Selling Shea Bit By Bit

[Guest Iubitul]

At first, I really wanted one of these, but I'm so sick of how they are handling it, I just don't want to bother...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Buy it anyway. If you're like me (and I don't know if you are or not!) down the road you'll be glad you did.

[Guest Iubitul]

I just looked at it again, and there is no buy now! button like in the other fixed price lots.

Maybe I'm still grumpy and hung over from the last two years. Maybe I'm really starting to get sick of ownership....

[Guest themetfairy]

Iubitul wrote: At first, I really wanted one of these, but I'm so sick of how they are handling it, I just don't want to bother...

Buy it. It's something you'll like and get use out of, and you'll kick yourself later if you don't.

Don't let your frustration with The Powers That Be keep you from something that you'd enjoy.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Scarlett speaks with wisdom beyond her years.

[Guest themetfairy]

LOL, considering that I have a good number of years....

[metsmarathon]

say... what's happening to the tomatoes anyways? are they getting sold off too?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I bought one of them for $75!

[Fman99]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I bet whoever ends up with that segment will start each morning by leaping against that wall and pretending to be Endy Chavez.

I already do this every morning, against every wall in my house. I'm annoying like that.

[HahnSolo]

Fman99 wrote: ="Benjamin Grimm"]I bet whoever ends up with that segment will start each morning by leaping against that wall and pretending to be Endy Chavez. I already do this every morning, against every wall in my house. I'm annoying like that.

Or more likely, it will end up gathering dust in teh basement of some "collector" who has no emotional attachment to it, and is making the purchase just for the sake of doing so.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Mets should just keep it and give it to Endy next season in lieu of pay.

[Willets Point]

I've decided what collectible I really want, and it's not from Shea. When the train station is renamed Willets Point-Citifield next year the MTA is going to have to replace all the signs that say "Willets Point-Shea Stadium." I want one. Does anyone know if the MTA sells/auctions their surplus?

[Benjamin Grimm]

That would be a cool memento!

Contact them NOW before someone else does!

(Personally, I'm hoping they don't rename the stop, but I'm sure they will.)

[Gwreck]

They do. Main page is here.

They have a Willets Point-Shea Stadium sign currently going for $1180!.

You can also get a miniature replica for $20.

[Benjamin Grimm]

15% discount for orders over $1000.

I like this, for $250:



It's 7 feet wide by 14 inches high and made of aluminum.

[Willets Point]

Gwreck wrote: They have a Willets Point-Shea Stadium sign currently going for $1180!.

Yikes!

Maybe they'll have more stuff that's not so expensive when the renaming occurs (which is going to happen, sorry to say).

Thanks Gwreck.

[soupcan]

What is a 'scoreboard light 'pog'?

On the auction at mets.com this is one of the things they are selling. The bidding is up to $450.00 but for the life of me I can't figure out what they are describing.

Is it simply a light bulb from the scoreboard?

SHEA STADIUM AUCTION: Scoreboard Light Pog "88


Item Description:
This scoreboard light pog was located on the Mets' scoreboard at Shea Stadium during the 2008 season, the Mets' final season at Shea.

[Gwreck]

They're the numbers from the out-of-town scoreboard, where the score, or number for the pitcher would be. It's called "88" because those are the shape of the lightbulbs. If every bulb was lit, it would show "88."

[Willets Point]

When I went to Jets games as a kid I often sat in front of the scoreboard and could see those "88's" up close. I fascinated me that every other digit could fit in an "8".

[batmagadanleadoff]

Willets Point wrote: When I went to Jets games as a kid I often sat in front of the scoreboard and could see those "88's" up close. I fascinated me that every other digit could fit in an "8".

When I was in the 3rd grade, we had to buy a graph paper notebook for some school project that I no longer remember. Most of the paper in the notebook went unused. At about that time, I was going through some obsessive phase with the pog configuration of the Shea Stadium scoreboard, and used my unused graph paper to draw every single digit and letter of the alphabet in Shea Stadium scoreboard style.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[soupcan]

Thanks guys.

Any idea why they are called pogs?