Two F’d of the Day’s in one day. That’s pretty good, no wonder why readership has gone from 4 to 12 in just two short months. If we continue on this trend, we’ll have 600 readers at the time of my death. Here we go again with the Halloween theme, and why not, Halloween is just around the corner. Their ad and emails in black, my email replies in blue.
Halloween Props (altoona)
I am looking for larger Halloween props for a Halloween party that i am having this year. If you have any that you dont want anymore, I will gladly buy then or take them off your hands for free. Please let me know if you have anything sitting around in the garage or attic or basement. Maybe the stuff is just in your way. Thanks alot!
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from Doug:
Hey, our store closed about 6 months ago, we have a bunch of props for Halloween. You’re just in time, too, because we were gonna start selling or throwing out..
What’s your budget look like?
Thanks,
Doug
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from Stephanie:
What all do you have and what are you asking for them? reasonably? and where are you located?
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from Doug:
We have everything from headstones, nooses, mummies, zombies, body parts, masks, smoke machines, strobe lights, rubber bats, haunted donkeys, skull shaped punch bowls, plastic swords, eye patches, eye-ball ice cube trays, 50′s pin-up costumes, fake teeth, plastic bones, astronaut helmets, vampire capes, 55 gallon drums of fake blood, sound effect cd’s, his and hers caskets, goalie masks, haunted board games, scarecrows, spiders, animated accessories such as “Creepy Caretaker” and “Fuming Rotter” (corpse coming out of ground and breathing fog), Haunted Magic Mirror, cemetary fencing and much, much, much, much more. Probably too much to list here.
Does anything there catch your eye? Please let me know and I can send a picture and price if any of those items make sense for your party. Like I said, we went out of business so everything is going really cheap, 90% off, nearly free. Where is your party located, we can deliver if there are several items purchased.
Boo!
Doug
p.s. Sorry, couldn’t resist.
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from Stephanie:
I would be interested in the smoke machine or fog machine..i have been looking for a discounted one. Skull punch bowl sounds neat. Eye ball ice cube tray maybe. Do you have photos of the animated bigger stuff and how much are you asking? The mirror sounds cool too..Where are you located at? I could come there to see the stuff.
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from Doug:
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Anyway, there are too many props to list them all. I simply cannot list them all. Not only do I not have enough time to type them, but you don’t have enough time to read them. There are that many. That’s why I wish we were still in business, you know? Sorry, I don’t mean to get all sentimental. Aside from the skull punch bowl and eyeball ice cube trays, we also have the smoke machine, the Fuming Rotter, clown heads with fangs, an electric dancing broom, demon scented candles (smell like torn flesh), pumpkin carving and decoration set, a cracked/leaking urn, human heart shaped cookie pans, bone necklaces, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Halloween series (hardcover), centaur costume (half-human, half-bull), glow in the dark body paint, Leatherface replica chainsaw, guts fountain, orange and black silly string, poltergeist generator, and much, much, much, much more. There is too much inventory to list it all on email. We have three storage facilities so let me know what town you’re in and we can lead you to the closest one.
Try to remember, Halloween is not like the other holidays. It only comes once a year and that’s what makes it so special.
Doug
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from Stephanie:
Your inventory sounds great! I live near Altoona, PA…where would be your closest storage?
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from Doug:
The massive and extensive inventory is ultimately what forced us to close our business, but thank you for the compliment. The other factor that doomed us was the decision to go into business with my wife Debbie. “It will be fun! We’ll commute together, we’ll have lunch together, we’ll do inventory, we’ll dress up like the Munsters, we’ll share in the profits, we won’t get sick of each other!” That was stuff Debbie would say. I can say to you now that the only part that was enjoyable was lunch, but to be honest, I enjoy having lunch with anybody. Making matters worse was her sister, Denise, who me and my friends nicknamed “Denise the idiot.” Debbie hired her “part time, just for a little while, I promise”, which turned into 18 months of unbalanced register totals (shockingly only during her shift!) and missing inventory (I have video of her stealing an unclothed Billy Idol mannequin.) I’ll attach a photo of those two at our Grand Opening. I wish I could say they weren’t wearing makeup, but they were.
Anyway, the closest facility is in Tipton.
Doug
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from Stephanie:
Tipton isnt very far away from here..when would you have time to meet? I work in the evenings mostly. I am off on the weekends. Let me know when you would be available. Thanks alot!
Stephanie
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from Doug:
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The storage facility is in Tipton and it’s one of those self-storage places. Denise the Idiot lives in Tipton, so she would probably be there to unlock the door to the unit and help you load up your truck or car and take your money. I’m going to need you to follow up with me about what you purchased and how much money you gave her. There are a couple of things you’ll want to know about DTI (Denise the Idiot) before you meet up with her. She’ll probably try to tell you that I told her you would bring or buy her lunch for her help. I did not tell her this and under no circumstances should you buy her lunch or attempt to feed her. Do not let her “hold your purse for your convenience” while you shop around the storage unit. If she asks you to front her some money until she can get to the lottery office to cash in a winning ticket, you should say no to that. There is no winning ticket. Do not let her borrow your car. She was also not now, or ever, “Miss Pennsylvania” and you will know this instantly upon sight and upon opening the attachment I’ve sent titled shewasnevermissPA.jpg.
If you’d rather visit one of the other facilities where normal people can help, let me know, but that one is closest.
Thanks,
Doug
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(No reply. I can’t imagine there would be a reply to this, but you know how I feel about “To Be Continued’s”, so let’s tentatively “to be continued” this one…)
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(UPDATE: PART 2 of TO BE CONTINUED)
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From Stephanie:
Hi! I talked to you a few weeks ago about buying some of your Halloween items that you havein storage in Tipton. If your still interested in selling, would you please contact me back. Thanks!
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From Doug:
Hey, yeah, I remember you, kinda. Sorry about not getting back to you, it’s been a rough couple of days. Not sure if I told you about my sister in law, Denise the Idiot, but she f’d up our storage facility last week. Like, f’d it up for good. I’ve attached an image as “denisefellasleepwhilemakingsmores.jpg” and we are (or, were) the 5th storage unit down from the right. I had no choice but to ‘fire’ her. Sure, pun intended.
Have a great Halloween.
Doug
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(no reply, right?)