Hello and Selling painted/modded Soakers on eBay?
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 4:49 am
Hello there Soakerdom,
Some of the "old guard" (Ben, Freakymist, Cloud?) might recognize this nickname... I was involved, albeit mostly lurking, in the soakerdom from about mid-2001 to 2004. I, like many others made several hastily made websites about Super Soakers, hosted on free hosting sites that never seemed to last very long. (see http://hydroflash.vze.com/ or simply search "webwoodrow" in google or various soaker sites.) My best attempt was "soakage.net", which I actually paid for the hosting for, worked on for a while and basically lost interest in Super Soakers. The siren call of mountain climbing and skiing was much stronger than spraying people with water. Happily (or maybe sadly to some?) I still mountain climb and I ski professionally.
Oh yes, those were the days, when the CPS 4100 was the end of super soakers or possibly the world? Oh, I'll never forget that "sniper" character who constantly posted revealing details about himself and tried to make me contact or meet up with him. Creepy, yes? I often wondered if "sniper" was really 45 instead of 13 or how ever old he claimed to be. But I digress.
Anyways, Just wanted to say "hi", and I also I had a question. Has anyone had much success selling painted/modded soakers on e-bay? I had a habit of painting and drilling the nozzles out on my super soakers, and I am wondering how badly I hurt the resale value? I'm planning on listing them soon, as they've collecting dust in my parents basement for sometime now. I have: CPS: 1000, 1200, 2500, 2700, 3200 and a broken Mk1 2000 (for shame! I could have retired with what they sell for now!). In the XP series I have 220s, 240s, 310, 65, 85, 110, plus a bunch others I can't remember off the top of my head.
Thanks,
Woody aka webwoodrow aka light bulb boi (have no idea where I came up with that name.)
Some of the "old guard" (Ben, Freakymist, Cloud?) might recognize this nickname... I was involved, albeit mostly lurking, in the soakerdom from about mid-2001 to 2004. I, like many others made several hastily made websites about Super Soakers, hosted on free hosting sites that never seemed to last very long. (see http://hydroflash.vze.com/ or simply search "webwoodrow" in google or various soaker sites.) My best attempt was "soakage.net", which I actually paid for the hosting for, worked on for a while and basically lost interest in Super Soakers. The siren call of mountain climbing and skiing was much stronger than spraying people with water. Happily (or maybe sadly to some?) I still mountain climb and I ski professionally.
Oh yes, those were the days, when the CPS 4100 was the end of super soakers or possibly the world? Oh, I'll never forget that "sniper" character who constantly posted revealing details about himself and tried to make me contact or meet up with him. Creepy, yes? I often wondered if "sniper" was really 45 instead of 13 or how ever old he claimed to be. But I digress.
Anyways, Just wanted to say "hi", and I also I had a question. Has anyone had much success selling painted/modded soakers on e-bay? I had a habit of painting and drilling the nozzles out on my super soakers, and I am wondering how badly I hurt the resale value? I'm planning on listing them soon, as they've collecting dust in my parents basement for sometime now. I have: CPS: 1000, 1200, 2500, 2700, 3200 and a broken Mk1 2000 (for shame! I could have retired with what they sell for now!). In the XP series I have 220s, 240s, 310, 65, 85, 110, plus a bunch others I can't remember off the top of my head.
Thanks,
Woody aka webwoodrow aka light bulb boi (have no idea where I came up with that name.)