Ten of the Oddest Things Sold in Online Auctions
Jamie Fisher
Issue date: 11/18/09 Section: The Pulse
There are many other strange things that people have either tried to or succeeded to sell in online auctions. According to Jeremy Raines, there was someone on eBay trying to sell an air guitar. The sale ended January 5, 2008 with only 1 bid for $5 and $4 shipping and handling.
Samantha Dobish, a senior at FSU, commented, "People sell their pee online for people who want to pass their drug test. You get a refund if you aren't satisfied with results."
One website claimed Britney Spears was trying to find clean urine samples for passing a drug test. She was willing to pay $2,000. Unfortunately, the website was a spoof so there is no evidence on eBay that someone has successfully sold this item.
At one point, a virtual island for the game Second Life was sold for $10,000 and included hours for the design and development of the bidder's dream island, as well as a certain number of memberships to Second Life for their friends and family.
Has anyone ever sold their life on eBay? That's just what a divorced 44-year old man did. As of March 2008, the man was selling his friends, home, car, and everything he owned except for his wallet and passport. Some sites rumor the sale topped out at $500,000, but then of course, that is probably only a rumor.
In early 2005, a woman from Salt Lake City, Utah, auctioned off her forehead to any company willing to pay her $10,000. The online casino GoldenPalace.com won the bidding and the woman allowed "GoldenPalace.com to be plastered on her forehead for all to see.
In 2006, a 26-year-old man man named Kyle MacDonald managed to trade one giant, red paper clip for a house. According to ABCNews, "Trade one red paper clip for one fish pen," MacDonald said, "for one door knob, for one camping stove, for one generator, for one instant party, for one snowmobile, for one trip to Yahk [in British Columbia, Canada], for one cube van, for one recording contract, for one year of rent in Phoenix, for an afternoon with Alice Cooper." Eventually, after spending time with Alice Cooper, the man was also offered a movie role and finally traded his paper clip for a house.
Samantha Dobish, a senior at FSU, commented, "People sell their pee online for people who want to pass their drug test. You get a refund if you aren't satisfied with results."
One website claimed Britney Spears was trying to find clean urine samples for passing a drug test. She was willing to pay $2,000. Unfortunately, the website was a spoof so there is no evidence on eBay that someone has successfully sold this item.
At one point, a virtual island for the game Second Life was sold for $10,000 and included hours for the design and development of the bidder's dream island, as well as a certain number of memberships to Second Life for their friends and family.
Has anyone ever sold their life on eBay? That's just what a divorced 44-year old man did. As of March 2008, the man was selling his friends, home, car, and everything he owned except for his wallet and passport. Some sites rumor the sale topped out at $500,000, but then of course, that is probably only a rumor.
In early 2005, a woman from Salt Lake City, Utah, auctioned off her forehead to any company willing to pay her $10,000. The online casino GoldenPalace.com won the bidding and the woman allowed "GoldenPalace.com to be plastered on her forehead for all to see.
In 2006, a 26-year-old man man named Kyle MacDonald managed to trade one giant, red paper clip for a house. According to ABCNews, "Trade one red paper clip for one fish pen," MacDonald said, "for one door knob, for one camping stove, for one generator, for one instant party, for one snowmobile, for one trip to Yahk [in British Columbia, Canada], for one cube van, for one recording contract, for one year of rent in Phoenix, for an afternoon with Alice Cooper." Eventually, after spending time with Alice Cooper, the man was also offered a movie role and finally traded his paper clip for a house.
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asshole
posted 11/20/09 @ 6:38 PM EST
Hey, it is her right to sell off her virginity if she wants to. Who is society to tell her she souldn't? It's her body, and if she chooses to do that, so be it. (Continued…)
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posted 12/07/09 @ 3:04 AM EST
All these things are precious.
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