history: I paid $1000 for a mystery box on eBay. It said it would be filled with all sorts of cool and expensive items. When I opened it, it was nothing but literal garbage.
current: I paid $1000 for one of those mystery boxes on eBay. It said it would be filled with all sorts of fun and expensive items.
next: Please tell me it was not full of Oriental Trading Company rubber ducks and cheap tchotchkes.