#1837 - Lifelong Toy Car Fan Becomes Mega Dealer
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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A chance encounter at a funeral leads to a second act reselling vintage toy cars.
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| 0:38.2 | When I was a kid, I had a lot of hot wheels. I also had some matchbox. |
| 0:42.9 | If you're not familiar with those terms, those would be toy cars. |
| 0:46.8 | Toy cars, hot wheels, matchbox, probably some other brands. |
| 0:50.1 | And you know, the funny thing is I never actually got into real cars later. |
| 0:53.9 | Like when I was a teenager, I was excited about driving, getting my driver's license. |
| 0:57.6 | But I never really cared about specific models, vehicles. It was just a kid thing. |
| 1:02.7 | And sadly, I did not hold on to these toy cars for my retirement fund. |
| 1:06.4 | I also didn't think a lot about them for many, many years, just because I wasn't into cars myself. |
| 1:11.2 | Perhaps until I worked on today's story. |
| 1:14.0 | Today's story got me thinking, man, I wish I had held on to those toy cars, |
| 1:17.3 | perhaps learned a bit more later on, because this story features a virtual reality designer. |
| 1:22.2 | He's actually getting close to retirement and gets his wheels spinning, |
| 1:26.1 | reselling vintage toy cars. He's doing really well with it. |
| 1:30.0 | He also didn't think much about the value of his childhood toys until later in life, |
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