My 2nd cousin came over today. He had some other collectible he wanted to put on Ebay and see what it's worth. Just as over the top excited about his item as ever. "Could be worth thousands!" he laughed. He brought me back a new Iron Giant dvd meanwhile. Borrowed my old one, and I mentioned it before he came. So he just bought a new one when he couldn't find it. Anyway, I'm playing Counter-strike, and he comes down after taking some pidtures of his item. Asks if I can help him get the pictures off his memory stick onto the pc and blow the pics up. So I do.
His item is a coin. Old looking thing. It says "Bring the coin to our office at once. It entitles you to one of our lots in the beautiful million dollar downers grove estates. Subject to your inspection and payment of legal and miscellaneous expenses for transfering", on one side. The other, "W.W.Walter & CO. 163. Titles guranteed by the Chicago Title & Trust Company". So we go about getting the perfect shot and such. He came over to ask us to put it on Ebay for him. But we start looking into these companies. I told him he may be able to get more by actually seeing if this is possible to use today. Or if you can sue them for this gurantee if they say no. So we go online, and find the Chicago Title & Trust Company for him.
Meanwhile, he's acting all weird about it, like anything he's ever had. And somehow, my mom's still looking on sites, and they're looking at these rare coins. I see they're very similar coins, all Illinois ones. But I go on about eating my rice crispy treat and hanging around. They're reading all these prices meanwhile and all of a sudden I hear my mom yelling "12.5 million dollars!!" And my cousin screams. He starts going nuts jumping around. I casually walk down the stairs and look at the screen. The coin is worth 12.5! So I look around at them and they're skipping in circles, I swear. And my cousin is yelling "It's finally my turn! I just got fired from my job, omg!!". Just complete stupidity, as you'd expect. My uncle's 35, Mom 40 or so. They're both nearly in tears, actually, my mom was.
So yeah, but after that, we started talking about the money. He says he's going to put $500,000 to $1,000,000 in a bank for us. But he's not exactly the most mature and by his word guy. His dad is extremely cheap, and greedy meanwhile. So where as, all signs point to his lottery being hit, we witnessed the madness, and are now waiting to see the outcome for us. For me, I told him before when he was joking, I'd just want a car and college money. But we'll see I guess. Crazy night, but I thought it was a good share.
Now where's my Champloo 25!?
His item is a coin. Old looking thing. It says "Bring the coin to our office at once. It entitles you to one of our lots in the beautiful million dollar downers grove estates. Subject to your inspection and payment of legal and miscellaneous expenses for transfering", on one side. The other, "W.W.Walter & CO. 163. Titles guranteed by the Chicago Title & Trust Company". So we go about getting the perfect shot and such. He came over to ask us to put it on Ebay for him. But we start looking into these companies. I told him he may be able to get more by actually seeing if this is possible to use today. Or if you can sue them for this gurantee if they say no. So we go online, and find the Chicago Title & Trust Company for him.
Meanwhile, he's acting all weird about it, like anything he's ever had. And somehow, my mom's still looking on sites, and they're looking at these rare coins. I see they're very similar coins, all Illinois ones. But I go on about eating my rice crispy treat and hanging around. They're reading all these prices meanwhile and all of a sudden I hear my mom yelling "12.5 million dollars!!" And my cousin screams. He starts going nuts jumping around. I casually walk down the stairs and look at the screen. The coin is worth 12.5! So I look around at them and they're skipping in circles, I swear. And my cousin is yelling "It's finally my turn! I just got fired from my job, omg!!". Just complete stupidity, as you'd expect. My uncle's 35, Mom 40 or so. They're both nearly in tears, actually, my mom was.
So yeah, but after that, we started talking about the money. He says he's going to put $500,000 to $1,000,000 in a bank for us. But he's not exactly the most mature and by his word guy. His dad is extremely cheap, and greedy meanwhile. So where as, all signs point to his lottery being hit, we witnessed the madness, and are now waiting to see the outcome for us. For me, I told him before when he was joking, I'd just want a car and college money. But we'll see I guess. Crazy night, but I thought it was a good share.
Now where's my Champloo 25!?
