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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4974627, member: 75143"]I honestly have no idea. I first heard about the Bob Sanders from, I believe, a good friend of mine named John Berba. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Bob Sanders market was booming in the 3rd-4th grade. By 5th grade, most of the traders had grown out of it, but a select few were still active in the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was a very strange time in my life. On the bright side, it probably taught a good several dozen kids about real life finances! LOL</p><p><br /></p><p>Bob Sanders were traded for:</p><p>a) other Bob Sanders. Ticonderoga ones were worth at least 5 regular Sanders. Large ones were worth up to 10.</p><p>b) food. You could reasonably get a lunchable for 15 or so, and a Twinkie could cost around 7-10</p><p>c) Yugioh cards. Depending on the rarity of the card, and the interest of the seller, certain cards could go for entire pencil-boxes worth of Bob Sanders.</p><p>d) Those who weren't into barter simply brought cash. I think a standard Sanders was about 5 cents while the Ticonderoga ones could be up to a quarter depending on eraser quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>The downside of all this insanity was that the school had a strange epidemic of eraser-less pencils.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a strange time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4974627, member: 75143"]I honestly have no idea. I first heard about the Bob Sanders from, I believe, a good friend of mine named John Berba. The Bob Sanders market was booming in the 3rd-4th grade. By 5th grade, most of the traders had grown out of it, but a select few were still active in the market. This was a very strange time in my life. On the bright side, it probably taught a good several dozen kids about real life finances! LOL Bob Sanders were traded for: a) other Bob Sanders. Ticonderoga ones were worth at least 5 regular Sanders. Large ones were worth up to 10. b) food. You could reasonably get a lunchable for 15 or so, and a Twinkie could cost around 7-10 c) Yugioh cards. Depending on the rarity of the card, and the interest of the seller, certain cards could go for entire pencil-boxes worth of Bob Sanders. d) Those who weren't into barter simply brought cash. I think a standard Sanders was about 5 cents while the Ticonderoga ones could be up to a quarter depending on eraser quality. The downside of all this insanity was that the school had a strange epidemic of eraser-less pencils. What a strange time.[/QUOTE]
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