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Old 05-22-20 | 12:04 AM
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All these box threads look just the same.


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Old 05-22-20 | 02:26 AM
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OMG! Valuation thread alert! Be gone with you, newbie turd to the Valuations subfourm! Banish! Banish! Banish!

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Hah, hah,hah! Notice it was a statement not a question? LOL

Then again, anything only has value if someone is willing to pay for it. VBEG

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The big green thing in the middle is a box that has not been assembled yet. And no, I will not assemble and then open it!
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don't know about vintage air, but a Little Old Lady used to come into the service station (boy am I dating myself ) where my brother worked spring and fall to get the winter air out of her tires and summer air in and vice versa, She as sharp and insisted on watching the valve cores being removed, the tire flat, and then inflated.

So to be as sharp as her: How do I know there is vintage air in the box if it is not opened?
You could always get a hipster in a leather apron to open it. That way if all the vintage air leaks out, it'll now be filled with Artisanal Bespoke Hand Crafted air.

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Hah, hah,hah! Notice it was a statement not a question? LOL
Be gone, you vile noobie valuation beast of confusion! Substituting a question mark for a period doesn't make a question a statement! We shall banish you inside a theoretical box of which has six non-existent walls of despair!

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Just an empty box. Should I open it?
Are you sure you didn't shut it just before "hope" got out? (especially relevant to know if it is a "Zeus" component box).
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Wow look at this offer from the esteemed Drillium Dude it is amazing Exceedingly Rare set of Campagnolo Super Record Nesting Boxes
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The posts about vintage air make me think of the short story Smoke by William Faulkner.
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Originally Posted by Reynolds
The posts about vintage air make me think of the short story Smoke by William Faulkner.
I just think of this.



It probably comes in a nice big box.

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Old 05-22-20 | 10:39 AM
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Write bianchi on the side and seal it up with duck tape and sell it for 2000 bucks.
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To the OP, I regret that you feel offended and have withdrawn your offer especially when there is so much genuine interest. Perhaps in time you will reconsider. Might you consider April 1st as a potential re-list date. Interested fools should be at peak.
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What if it's half empty?
Then it would be this thread.

If the Eagles were a half-empty box....
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It's been Photo-shopped to look empty!
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Originally Posted by squirtdad
don't know about vintage air, but a Little Old Lady used to come into the service station (boy am I dating myself ) where my brother worked spring and fall to get the winter air out of her tires and summer air in and vice versa, She as sharp and insisted on watching the valve cores being removed, the tire flat, and then inflated.

So to be as sharp as her: How do I know there is vintage air in the box if it is not opened?
Did she ever consider the moisture content of the winter air vs. summer air?
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Originally Posted by branko_76
Did she ever consider the moisture content of the winter air vs. summer air?
Not to mention the salt content. Those wheels could have a heart attack on the way to a wedding.

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My family and I have been quoting this movie going past two decades, and I have two--TWO!--copies of it on DVD. One has been opened. The other is in wrapping, but not in a box. Is it worth less or more?

And where do we stand on sleeves? Do they count as boxes? Does a sleeve and it's, uh, topless (five-sided) box (bin???) that is slides over to 'complete' count as one entire box? Or is it 1.3 boxes?
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This box just told me I'm an idiot.



Oh well, at least it knew what it was up against.

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