SUMMER SMASH 2: Joe Kelly Jr. & Jeff Glasson
Joe Kelly Jr. from The Car Room Magazine got me in front of the camera to talk a little about DiecastAUDIO and the state of the hobby online.
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Wow, I never thought about the lack of techno-savvy amongst the diecast collecting crowd. I guess since I’m a tech guy it just comes naturally to use on-line resources.
I’m actually the exact opposite of what you mention as “most” collectors…I don’t know about collecting WITHOUT the internet. I’ve never thought about offline materials. It’s hard enough finding good on-line diecast resources, let alone offline.
Good job on the interview. If nothing else, there’s now a face with a name!
Thanks for the kudos! I reply on tech-savvy collectors like you to help further the word about Web 2.0 technology within our hobby.
Thanks for your continued support!
Best,
Jeff
HI MY NAME IS CHRIS AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ALL. WELL I’M NOT A HUGE collectible MAN BUT I HAVE MY STUFF, OK WELL LAST NIGHT I WHEN TO WAL-MART AND LOOK AT THE HOT WHEELS AND MATCHBOX CARS, AND I FOUND SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING IN ONE OF THE MATCHBOX. IN THE MATCHBOX CAR NAME ONE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BOX SAYS THAT ITS A (CORVETTE ZR1)BUT ITS NOT ITS A (Lotus Evora)!!
WHAT’S WITH THAT? DO I KEEP IT OR CALL THE MATCHBOX COMPANY? OR SELL IT???
HERE IS MY E MAIL PEOPLE PLEASE HELP CHRISTIANF09@HOTMAIL.COM
PLEASE HELP
THANX
Chris,
What you have found is known as an “Error Card.” Occasionally, cars make it onto the card with missing or loose parts, mis-aligned tampos or in a mis-matched card (as you have found). Errors don’t particularly make the car any more valuable – however, there are collectors out there that collect errors and variations that might be interested in adding that piece to their collection. In most cases, those collectors would be willing to pay a dollar or two more than what you paid for it. Unfortunately, its not something that would bring you a high-dollar value.
You might want to throw it up on eBay or on The Toy Peddler to see what you can get.
Hope that helps!
Best,
Jeff