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I spent $250 on a poster
« on: February 22, 2016, 02:56:17 PM »
This has to be the most unmustachian thing I have done since I found this site about 3 years ago.

The $250 donation to the Murray Bros Caddyshack Golf charity got me a Caddyshack poster signed by Bill Murray. It also got me a raffle ticket for the Grand Prize which is getting you and a guest flown out to Florida and put up in a hotel in addition to golfing on Bill Murray's team in the tournament and VIP after party stuff. I figured nobody ever actually wins those things and I just wanted the poster.

I got an e-mail last week saying that I won and I have been giddy ever since.

https://www.prizeo.com/prizes/bill-murray/a-cinderella-story/default

Here are some pictures from last year (some might be nsfw)
http://thechive.com/2016/02/11/win-a-round-of-golf-with-bill-murray-join-us-for-the-caddyshack-tournament-29-photos/
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2016, 04:14:43 PM »
Nice!  We bought, at auction, my Dad a Caddyshack poster signed by a bunch of them--Bill Murry, Harold Ramos, Romney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase, and like 4 others--for Father's Day a few years ago.  He loves it, one of his favorite gifts ever.

Congrats on the grand prize win!  That's extra neat.
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2016, 04:25:02 PM »
Quote from: trailrated on February 22, 2016, 02:56:17 PM
This has to be the most unmustachian thing I have done since I found this site about 3 years ago.

The $250 donation to the Murray Bros Caddyshack Golf charity got me a Caddyshack poster signed by Bill Murray. It also got me a raffle ticket for the Grand Prize which is getting you and a guest flown out to Florida and put up in a hotel in addition to golfing on Bill Murray's team in the tournament and VIP after party stuff. I figured nobody ever actually wins those things and I just wanted the poster.

I got an e-mail last week saying that I won and I have been giddy ever since.

https://www.prizeo.com/prizes/bill-murray/a-cinderella-story/default

Here are some pictures from last year (some might be nsfw)
http://thechive.com/2016/02/11/win-a-round-of-golf-with-bill-murray-join-us-for-the-caddyshack-tournament-29-photos/

What about the gophers?

Won't someone please think of the gophers?
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2016, 03:25:59 PM »
Hahaha...  Oh, I just have to say the title of this post made me roar with laughter--so, thanks for that!!

One of my hobbies is attending science-fiction cons and most photos/autographs with celebs will cost you $25-50 a pop (with guys like Shatner going for $100+.)  So, over the years I've spent a small fortune on these.  Nothing wrong with an autographed "Caddyshack" poster.  It's a collectible which will probably outdo gold over the next 50 years.  Get it professionally framed though!  (There goes another $100.)
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2016, 03:33:40 PM »
Here's a pic of me with Nathan Fillion which I think cost (wasted) me about $40.  Look who's on his shirt!
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2016, 03:38:40 PM »
I like to picture that he hurt that hand pretending to be Captain Hammer and smashing it too hard on something.
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2016, 03:43:38 PM »
Quote from: arebelspy on February 27, 2016, 03:38:40 PM
I like to picture that he hurt that hand pretending to be Captain Hammer and smashing it too hard on something.

He probably did!  Or The Holy Avenger from "Super".  In real life he's actually very much like the character Richard Castle.

He shook my hand with his left--I didn't even notice the wrappings on his the other one until I got the photo from the developing station.
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2016, 04:13:41 PM »
Quote from: Kaspian on February 27, 2016, 03:43:38 PM
In real life he's actually very much like the character Richard Castle.

You're making my wife swoon.
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2016, 04:17:40 PM »
Quote from: bobechs on February 22, 2016, 04:25:02 PM

What about the gophers?

Won't someone please think of the gophers?

He's all right, don't nobody worry 'bout him:

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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2016, 12:03:45 PM »
Quote from: Kaspian on February 27, 2016, 03:33:40 PM
Here's a pic of me with Nathan Fillion which I think cost (wasted) me about $40.  Look who's on his shirt!

KCCO! :)
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2016, 12:31:21 PM »
Quote from: trailrated on February 22, 2016, 02:56:17 PM
This has to be the most unmustachian thing I have done since I found this site about 3 years ago.

Shoot, that was an investment, not a spend. It'll only go up in value!!!
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2016, 12:40:19 PM »
I have made a tidy side income buying collectible posters (mostly from Mondo) and reselling some of them on Ebay.  Some of the posters have been financial duds (but look amazing on the wall), but the best of them returned me over 3200% in just over a year (a Totoro poster that I resold after a year for 32x my purchase price).  Right now I have a closet shelf full of poster tubes waiting for me to get around to reselling them - it's easy to procrastinate when they go up in value and I basically don't have to think about it.

So when I saw the OP that's what my mind went to.  That said, I'd take a round of golf with Bill Murray any day of the week.
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Re: I spent $250 on a poster
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2016, 02:55:43 PM »
Quote from: rocketpj on March 23, 2016, 12:40:19 PM
a Totoro poster

Odd coincidence... I just heard of (and watched) that for the first time last night. That bus! <3
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