The Price You Pay ,( or at least i paid )

Question , just how much are you willing to pay for a sweet vintage bag , are you as insane as lil ole me , well call me crazy but i have always wanted the Rexall hy-da-way and yes i did it , over 100 dollars , new back in the day $3.95 , (scratches head , now if only my house went up in value as a good old enema bag ) !!!!

Those are very hard to find. With rare items like this, the trick is to find one that is reasonably priced. The only way to do this is to search for the item under odd names or misspellings. If you find it this way, there may not be a lot of competition when bidding. There are lots of other secrets to winning the bid cheap. This goes for anything up for bid. You have to wait until the right one shows up. If your impatient your going to pay.

AnneMarie....My father used to say something to the effect; Forget the current fashions, political correctness, or the opinion of others and what they think...They don't pay your bills! "There is nothing better than what YOU like" . So good for you, enjoy it, and don't let anyone make you regret your decision on your purchase.

A month or so ago I paid well over $100, which I really couldn't afford, for a vintage enema device, a 2 liter glass cylinder with metal holder and metal graduation markings for, IIRC, each 50 ml. It was shipped from Bulgaria and the seller said it's from about 1900, which I can believe.

It is certainly the most unique enema in my collection and it's absolutely gorgeous!

I've never bought anything vintage. I think that's because I don't have a connection to any special equipment (when I was young I got my enemas from one of those plastic disposable 1500mL cans), nor do I know what's good. I just have some modern equipment that works pretty well.

Someday maybe.

Alachua,

As a friend of mine who collected telephones (over 2400 of them in the 70's) used to say, "What's NEED got to do with it?" We've worked for our money, and it's time for us to spend on some of the 'toys' we might want to enjoy. If you think of each Enema as a dollar, it won't take long before that percolator will be paid for. The memories of using it will be well worth the money.

Enjoy!

Dan

Sure we buy things that have nothing to do with need and all to do with want. Getting the "want" things are our rewards in life. You can never put a price on things that bring you joy and happiness. For us klismos, a vintage bag is happiness. Enjoy it.

Several years ago, I was browsing through a newly opened antique shop in my town and laid eyes on a vintage English-made ironstone (heavy white ceramic) chamber pot. I thought the price tag listing of $300 was a bit steep. Every time I entered the shop to purchase other items to decorate my late 1800s home, I always checked to see if the pot remained for sale and hoping, if it didn't sell, the listed price might be reduced. Finally, selected items became part of a one-day, half-price sale, but the pot was not included. I selected a $75 miniature painting with a gold-finished, carved wood frame included in the sale and offered $250 for that and the pot and got a deal.

The women with whom I've since shared a mutual interest in enemas have not been DL-inclined and the pot remains ready for use.

You could have gotten a new, nearly identical one online several places for NO MORE and likely less

I have spent quite a bit when something rare that I want shows up because I never know how long it may be before I get another chance to get it

I think that I would love to be able to look at and use a bulb that was just like my childhood one. That would be so exciting.

I look at them on eBay pretty regularly. I see a pretty fun looking one for $200, that seems kind of high but where else are you going to find one like that?

I have paid $100 + for quality vintage bags. In my opinion they are worth it. The quality of new bags is just not there.

I have paid $500 for a Lamoge China irrigation can, I have never seen anything like it. Also paid big bucks for a B.F. Goodrich Sojourn latex syringe.