The 10 Strangest Items Listed On ebay
June 5th 2009 06:50
If you have any ideas - you've got to do better than this lot:
1 A man's entire life
Ian Usher was fed up with his whole life - so he sold it on eBay. The winning bidder, who paid around £200,000, got Mr. Usher's house, car, job and introductions to his friends in Perth, Australia.
2 A soul
To be honest, this never actually got sold – because eBay cracked down on musician Dante Knoxx after he put his soul up for auction, pulling the listing before it got any bids.
3 Michael Jackson's underwear
A pair of Michael Jackson's boxer shorts were sold, with a reserve price of $1million. The Calvin Klein undies had been seized as evidence during a 2003 child molestation investigation.
4 A baby
A couple who put their baby on eBay for 1 euro as a joke briefly had the child removed from their custody, and were investigated for child trafficking. They got the kid back eventually.
5 A cornflake shaped like Illinois
Two sisters from Virginia were so shocked when they found a cornflake that was roughly the shape of Illinois that they put it up for sale. It attracted bids of over $1,000.
6 A town in Texas
The small town of Albert in Texas was sold on eBay, along with the title of Mayor of Albert. The ad boasted that the town was 'known for its towering oaks, wildflowers, German heritage and laid-back attitude.' It also had a beer garden.
7 Hi-tech toilets
Hi-tech toilets, originally bought by the city of Seattle for $5million, but subsequently scrapped after they became a haven for drug users, raised only $12,549 when they were later sold on eBay.
8 A vote in the 2008 US election
A University of Minnesota student discovered the hard way that selling his vote in the 2008 American elections was not the best plan, after he was charges with one count of bribery, treating and soliciting under a 1893 law banning the sale of votes.
9 Revenge knickers
A jilted wife got revenge on her husband by selling his mistresses over-sized knickers and a 'small sized' condom wrapper that she'd found in their bed.
10 Rhino dung
The International Rhino Foundation had the bright idea of flogging rhino poo as a way of raising funds. Um, yeah. Good idea.
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Comment by Mountain Fog
I feel kind of jealous of the guy that sold his life... gives me food for thought, toruble is, no one would want to bid for my life, unless they wanted to give it to someone they didn;t like!! hehe!
How much did that town cost by the way? I remember, about 20 years ago, a 'ghost town' was for sale in Oz, think it might have been NSW, but it looked like a deserted, dusty, broken down dump. Perfect if you want to shoot a movie with that as the background however.
cheers
fog
Comment by sam sall
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what a strange market ebay collecting........ i thought that dude who selling his life is super weird but as i read further the list kept on being weirder and weirder....
Comment by Natalina
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Ebay is such an ecclectic cross section of insanity.
Here's a list I put together a while back, with a slightly different selection. Hint: It involves a Wiccan Breast Inlargement Spell!
Eccentric Ebay
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Not sure how much that town made - but as it didn't come with a pool I didn't even bother to put in a bid
As for the fella who put his life on-line so to speak - I remember how disappointed he was - particularly given someone had offered $1,000,000 but withdrew just before closing.
As of this morning I'm on the lookout for that piece of toast that resembles Heath Ledger.
Cheers champion
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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I guess the secret is to come up with something entirely weird - like selling a ghost - hang on - quick I'm off to ebay to list . . .
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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There's no doubt about you - you're a gem
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Comment by Waysouth
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lol, original at least
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Comment by Wilson Pon
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