So what do you do when you're already struggling to complete one Barb car project? Why, buy another of course!
Saw this incomplete Cali-girl Chevy SSR pickup on eBay a few weeks ago and couldn't resist. They originally came with a built in CD player and that part was missing on this one, so the seller placed a pretty low starting bid it. I ended up being the only bidder and got it for a song!
Ah, but that's where the drama began. You see, though it was sent out right away, the seller elected to pack it in a discarded liquor box. Well, sending liquor through the mail is illegal in the US. You can't even use the box it came in to ship other items. Nevertheless, somehow the package was accepted on the seller's end and traveled some 1500 miles without once being flagged.
So it gets to our local post office. Still no flag and is sent out for delivery. Now as luck would have it, our regular letter carrier had the day off. The relief driver sees the packaging and rather than just delivering the damn thing since it's already on his truck, takes it back to the post office. There for the first time in it's long journey, it's flagged and returned 1500 miles back to the sender.
Two weeks after it was originally sent, the seller receives the package back. They take it back to their post office, where the entire box is simply put into a brown paper bag and re-sent at no additional charge. So another week goes by and I finally get my Cali-girl SSR. And of course after being thrown around for weeks, it arrive with the windshield pushed in a bit.
Ah, doesn't it just make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing our tax dollars are being put to good use and not even common sense can interfere with federal rules and regulations? Why, I feel like rushing out and hugging a senator right now!
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As an aside, looks like someone has his eye on the SSR already. Barb vehicles are notorious for being under-scale. This one is no exception, even more so than my Barbie Beetles. 1/6 dolls fit and look okay behind the wheel, but look ridiculous standing beside it. However, as I discovered with my Bratz Cruiser, 1/9 scale (8 inch) figures look just right, inside and out.
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Let the adventures begin...
