The quick and the dead

madaboutsesame · 2012-08-11T00:39:45.000Z

Had to laugh this morning at the lengths one must go to for the love of the plastic brick... and where my limits end and others obviously don't (possibly why I shouldn't quit my day job...oops too late) !! So there was a Garage sale (translate: yard sale) listed on Gumtree (translate: kinda like craigslist but a bit prettier) last weekend - twas scheduled to occur this morning from 6 am- the headliner item was listed as LEGO (that has gotta mean you have a bunch of it right for it to be the first item listed?). The address was only 3 streets away from me so I was a bit cheeky and text the number 40 minutes after it was listed last weekend to ask what kind of LEGO it was ... no response, so i figured no skin off my nose to head out this morning to check it out. I fail to mention last night I had already checked what time sun rise was this morning - 6:24 am. At 5:45 am I figure to myself - its not even 5 degrees outside, the sun is not yet up... i don't need to go just yet and be one of those super keen flanny-wearing-bogans who cruise sales before they even start thus necessitating signs saying "no early birds" (I am allowed to say this as I am at heart a flanny wearing bogan) ... but apparently i was WRONG. I jumped in the car at 8 minutes past 6:00 am. It took me all of a minute to drive to the sale. I get out ... no one else there... good sign... tired looking owners dressed in trackies and uggs still putting boxes on tables... even better sign. I casually saunter over to a table half full with toys... scan... mega blocks (eww), Mcdonalds toys looking like Bionicles (getting warmer), a small snap-lock bag of Bionicle parts (promising enough to pick up to examine price - $4.00 ...no thanks). "Is this the LEGO you had listed" I ask ? "Sorry, that's already gone" is' the reply I receive. "Oh... did it sell during the week?" I gingerly ask. Frustrated response from owners ..."We got non-stop phone calls ALL week asking to buy it - we kept telling people to wait for the sale (at this point i feel a little stink for my text but don't fess up) and so we kept it for the sale - someone was here before dawn for it sorry". I shake my head in disbelief, like that is just ridiculous, thank them for their time and scamper back home all in the space of about 3 minutes (kicking myself for not being that someone !). I get home and tell hubby who is sitting bleary eyed on the couch holding bubby... he scoffs... the lengths SOME people go to for "just" some LEGO - you wouldn't get up that early... "no honey" I say as I resolve to try harder next time !