothing less. You make 5000, you pay 5% of that, you make 5,000,000, you pay 5%. Everyone gives equally.
You never did answer the question? What is it you do that is so important? You sound like someone who is jealous that you lack the intelligence to have a technical job that earns alot of people a ver good living and keeps many parts of society running so people like you can pretend you are a significant part of it when you really contribute nothing of value. You sound like management, no brains and the lack of wisdom to use it!
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I actually did have a full tank of Gas, and another 10 gallons in the back of the truck. Did have some matches and a candle and 6 litres of water. But then I was going to Las Vegas, and I was just preparing myself to drive the long desert routes should the masses of idiots in town cause any trouble. I personally didnt expect any problems from the computers, but the humans who so desparately wanted chaos just might have created their own disaster. I prepared against knee-jerk reactionaries, not Y2K bugs!:)
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10,000 is a bit much for this collection. Ive followed alot of individual sales on ebay and you could easily buy them all separately for less. If they were all MIB you could justify the 10K, but from the listing many are broke, missing parts and not with box, so the value decreases by about 50%. I did keep all my transformers (and later conned by brother out of all of his, though they were a bit worse on wear). I have half the 1984 Autobots and all but one 1984 Decepticon, and about half the 1985 years of either and one or two from 1986 years. Without the boxes I have a typical ebay value of about 1000 dollars. All of mine are complete, with only 2 having glued parts, but missing the boxes. That would double the price. I love them, and do not intend to sell them (other the the extra Grimlock I have and some loose parts from the Aerialbots). If I had money to burn I wouldnt pay much more then 6000 for this collection. But wouldnt it be nice to have them all!
The november issue of Discover Magazine (or its web version discover.com) has an interesting article on the various types of vote counting systems that have been proposed. Most of them are far better then the current system.
Discover article
I can see over other vehicles But nobody can see over you. Glad you have this 'me first' attitude. Minivans and station wagons are just as hard to see over in many normal cars. Ive owned everything from a high 4x4 truck to a low sports car. Even in a normal car the view over a large lincoln or cadillac was impacted. SUVs are not the only problem, not even counting the number of small and large freight trucks on the road. it's safe For you. In an accident, if the two vehicles were normal cars, the two people might walk away with whiplash and nothing more. Same accident with an SUV and a normal car, and you walk away with no problems, the other person might not ever walk again. Your "safety" comes at the expense of others on the road. Not to mention that the vehicle fills narrow lanes and leaves less margin for error, and blocks the views of other motorists, giving them less time to react. The 'safety' is entirely selfish. Again, thanks for your 'me first' attitude. A responsilbly driven SUV is no worse then any responsibly driven car (thought I do hate the cell phone users in any vehicle). And if the small cars wouldnt be so impatient and try passing the larger cars so carelessly the margin for error wouldnt matter. A minivan or large station wagon packs as much force as an SUV if involved in an accident with a regular car, even most normal pickup trucks are gonna be a hard hit for a car. And again, lets not forget the big diesels. I can stick each of my kids in a separate row of seats (no fighting on long trips!) An extravagance that simply cannot be justified. Dear lord, this is the excuse used for raping the environment, wasting resources, and being a menace on the road and taking up two parking spots? Because you want to abdicate your responsibility as a parent?? This I will agree is a pretty lame excuse. Glad you can afford it. Too bad you fail to realize how many others are paying for it (including your kids, who obviously aren't learning how to share their space or cooperate or deal with less-than-ideal situations). Why should someone who has worked and found the means to afford it enjoy it. Just because someone cant, or refuses to? If its unfair for me to enjoy my income to the poor, its unfair for them to force me to share it when they do nothing to deserve it. And driving an SUV does nothing to instill a sense of not sharing, or not cooperating with others in children. A parent in a minivan, car or walking can instill the same bad actions. Its the parent, not the car. If you cant come up with good reasons to bitch, then dont do it!
And why shouldnt you have to pay some taxes? Im tired of working my ass off and tyring to succeed in life only to have almost 1/3 of my money get sucked out by the governement to pay fat lazy assholes to sit around and do nothing but commit crimes and have more kids to suck up more money. While I know all people do not do this, far too many are like that. (ive known many personally). I dont agree with tax loopholes for the rich and companies, because they get abused. I say lets just pay a flat percentage...nothing more, nothing less. You make 5000, you pay 5% of that, you make 5,000,000, you pay 5%. Everyone gives equally.
You never did answer the question? What is it you do that is so important? You sound like someone who is jealous that you lack the intelligence to have a technical job that earns alot of people a ver good living and keeps many parts of society running so people like you can pretend you are a significant part of it when you really contribute nothing of value. You sound like management, no brains and the lack of wisdom to use it!
I actually did have a full tank of Gas, and another 10 gallons in the back of the truck. Did have some matches and a candle and 6 litres of water. But then I was going to Las Vegas, and I was just preparing myself to drive the long desert routes should the masses of idiots in town cause any trouble. I personally didnt expect any problems from the computers, but the humans who so desparately wanted chaos just might have created their own disaster. I prepared against knee-jerk reactionaries, not Y2K bugs! :)