A Word On Ebay Junk Drawer Lots

[mojjax]

He's kind of funny too !

 

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[Keppy]

He's kind of funny too !

Yes he was ..

 

[Beachkid23]

All this junk drawer lot talk. I'm going to do one too. I'm looking for more stuff to put in it but as of right now this is what I got. Actually none of it's junk and it should do pretty well I think. I still feel like selling all separately. I have another one I'm going to do it's all vintage electronics from like 1980s old cell phones and computers controllers and stuff and see what else I can find laying around here. But I really need to clear some stuff out so here it will be a lot 1.

 

[mojjax]

Yes he was ..

Keep adding

 

[DirtyHowi]

@BK23, what ya want for the tire gage/inflator? or pm me the link to the auction if your more comfy with that.

 

[mojjax]

I just put this junk drawer lot on Ebay . Hows it look ?

Vtg Junk Drawer Lot Zippos Locks Keys Watches Tobacco Pipes Etc | eBay

 

[BosnMate]

I see how that works, I really like the scrimshaw whale tooth, so now all I got to do is swallow the bait. Be interesting to see what that goes for.

 

[meanpc]

I just put this junk drawer lot on Ebay . Hows it look ?

Vtg Junk Drawer Lot Zippos Locks Keys Watches Tobacco Pipes Etc | eBay

Looks very desirable. High quality junk you got there, or at least high-quality looking. I think you'll end up getting around $150.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Junk drawer? WTF is that? It is properly known as the 'useless drawer' because that is where they keep all the useless stuff

In the early days of my experiment with having inlaws, I was frequently sent to go fetch some thing or another and they had no name for the place but knew the directions - something like: third drawer down on the left next to the sink...

I came back with - oh! the useless drawer, why didn't you just say so?

Eventually they caught on

 

[qwichurbichen]

Hello,

Just rambling. I'm good at it.

This particular installment is my reaction to those junk drawer lots you see on ebay. Why do I want to buy nearly every single one of them? I know quite well two things at this point:

A. I don't need any more stuff
B. I don't need any more stuff

Why do I feel like I need to blow a few hundred dollars on them? There is something about collecting 'things', specifically, but something else apparently about collecting 'collections' of things. Does anyone else suffer from this?

Maybe I should have been a junk store owner.

End of ramble.

I love jdls, o used to be able to buy them like crazy, I'd get 4 or 5 pkgs a day in the mail, then fell on hard times n its been awhile, now I'm jonesing to get one, I have so. Much junk now n I also live putting them together to sell as well. They are my favorite category.

 

[qwichurbichen]

Junk drawer? WTF is that? It is properly known as the 'useless drawer' because that is where they keep all the useless stuff

In the early days of my experiment with having inlaws, I was frequently sent to go fetch some thing or another and they had no name for the place but knew the directions - something like: third drawer down on the left next to the sink...

I came back with - oh! the useless drawer, why didn't you just say so?

Eventually they caught on

Junk Drawer lots are just a bunch of random items put together, some of it is truly junk n some of the items are real finds, I've bought several for $20-$40, and got pcs I sold for $100 or more. You find cool things u never even knew existed.

 

[Catweazle]

For example, I recently saw a bundle of crappy pens listed in a local auction here.
However, one of the pens was a Mont Blanc pen which retail for several hundred dollars.
So yeah, there are finds here or there. It can also be interesting to look into the research of these weird and wacky objects too. It's like a part of history.

 

[Jarl]

Crazy to see this thread is still getting attention since I first posted it lol...in 2015!! I still like junk drawer lots, though.

 

[Jarl]

Junk Drawer lots are just a bunch of random items put together, some of it is truly junk n some of the items are real finds, I've bought several for $20-$40, and got pcs I sold for $100 or more. You find cool things u never even knew existed.

An antique store around the corner will throw random things in a carboard beverage flat and put it on a rack(with several other like boxes). They'll price the items at $1 each or a few items for $1...just depends on what they are. But I can usually get them to sell me the whole box for under $20...using my, 'Hey...how long has this been here and what's your 'get rid of it' price?' tactic. I mentioned Ebay junk lots to them but they were uninterested in pursuing that route for selling. That's fine because I can avoid the shipping lol.

 

[Jarl]

For example, I recently saw a bundle of crappy pens listed in a local auction here.
However, one of the pens was a Mont Blanc pen which retail for several hundred dollars.
So yeah, there are finds here or there. It can also be interesting to look into the research of these weird and wacky objects too. It's like a part of history.

I agree. You never know what you'll find. It's worth looking for those little gems people overlook. I also just like the act of gathering and sorting a mess...and I'm sort of a compulsive categorizer/organizer.