I once saw someone selling a "genuine" pair of Brittany Spears panties...that's not very strange in itself, but the fact that the bidding was up to $9,000 dollars was.
I am an ebay seller, Fashion Assassin i.e chiefassassin , and once ran into a freak (actually ran into her more than once, my roommate) who attempted to sell a used bathtub pinata......
I tried selling the planet once, but ebay pulled it. But the 2 best ones I've seen in a while was a carrot that looked like a vagina and some kid trying to sell his virginity. Those were good. Elian Gonzalas raft was good to a few years ago.
Three of the best auctions I've ever seen/heard of are:
A newspaper I worked at had a public auction ad that ran with a typo... so real big across the top it said PUBIC AUCTION. I almost went just to see who else came.
The second one was only amusing because it wasn't me who got scammed by this. But it was when Playstation 2 had just come out, and some woman got all pissed cause she paid about $600 for an empty PS2 box. And when she looked at the auction again, it clearly said, in the main text "Brand new unused Playstaion 2 box"
Third was just some plain plastic bags that had rainbows and hearts on 'em and said "Jesus loves you," and I lost the auction on that one.
lighthammer
Pompano Beach, FL
February 2003
MAY 31, 2003 08:35 PM