Things that you've binned and subsequently wish you hadn't
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Back in the early '00's I gave away a lot of new / good condition Renault 5 GT Turbo parts for free and binned loads of others. I remember thinking at the time, maybe I should keep / store them for the future, but decided otherwise.
The prices for some of those bits now would probably have paid for at least half of the cost of restoring my current 205 GTI
The prices for some of those bits now would probably have paid for at least half of the cost of restoring my current 205 GTI
yeager2004 said:
- Lego Technical set – I actually kept it (was the one from the 1980s where you could build the car or the dragster) -original box and 99% parts still there. But I made the mistake of giving it to my son when he was too young for it, and consequently most of the bits have got mixed in with the other Lego and the box got trashed
Just posted about this the other day in the lego thread; I'm selling mine (built, original) if you're interested, PM me.
parabolica said:
yeager2004 said:
- Lego Technical set – I actually kept it (was the one from the 1980s where you could build the car or the dragster) -original box and 99% parts still there. But I made the mistake of giving it to my son when he was too young for it, and consequently most of the bits have got mixed in with the other Lego and the box got trashed
Just posted about this the other day in the lego thread; I'm selling mine (built, original) if you're interested, PM me.
I had that one too as a kid, still got the bits but as above I know the parts are all mixed in with other sets now. Nothing better than tipping the whole lot onto the bedroom floor and just making something, ANYTHING that took your fancy.
Still wish I had that sort of inspiration these days...
generationx said:
So many over the years with the benefit of hindsight. amongst which include:
- Star Wars Weekly issues 1 - 100ish
- 2000AD issue 1
- All Dinky/Corgi/Matchbox packaging
- Star Wars Weekly issues 1 - 100ish
- 2000AD issue 1
- All Dinky/Corgi/Matchbox packaging
Gave away all those comics and together with an early Corgi 007 DB5, all the Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet Dinkys... worth a few bob now. csd19 said:
parabolica said:
yeager2004 said:
- Lego Technical set – I actually kept it (was the one from the 1980s where you could build the car or the dragster) -original box and 99% parts still there. But I made the mistake of giving it to my son when he was too young for it, and consequently most of the bits have got mixed in with the other Lego and the box got trashed
Just posted about this the other day in the lego thread; I'm selling mine (built, original) if you're interested, PM me.
Binned by my profligate mother.
An Arabian dagger bought in Jordan. At least decades old, however for we knew it could've been much older. It even had a speck of red on it which I thought could've been ancient blood! Probably not, but I'll never know.
I always wanted to get it tested somewhere to be sure.
An Arabian dagger bought in Jordan. At least decades old, however for we knew it could've been much older. It even had a speck of red on it which I thought could've been ancient blood! Probably not, but I'll never know.
I always wanted to get it tested somewhere to be sure.
aaron_2000 said:
My entire bag of PS2 games that I had throughout my childhood. Restored my PS2 and had to spend £30 buying back a fraction of my games, I had over 150 all mint condition. Had a late 80's inkjet printer that I wish I still had too.
At CEX you can now buy PS2 games for as little as 50p. 
This model Panasonic flip top ghetto blaster. I'd wanted one for years, but for a number of years it had a few small faults I'd been meaning to get around to fixing, but never did. We were having a big clear out, and I thought, no, just get rid. This was a year ago, and I wish I hadn't. It would probably be years until I sorted it, but I would have one day.
just found some stuff i thought id thrown out in the loft at my parents house, superman anniversary edition oversized comic book , spiderman anniversery book too from back in the seventies, also my old annuals all in a box and still boxed meccano kits from the early seventies too. im made up i found em to be honest. dont care what they are worth just great memories. especialy reading all my old action comics , i loved hookjaw a kind of jaws spin off and the leapord of lime street in another set of comics. , seems like my mum kept loads of stuff, bagged and boxed and shifted to the loft. found my old casio sk5 sampling keyboard too , had much fun with that years ago. seems there is a roaring trade in old comics too, i have spiderman comics weekly from no 1 still with the paper bag mask through to no 91, and loads of mighty world of marvel too. probably over 40 or 50 issues, not counted but start from no 1 on .
Edited by evilmunkey on Monday 26th February 19:00
There was an old butler sink in the garden of our house when we moved in, left behind my the previous owner. When I revamped the patio, I dumped the old sink.
A few months later when i was at a garden centre, I noticed they were selling relaimed buter sinks (in worse condition than the one I dumped) for £80+. Oops
A few months later when i was at a garden centre, I noticed they were selling relaimed buter sinks (in worse condition than the one I dumped) for £80+. Oops
J3JCV said:
A 1969 GTXL Capri (1.3) in Amber Gold that I left in an old lock up - VTX779G where are you now????
I cant believe what a tit I was to leave it behind as I moved, thinking it was too much trouble to take.
Not been scrapped or broken for parts, just untaxed. Still locked up? Last taxed 2007 but still licensed I cant believe what a tit I was to leave it behind as I moved, thinking it was too much trouble to take.
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