I should have kept mine

[Dukester]

uhhh...uhmmm... okay

auction that I can't imagine anyone would buy)

[Dukester]

First post didn't work. Try this

[Highland Pairos]

I still have mine. May have to see how much it fetches.

SteveP.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

But is your in a "archival plastic bag"? That adds a lot of value.

[J. Clarke]

Geez, I feel like such a fool. All that valuable junk mail I've tossed. I wonder what I could get on ebay for an AOL CD?

[Owen Lowe]

Dija get and keep the one that came in the mitered MDF box?

(For years now I've been tossing all old and junk mail CDs into a drawer near my desk - got quite a stack. If only I could figure out something Cooool to make with them - not PWT bird chasers or hanging mobiles.)

[Andy Dingley]

I _have_ sold AOL CDs on eBay. There's a collector market in the older/rarer ones. It helps if you're non-US, because the collectors are in the US and want the foreigners most.

I got $25 for one that I had to wash coffee rings off first.

[J. Clarke]

Never saw that one. Of course if it says "AOL" on it it goes in the trash automatically so I may have gotten it and never noticed.

[Highland Pairos]

In college I knew a girl who would paint the non-printed side and make coasters out of them. The paint over the shiny silver CD made a cool effect.

SteveP.

[Highland Pairos]

No, but I do believe that it is encased in a solid layer of sawdust. I think they call that a patina and if I remove it the value will be reduced.

SteveP.

[Unquestionably Confused]

Probably not. Do not wash it off with a pressure washer. That might have some effect.

[gpdewitt]

Hey, Owen, how about spinning tops? If you've got a lathe, you could turn a stem for 'em. Otherwise, perhaps some lamp parts would do.. Nice little gift for the kiddies!

[Lobby Dosser]

Coasters. I keep a supply of the just for that. When one gets too scratched up, out it goes. Not cooool, but better than directly to the landfill.

[Fly-by-Night CC]

Silly 'mericans - nothing better to do with their money.

[Clint]

Are you comparing an AOL CD with a Lee Valley catalog? For shame!

Cl>

[Deborah Kelly]

I once made a suit of armer out of old CD's for a recycled fashion show.....if you do that don't use baleing wire to hold them togther....to stiff for the CD's....lmao

Deborah

[Bill]

[Robin Lee]

Gee - I have a few of those as well......

Cheers -

Rob

[Robin Lee]

Even better - if you hang 'em about 4-5 feet off the ground, they'll keep deer away (guess they don't like dial-up)...

Cheers -

Rob

[mac davis]

I'm straining the ol' memory here, but it seems that a few folks posted pics in ABPW a while back with some nice turned boxes using cd's as part of the lid..

mac

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