Afternoon everyone….
As the title states, you might want to grab a beer or an adult beverage for this one. Because when my girlfriend told me about this I couldn’t believe it…..
No she is not pregnant ….
My girlfriend hates having stuff laying around that will not or cannot be used anymore. She frequently puts things up on the Facebook Marketplace to get rid of things.
Often she just gives things away. But things that she feels are in like new condition she tries to get a few bucks for.
My girlfriend has a thirteen year old son. He is very tall nearly as tall as me already. Obviously kids grow out of things very quickly, which means that many things don’t get much use before they are outgrown.
She listed a pair of bowling shoes that he used last summer for a summer bowling camp. Yes, he refused to wear rental bowling shoes. I don’t blame him. She listed them for $7 on Facebook Marketplace.
Are you ready…..
When the lady interested came to pick them up. She handed my girlfriend four paper dollars and a bunch of quarters. My girlfriend noticed the strange sound on the change hitting her hand.
She immediately text me a picture with a question. Are these quarters silver? Once I opened the picture without seeing the dates, I said yep.
They weren’t all silver but nine of the twelve were silver. The other three were bicentennial quarters which are worthless, unless in amazing condition.
Here is the picture she sent me…
Each of these quarters are worth five dollars in melt value. So the lady technically spent $49.75 on previously owned bowling shoes. Which is $20 more than my girlfriend paid for them brand new.
You just don’t see this type of stuff happening anymore.
My honest guess is that someone in the house the lady who bought them lives in, probably has a jar of quarters that are silver and bicentennials on a dresser or somewhere. She didn’t want to go to the ATM and just grabbed three dollars in quarters not knowing what they really were. 🤦🏻
Not only are they silver but three of them are in mint state condition for certain. Not crazy high grades but my guess would be MS62 or MS63. Which would make them worth about $17-$22 each. But I’m not grading them.
They are now added to my stack. She gave them to me.
You just can’t make this shit up….
