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For a little while Us Guys will have two sales running in September:

Labor Day Weekend, September 3-6, we will offer 20% off on items in the Thingery Store Retired eBay Things. That may be a good time to snag one of these relatively random Things because as we get just a snitch closer to the Hectic Holiday Chopping Season, they might be so retired after all.

From September 1-30, we will offer our regular monthly sale consisting of Longboxes at 25% off and probably hope to slide a few more listings into that category either just-in-time or as the sale is in progress.

Retired eBay Things is probably a bit of a misnomer- from time to time Us Guys will pull an item because we think it’s “too good” for eBay, and every once in a while eBay will tell US they don’t want something there. Some Things are seasonally cyclical and we might just want to store them someplace while continuing to offer them for sale.

Long boxes are relics of the past. When CD’s were first introduced they came in boxes about half the size of an LP cover, a practice which was discontinued after four or five years. It just so happened that at our store we kept them if we could, going to the point of asking customers for them. Unfortunately, at one point a number of them got taped or stapled to some wall, but even those were kept and moved by myself twice since the store closed. Highest prices seen for empty longboxes have been in the 80-90 range.

Those sell pretty well at eBay but we need to make room there for a new batch, and in the process we’re moving stuff to the Thingery.

Even though we’re still loading the store, we think we have some pretty good selection in these catetories, and if you’re shopping over Labor Day Weekend, thank you for thinking about us.