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iro_007
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject: E-bay |
 
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Have anyone of you found ridiculous stuff on ebay for sale? Jay Leno has a skit about that. Just wondering if anyone of you know some pretty weird stuff sold on ebay? |
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Asriana
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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The 2 that stick in my mind is the grilled cheese sandwich that looked like the Virgin Mary and the cane someone put up for sale - their son kept having nightmares from his Grandfather's death, so by putting the cane on ebay, they were hoping to get ride of the nightmares.
Oh! And don't forget the submarine that had been up on Ebay for 1 million dollars!
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iro_007
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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are you serious, a submarine, lol......nice one asriana |
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 workervr
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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I have seen a bunch of stuff that is amusing. I also buy sound tracks on ebay. I am addicted!
Most interesting thing however.. while noting this is a family friendly site as bland as possible: They used to sell womens underwear. These were not just ads for the underwear. They came with pictures of the women that had owned the underwear. you can draw your own conclusions. they also sold the old style xl pampers. These were pampers that would fit an adult. they sold for 100 bucks a box. I only know this as I had searched for pampers for my baby at the time as you could buy them in bulk cheap. (yes a real baby not a grown baby  |
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Saffron
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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The funniest thing that I remember was a guy selling his ex-wife's wedding dress. There was a picture of him modeling it.
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 genericdragon
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh! And don't forget the submarine that had been up on Ebay for 1 million dollars! |
And the Aircraft Carrier HMS Vengeance for $6 million! 
note: The link is to a 2004 article about the item.
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 mellowman
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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I remember someone "selling" Buckingham Palace once (one of the Queen's residences in the UK). It was cleverly worded along the lines of.. if you win this auction you'll be the proud owner of the multi million pound palace - whether or not you'll be arrested when you take possession of the palace is another matter.
I can't rememeber if anyone actually made a bid... |
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 j2brown
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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I remember the wedding dress one. Turns out the guy made up the whole story. I did model it though. I've also seen a jar with a "ghost" inside, and an offer to fly to your home and beat you.
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Saffron
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Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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and an offer to fly to your home and beat you.
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OMG that is hilarious!
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Auroter
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Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:20 am Post subject: |
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My fiance tells me that some students put her high school up on ebay as their senior prank. Quite an original one, I say.
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 the_lake_effect
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Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Remember the "Human Kidney For Sale?" It actually hit $5.7 million in bids before EBay pulled it. Apparently body parts (I'm assuming just human ones, as plenty of cow and alien parts have gone through) are against EBay rules.
There was also that "Pornography Production Company" that went on sale a few months ago. I believe the starting bid on that was $100,000.
Then there was that "Kindergarten Class for sale." Someone posted a class picture of these Japanese kids and included a full description. It had things like "teacher included. There's a particular higher value to the kid with the 'melon-shaped head.'"
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Patje
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:49 am Post subject: |
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I remember that a fan auctioned the coach of his favourite soccerteam on e-bay because of the poor results. Starting-bid € 1,-
At the end E-bay pulled it because it's illegal to sell humans on the internet (Didn't know that actually  )
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the_lake_effect
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Of course, one could escape that legality by instead auctioning the "services" of said human being. Are they voluntary services? Who can say...
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iro_007
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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The current Pope's old VW car was on ebay......I remember that it went for quite a bit. |
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Asriana
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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I still remember the poor guy at Christmas time. He stood outside, bare naked, holding a box for an X-box in front of himself, begging someone to buy it.
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