• Rodeo@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      8 months ago

      I guess they meant for military use? That’s definitely a weird one lol

  • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    Definitely bought a bunch of these in my ‘i’ll make money on ebay’ phase of adolescence.

    so if anyone wants a pair of these sweet babies, I’ll let them go for $50 OBO.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      You weren’t able to sell them? I used to have a successful side-hustle on eBay, but I never did try to sell sunglasses. It seemed like there was too much competition for that.

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Definitely not.

        Something about buying something in bulk that nobody really wants for a price nobody would really pay 🤷‍♂️

        I also bought some vintage postcards, but it turned out the only people buying those at the time were dickheads wanting to resell them at a profit.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Ha! Sorry dude. The postcard thing was funny though. I used to hit up yard sales looking for things to sell on eBay. I also imported some Bluetooth headsets from China and then sold those on eBay. My biggest item was refurbished Xbox 360s. I learned that Microsoft issued a recall on them and would repair or replace them, no questions asked, but that wasn’t common knowledge. So I was buying red ring of death Xboxes off eBay and Craigslist for $50, sending them to Microsoft to be repaired/replaced, and then selling the working ones for $200 each. That was a pretty good hustle while it lasted, except for the fact that I had to list each Xbox multiple times before someone would actually pay for their order. Apparently a lot of drunk people buy Xboxes they can’t afford at night, and then make up all sorts of wacky excuses in the morning. This was after the 2008 crash, so I had a dozen different hustles going to keep a roof over our heads.

    • FilterItOut@thelemmy.club
      1·
      8 months ago

      I think it’s supposed to be a delineation of arm/hand, because there’s the same thing at the leg/foot interface. Apparently wrists and ankles have a different color than the rest of you.