I'll Have What They're Serving at Hick's Table

Hick may not have much luck with lottery tickets, but he sure wins more than he should at the auctions. Not the 50-50 drawing for cash this time, but another table prize. You may recall that everyone selling at the auction puts an item on the table. People buy chances to win. If your number is drawn as the winner, you can pick one thing off the table, then the other sellers get their items back. The seller who put the chosen item on the table gets half the proceeds from the tickets sold.

Anyhoo... Hick sent me an email on Saturday night:

"Won table prize had 2.00 in tickets"

 

 

 

That's a 16 x 24 inch LED Message Board, new in the box. I asked how much it was worth, and Hick said, "Probably $35-$40." I guess Hick needs to call his LED Message Board Guy, because a quick consult with my estranged BFF Google shows that Walmart has them for $29.99. Still a bargain for the $2 purchase price, though. That's why Hick has experts on speed dial, for the few fields in which he is not well-versed.

 

Hick could have at least turned it so you could read the box without breaking your neck. I could have rotated it right by 90 degrees, but then you might have been mystified by those chairs defying gravity by handing from a wall.

 

I asked Hick what he would do with this prize, and he said, "I'll use it up at my store."

 

If I was a betting woman... I'd say you could probably buy that item for $2.50.