{"id":71544,"date":"2019-06-13T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=71544"},"modified":"2019-06-13T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:27:00","slug":"where-have-you-gone-learned-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=71544","title":{"rendered":"Where Have You Gone, Learned Foot&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;turns out you were just too far ahead of your time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetakeout.com\/inside-black-market-vintage-kool-aid-packet-collectors-1835123510?utm_source=pocket-newtab\">Collecting old Kool-Aid packets is big money<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>While there\u2019s no real quantifiable way to know just how big this  particular community is, the best place to pulse-check their vitality is  eBay. A quick search for \u201cKool-Aid packet\u201d seemed to signal the market  is alive and well, returning over 250 active listings, some of which  were going for triple-digit asking prices: $400 for a still- sealed case  of Pink Swimmingo, $225 for a single packet of Yabba-Dabba-Doo Berry,  and $195 for a single packet of one of Kool-Aid\u2019s most beloved flavor  mascots, Purplesaurus Rex, just to name a few. A search for recently  completed eBay auctions showed a display of 1960s Grape packets being  sold for $250 and a single packet of Rock-A-Dile Red closing out at  $125. The good stuff don\u2019t come cheap, my friends.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>There has simply got to be a way to turn this into a glorious troll of obnoxious foodies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;turns out you were just too far ahead of your time. Collecting old Kool-Aid packets is big money: While there\u2019s no real quantifiable way to know just how big this particular community is, the best place to pulse-check their vitality is eBay. A quick search for \u201cKool-Aid packet\u201d seemed to signal the market is alive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-geekery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71545,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71544\/revisions\/71545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}