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I had never heard of this until this morning. But a friend sent me a YouTube video that a young woman made of herself purchasing and opening 3 different Mystery Boxes from eBay. One was $15, one $50, one for $100!!! She got a broken part of an Iphone, gumball, vintage salt and pepper shakers, clothing, purse, a used pipe, and some other stuff that was probably just random stuff that the sellers didn’t think they could sell on their own…
Have you guys ever done anything like this before? It is both genius and evil!!!
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I see that mystery boxes are alive and well:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5508.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xmystery+box.TRS0&_nkw=mystery+box&_sacat=0Obviously all these sellers say “no returns”. I just wonder if eBay would back them up the seller if the buyer was unhappy paying for actual junk.
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I never understood who would buy a mystery box – makes no sense to me. I learned my lesson as a kid when they use to sell “mystery bags” of candy at my local corner store – it was just a bunch of junk they couldn’t sell.
Reminds me also of my neighbor that buys storage lockers like those fake TV shows – he seems to have a dumpster permanently in his driveway and his routine seems to be buy a locker, empty and clean it out for the storage place, bring home everything, and place it in the dumpster, and complains about how he never finds anything of value.
I personally rather have an idea of what I am buying…
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The swap-bot site still exists but I don’t participate any more. It was supposed to be for handmade items swapped between like minded individuals. Several years ago I participated in a mystery swap with probably 10-12 people. The moderator drew names and matched up swappers and you got a box of “stuff” in a flat rate box. You had a price point that you were supposed to meet and you listed your sizes and color preference and whatever. Obviously my swap partner didn’t read that part. I got a box of very used clothes,too small,old balloons, junk jewelry and everything reeked of smoke, the clothes were cover in hair. I think she just rounded up stuff from her floor. Cured my need for mystery boxes.
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“Reminds me also of my neighbor that buys storage lockers like those fake TV shows – he seems to have a dumpster permanently in his driveway and his routine seems to be buy a locker, empty and clean it out for the storage place, bring home everything, and place it in the dumpster, and complains about how he never finds anything of value.”
I have been doing real well with storage units…
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