An IOL staffer once traded in a Rolex watch at a Honda dealership for a Yamaha XZ550 - and he still reckons Honda got the better part of that deal - but this trade-in is genuinely out of this world.
Conway, Arkansas resident Jim Griffey dug up a funny-looking rock while planting a tree in his backyard but didn't think anything of it until he noticed that this particular rock had some weird magnetic properties.
A local rockhound confirmed that it was a genuine meteorite of considerable value - but of value to whom?
Then Griffey remembered a sign at the local Harley-Davidson dealership that said: "We'll trade in anything of value!" - and one certificate of authenticity later he was the proud owner of a brand new motorcycle.
Bottom line?
We don't care what model Harley it was; the dealer will write off the cost to advertising, so the Inland Revenue Service will pay for Griffey's bike - and Landers Toad Suck Harley-Davidson (if you don't believe us check the photo of the shop above!) will have scored the kind of publicity that money just can't buy.
But then, a bike in the driveway is worth more than a pet rock in the rumpus room, even if it is from a galaxy far far away.