re: Can I turn one dollar into a family trip of four to Japan? Update 10/6 some great buys

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damn, for a family 4 to Japan? thats dirt cheap. Thats cheaper than Disney

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I’m just talking about the flights and hotel, not the entire trip. I figured $200 a night hotel ($2000) and $4000-$6000 for the flights, which is not out of the question.

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I figured $200 a night hotel

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Where in the world yall staying??? Days In ?? That’s a recipe for a divorce if I booked a $200 a night hotel for my wife on vacation

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Where in the world yall staying??? Days In ?? That’s a recipe for a divorce if I booked a $200 a night hotel for my wife on vacation

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The Yen is very weak right now. Japan is actually a very inexpensive trip. Nice hotels are $200 a night, decent hotels are $100 a night. My wife has no problem staying at “Day’s Inn” $100 level hotels. She just wants a clean room, not in the hood.

For $200 a night, you can stay in near luxury in Japan.

I’ve seen hotels that are $50 a night. Granted my wife probably would stay there, but I would.

For example:

$229 a night (this was just a quick search, just imagine if you study for the trip)

Re the mortar

The company made porcelain for bathrooms. That really reduces the possibility of their having the stone working materials to cut and shape and smooth granite. And they weren't going to carve the company name into granite.
I doubt "granite" was the name of a line of their ceramics but who knows with New Jersey.

I'm going to pull a pawn starts and ask my Marx expert (the number one expert in the country) about the red truck.

I talked to the foremost postwar Marx expert - I've bought Marx from this guy and he's bought Marx from me. He has a fantastic collection. He said that the red trucks are the most common. The order of go, from most common to most rare, is red, blue, black then gray.

Sold the German police helmet for $125 in person.
Equivalent to selling it for $150 on eBay.


So between the helmet and the train, I’m up $8 on everything I bought yesterday (spent $160). So everything else is all profit.

I could do this. But I’m lazy. This is really cool. Congrats theantiquetiger

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I talked to the foremost postwar Marx expert - I've bought Marx from this guy and he's bought Marx from me. He has a fantastic collection. He said that the red trucks are the most common. The order of go, from most common to most rare, is red, blue, black then gray.

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Model trains are not my field of expertise, even though I consider myself a vintage toy expert. I do know that vintage Marx trains aren’t even in the same class as vintage Lionel trains. I see Marx trains quite a bit, and pass on the 99% of the time.