Let’s veer off the uber-serious side of life for a moment and think of some theoreticals for the moment. The economy’s out of whack,
but we can’t let that dampen our spirits, especially during this
Holiday season. Oh, did I mention that the world may end tomorrow?
Cue
into an imaginary scenario where some eccentric rich billionaire throws
you a bone and grants you a cool two hundred thousand dollars... with
some odd conditions. He’s not going to give it to you in cash, you have
to declare that you want to purchase something. You can’t purchase
anything brand new; it has to be pre-owned. It has to be purchased
online, to boot. Oh, and it has to be just one thing; no multiple
purchases!
Faced
with this odd theoretical situation, I did some browsing around,
particularly into some online marketplaces. I skipped the big ones like
eBay and Amazon so I would be forced to search harder and among a wider
variety of sites. For fun, open an additional browser tab and do your
own fantasy list of possible items while you look over my own choices:
A Japanese WWII Fighter Plane
trade-a-plane.com
A
Zero! Well, a movie replica, but a pretty accurate one, and it flies!
This Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 is a later (only slightly) model of the
actual carrier-based fighter planes that were used by Japanese to attack
Pearl Harbor. Posted in Trade-A-Plane, it has been repriced to a “friendly” 169.9 grand, so it fits right into your theoretical budget.
Optimus Prime in Truck Form
nexttruckonline.com
The
Peterbilt 379 with a flat top sleeper is the basis of my favorite
cartoon leader character’s truck transformation in the ever-exploding
Michael Bay rendition of Transformers. All it needs is a repaint to
resemble Prime a bit more, and I’ll probably have customized horn sounds
using Optimus Prime’s voice saying, “Transform, and roll out!” Yes, I’m
a dork.
A Crane with a Wrecking Ball
flickr.com/people/editor
Destroying
things can be fun. As a child, the best part about playing with my LEGO
bricks was the part where I wreck and disassemble them back into their
basic pieces. Yeah, I liked running into other kids’ sand structures,
too.
There are a bunch of cranes available at Rock & Dirt, and most of them are well within the budget. Now to find a big-ass wrecking ball...
My Very Own Oil Drilling Rig
tradequip.com
I
keep seeing other people getting crazy-rich on oil. I definitely have
to get in on that. Besides, pump prices just keep on going up, I might
as well drill for my own oil so I can keep driving my Chevy pickup.
So,
what items have you come up with? Go ahead and post it down on the
comments section, along with the prices and the places you could
possibly get them from. Happy Holidays, and may the world not end
tomorrow!
About the Author
Stacey
Thompson is a professional writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and a lover
of weird little animals. She is based in San Diego, California, and is
still hammering out the kinks in her blog, Word Baristas.