u/RPGer001

I am in the final stages of completing a very successful auction for a 1999 Jeep on Bring a Trailer. The entire process has been great, including dealing with a wonderful buyer.

My question now is whether I should bring my mother-in-law's 1965 Mustang coupe to BaT. It is a V8 automatic with about 125k miles and has been sitting in the same California garage as the Jeep. It is a one-family car since new, and we have the original bill of sale. It was also in a minor accident at some point and repaired, although I do not know the specifics.

The issue is that the Mustang has not been started since my father-in-law passed away about 17 years ago. It was running when it was parked.

Before he passed away, my father-in-law had the car repainted and had begun restoring the interior. Cosmetically, it still looks quite good after all these years. It has always been garaged, and from my initial look underneath, I do not see any significant rust.

We could spend some money having a shop go through it and try to get it running, but the owners, my wife and brother-in-law, are not particularly inclined to do that.

Would this be a reasonable car to submit to BaT as-is as a non-running project, given that it presents well cosmetically? Or would getting it running first make enough of a difference in the auction result to justify the cost and effort?

Coincidentally, a friend of mine was in almost the same situation with a Mustang within the last year. She ended up spending about $6k at a local shop to get hers going. We could use that same shop.

Go Valks!!!!

I am wondering if there are a lot of South Bay residents who are also STH for the Valkyries. When we go (not STHs), we see a good number of fans on the train, and I always wonder how many are STHs, as it is a bit of a long travel time to get to Chase.

We are Sharks STHs and considering joining the waitlist for the Valkyries. Given the +1hr each way on Caltrains, we would probably get to 2 games a month and need to move the rest.

I am looking for some advice from those of you who have been STHs for some time, specifically for markets where re-sold tickets are in demand but not where every game is a sellout.

Background: My season tickets are for the NHL San Jose Sharks, and this is my first year. It is a HCOL area, with a large population/fanbase. There were sellouts last year, especially towards the end when the Sharks surprisingly found themselves within earshot of the playoffs. I expect they will sell out more often this coming season, but a lot of weeknight games will not.

I expect to go to a good number of games but not all 44 home games.

How much work is it to sell games individually? There is an option via the Sharks/Ticketmaster marketplace to easily put my tickets into their market right from my account webpage. That looks like an easy way.

I am willing to put in a bit more time into it to minimize my loss in value. I know some tickets might go for more in the secondary market, but I am going in expecting, at a minimum, to lose a bit of value.

I am a long-time fan but a very excited new San Jose Sharks season ticket holder.

As a new season ticket holder, I have a few questions that I am hoping some of the more experienced members here can answer.

My seats are in the lower bowl, in one of the corners on the end where the Sharks shoot twice.

Game vouchers?

I looked at my first game via the website and saw there are vouchers for something. I did not purchase parking or any add-ons, only the season tickets. Does anyone know what those vouchers are for?

Selling/Exchanging individual games vs. adding another partner

Right now, friends of ours are taking a 25% share of the season, including playoff rights. I plan to use the exchange program for a handful of games, but I will still have games that I will not use.

For those extra games, I am considering either:

• Finding another person (likely through Reddit or another online community, not someone I already know) to purchase a 25% share of the plan, or
• Keeping the tickets and selling individual games as needed.

For those of you who have been STHs, how much work is it to sell games individually? It seems pretty easy to just hand them over to the Sharks/Ticketmaster marketplace.

I am willing to put in a bit more time into it to minimize my loss in value. I know some tickets might go for more in the secondary market, but I am going in expecting, at a minimum, to lose a bit of value.

I have been keeping tabs on when new stock comes in. My son wants one the cali fins and I want a premium in teal.

Should I wait for the team’s store to get inventory or should I get them from Fanatics. I am a new STH but fine by passing the store discount if it works out better to order from fanatics.

I would like to have them in time for next season.

It has been a while since I have seen a thread like this, so…if you are willing, please share your Wall of Shame in this (hopefully) safe place. I feel your pain.

I have been into heavier, mostly solo board games for about six years now, and I am finally running into frustration over my personal Wall of Shame.

Here it is:

• Fate of the Fellowship – Bought 4–6 weeks ago after waiting for a restock. Still in shrink.
• Too Many Bones – Just received two more Gearlocs (curse CTG for Trove). They went straight onto a pile of unplayed content from November. I am now at 5 Gearlocs + Unbreakable (+ its 2).
• Civolution – Found a used copy after watching it for months…could not pass it up. Still unplayed, but I am looking forward to it.
• 20 Strong (Rose deck) – Own it, never played, kind of wish I had exercised more restraint, as while I will like it...I have a lot of stuff I want to play first.
• Various expansions – All seemed like good ideas at the time. Many are still unplayed.

While not on my wall yet, I have recently backed 3 crowdfunding campaigns (Voidfall Expensions+base game), Slay the Spire expansion, and 20 Strong Awaken Realms decks)….at least I will not get most of that for a year, but when I do...it is a lot of stuff. I am currently getting updates on the 20 Strong one and thinking...I do not care about these stretch goals...I have enough 😄