I bought my husband an antique cash register that I thought he would be in love with -- NOT! He worked with NCR and had talked about wanting an antique cash register so..... I was shopping in a candy supply store and lo and behold they had one of the first electric cash registers made by NCR -- it was manufactured way back when they had specific registers for specific store types -- this one had been designed for use in the auto industry.
It was HUGE - weighed at least two or three hundred lbs. and took two BIG men to move it. Well we got it inside the house, put it near the tree and I covered it with a blanket. The look on Ron's face when he "opened" his gift was priceless -- and I knew right away that I had just thrown away $500. The cash register sat in the same place on the floor until we moved, it was put into storage and stayed there until we finally hauled it off.
If I do say so myself, even though it turned into a bust I should have gotten an "A" for Effort
