Hey Aussies, Kiwis, Brits and Anglophiles! (and my carribean and subcontinental friends)

[urbpan]

Hey, I wanna be "Shaun of the Dead" for Halloween this year (I know it's a ways away, it's my favorite holiday, I want to be prepared, dammit!), does anyone have a cricket bat I can buy? (Or know where I can get one cheap?)(cheap=<$50) Edit: Lets say 20 dollars or less (it's for a Halloween costume for gods sake--I'll make one out of an old hockey stick, cardboard and masking tape if I have to--but it would be nice to have a real one, in case the zombies attack) I'm willing to trade a machete for a cricket bat.

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[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57261&item=7144009595&rd=1

Literally 8 pages of results for 'cricket bat' on ebay. :)

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Thanks--When i checked before it was all expensive new bats, all in the UK or Australia.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

I found some cheap ones.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Oh sure, smartypants.

Did you make sure that they aren't just covers? That they aren't charging 40 dollars shipping?

Let's drive to Toronto to go to "Value Village."

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57261&item=7143536359&rd=1

Buy it now price 9.99 pounds (even with shipping, it'll be less than $50).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57261&item=7142374866&rd=1

Bidding's currently at 7 pounds with an hr to go. Only cool b/c it's a 'vampire bat'!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2906&item=7143668783&rd=1

$20 USD

Here's a vampire bat for 10 pounds buy-it-now price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=57261&item=7144091125&rd=1

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Call me a cheapskate, but I'm going to hold out for a bargain. Every garage in America has an old baseball bat, one step from the garbage. I'm hoping that someone on my friend's list has a cricket bat that they don't need anymore.

$40 dollars shipping!

[brush-rat.livejournal.com]

$40 dollars shipping. You magnificent Pennsylvanian bastard. I salute you!

There's a bunch of used sporting goods stores out here. Is there anything like that in Boston? There's also some sort of anglophiles store out here that I've never been in, as i have no desire for over priced tea and dry, tasteless cookies. If I get a chance, I'll poke my head in both places. Have you checked to see if there's a cricket team anywhere in your neck of the woods? I mean, you do have Harvard, after all. Maybe you could talk them out of one of their old ratty bats.

[rwblackbird.livejournal.com]

I got mine at Value Village for $1.25.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Now THAT's what I'm talkin' about.

What's Value Village?

[rwblackbird.livejournal.com]

The big box of thrift shops.

They like to build their massive stores next to charity thrift stores and give them a run for their money.

[rwblackbird.livejournal.com]

(by that I mean that every single Value Village is in the same plaza as a Salvation Army or Goodwill.)

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Dollar store?