What makes people list some very weird and outrageous items on Ebay?
Is it their ego that drives them? To think that thousands of people will
read and maybe even bid on their ridiculous offerings – is that it?
What sort of offerings can be categorised as ‘strange’ you might ask?
Well, this author has seen auctions for: virginity (this was removed because
let’s face it – that’s prostitution and definitely not something that Ebay
really want to promote!), a hilarious auction for a stick – yes a stick! The
offending stick was part of a chair which broke when the seller sat on it!
He was so outraged that he decided it would be a saleable item. And starting
at .01c, he was right! He actually did sell it for close to $1.00 …
Now that doesn’t mean you should all rush out to your local forest and
collect firewood and give each piece an interesting history about which to
write and offer up on Ebay!
Also seen was a piece of toast! This was so ridiculous, that one TV
station in Australia featured that piece of toast on an evening comedy
program and the hit counter went berserk after that! So it seems that
anything, which could be classified as ‘strange’, has a place on Ebay.
Anyone got any old false teeth perhaps? I’m sure even those would get a bid!
Or how about that most horrible ‘thing’ you bought on Ebay, which could be
classified as the worst, buying choice you ever made?
I’ve got one of those – what self-respecting Ebay supporter hasn’t?
Thinking it might be fun to buy a wig after having my long hair cut short, I
turned to – you guessed it – Ebay - to spend my cash on a wig. Boy oh boy,
what a disaster that turned out to be! I purchased this gorgeous looking
blonde, long haired, curly looking piece which promised to make me look sexy
and turn heads! The only heads this disaster would have turned would have
been in true ‘Exorcist’ style!
This ‘thing’ which was advertised as “New, with Tags” was an absolutely
revolting disaster! It was made of what can only be described as raffia, was
orange in colour and was ‘glued’ in bits to the mesh which fits ‘all sizes
of head’ – all but mine, that is!
Too small, too horrible, too funny for words! It now sits on the corner
piece of our banister – I keep thinking I’ll paint some eyes and a big red
mouth there. It certainly has been a talking point with lots of laughs and
wise cracks at ‘mum’s worst Ebay purchase’! It almost seems a shame to sell
it now in the ‘weird’ category because ‘Sally’ seems to now have a home
here!
Ebay – not just a place to buy and sell – a place to find outrageously funny
odds and sods to keep readers of all ages amused!
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