Jaded and disillusioned
I feel like a little kid that’s found out DisneyWorld didn’t live up to the hype. For the past two weeks you haven’t been able to turn on a television in Sydney without hearing a manic guy screaming about the “MASSIVE LIQUIDATION SALE” going on at Fox Studios. “REPOSSESSED AND SEIZED GOODS! NAME BRANDS FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST! ADIDAS! VICTORIA’S SECRET! STAR WARS! LEVIS – $20! HARRY POTTER – 10 CENTS! MILLIONS OF BRAS! CDS AND DVDS! AHHHH!” Through sheer force of repetition I found it sinking into my brain. I started to get excited at the thought of all those bargains. “I could really use some new jeans,” I thought. “Ooh, and the Snook’s been after some new T-shirts.” I talked myself into it. So tonight I finally caved and headed out there with the Barkers. What a load of crap it turned out to be. It made the Shipshe Flea Market look like Bloomingdale’s. It was a big warehouse staffed by indifferent backpackers and dodgy looking types with walkie-talkies. We didn’t find any Star Wars stuff, nor any Levis. The “massive” discounts all seemed to have been taken off massively inflated recommended retail prices. I found myself grabbing things because they were “on sale,” only to realize that I wouldn’t buy them from Kmart for the same price. I ended up getting a a comforter (which the Aussies called a “quilt”), a quilt cover, a Harry Potter magnet, two crap CDs (Acker Bilk’s Reflections and The Very Best of the Allman Brothers, which I got because it will forever remind me of my roommater Eileen), and a packet of socks. SOCKS. I am officially old. I left feeling a little bit wiser and a lot more jaded. If you can’t believe in warehouse sales of Star Wars merchandise, what can you believe in?
amy
June 20, 2005 — 9:45 am
yeah, you tell ’em!
And then there were those pillows that Rob carried around the ENTIRE time we were there that ended up being TWICE the price they were marked at.
M-H
June 20, 2005 — 10:47 am
Heh heh. Sucked! If I have to watch commercial TV, I turn off the sound when the ads come on. I’ll never know what I’ve missed.
amy
June 20, 2005 — 1:08 pm
you didn’t miss anything MH
tara d.
June 21, 2005 — 1:40 am
speaking of harry potts, i have access to the pdf of the new book. jealous? interested?
Shan
June 21, 2005 — 2:26 am
=O i want
Kris
June 21, 2005 — 8:44 am
No way! For once I shall remain unspoiled… 🙂