• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Pet rocks.

    And every ridiculous “must have” Christmas toy craze.

    Nowadays people spend their money on sensible crazes, like Stanley Mugs.

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      1 month ago

      In defense of pet rocks: the highest they were ever sold for was the modern equivalent of $24 and nobody was pretending they were worth more.

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      1 month ago

      Years ago, the Ticket Me Elmo dolls were the hot Christmas gift, and nobody could find them. I happened to walk into Target after they had just set up a new display of their newly arrived shipment. I bought 10 them for about $30 each, and sold most of them for $150-200. The final one finally went for about $80 just before Christmas.

      Paid for ALL our Christmas gifts.