Article Archive for 15 March 2009

PayPal is Not Always Your Pal …
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Financial, Internet, Marketing, Retail on 15 March 2009
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Surprise, PayPal is not always your pal … Guy uses Paypal debit card for $26 dollars of gas. PayPal charges him $81 BILLION on his account and when he calls, they question him on what the problem is and maybe he’s just trying to weasel out of a legitimate transaction … maybe you literally not […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Fixin’ For a Fixing
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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As I’ve said before, CARS is the greatest diecast line ever design & production wise. And unlike most other diecast lines, they have actually gone back and fixed certain CARS because of non-canon or production errors but MORE amazingly, they have gone back and even fixed scale issues – which is almost unheard of – […]

TakeFiveADay Elvis RV Contest: Win Crazyforcarsakajim’s Elvis RV (LAST DAY TO ENTER!)
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, Contests, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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Crazyforcarsakajim is graciously donating an Elvis RV. Not this one – just to show you what it looks like in case you forgot. RULES: In CARS world what kind of CARS Food item would Elvis RV love? Sure, Gask-It Biscuits are nice and N20 Cola is bubbly and taste like your favorite antifreeze should 🙂 […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Wally Hauler WINNER
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Internet, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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Congrats: jdinh131 Kalispell, Montana was the Walmart city random selected by RANDOM GENERATOR. Must be cold there, looks pretty far north. There were only a few entries that select Kalispell, Montana. I then went to the McDonald’s menu page and since sandwiches are listed first, I randomly selected it to pick one and the winner […]

Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS: Collectors Field Guide to Singles – Retail Exclusives: Part 7 of 10
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Posted in Advertising, collecting, diecast, Film, Marketing, Mattel Disney Pixar CARS, Retail, Toys, TV on 15 March 2009
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The first six parts of the Collector’s Field Guide covered the single CARS on hanging blisters that were available to all authorized Mattel resellers including the main retailers, small retailers, online and other resellers. In 2007, the first exclusives were merely packaging exclusives at Target until the important Walmart 8 exclusives released in October 2007 […]