The Best of eBay

Tobiasly · 12-03-2002, 01:15 PM

I'm sure many of us have come across some weird and/or funny shit on eBay. I'll start:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2077099516

Quote:

<B>Athlon XP 2000+ Barebones W 256 Meg "WOW"</B>
This system comes with everything you need just Add a Hard drive. CD, floppy, Keyboard mouse Speakers Video Card and Monitor and your all set.

I think he's stretching the term "barebones" just a bit!

Tobiasly · 12-03-2002, 01:43 PM

Here's another good one.

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...tem=2052699485

Even though it's in German, you can get the basic gist of it. This guy was selling a motherboard with CPU and memory on eBay ("everything you need", according to the guy above).

Unfortunately, instead of copying his own pictures, he linked directly to some on 2cpu.com -- a big no-no, especially for something like eBay where you're gonna generate tons of hits and suck up a noticeable portion of the other site's bandwidth.

So, the friendly folks at 2cpu.com decided to switch the pictures on him. Even better, eBay won't let you change an auction after it starts (only add stuff to the bottom), so he couldn't fix the links.

(Here's the two images they switched, in case the eBay listing expires:

http://www.2cpu.com/Hardware/thunder...xeon_close.jpg
http://www.2cpu.com/Hardware/thunder...board_shot.jpg
)

hermit22 · 12-03-2002, 04:17 PM

This one's great:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...item=927013748

It's a picture of a cat looking at a picture of Enimem's house on eBay. Talk about meta-eBay.

Tobiasly · 12-03-2002, 04:59 PM

Oh my Gawd. Even funnier than the fact that this person is selling a picture of their cat, and a shitty picture at that (hello! it's called "color balance"), is that 15 people have bid on it, and it's going for $10.50!

Jeez oh pete.. I'm in the wrong business!

headsplice · 12-03-2002, 05:16 PM

A reproduction of Benjamin Franklin's booger
I'm not sure which is weirder, the fact that there is an original, or a duplicate.

russotto · 12-04-2002, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tobiasly
Oh my Gawd. Even funnier than the fact that this person is selling a picture of their cat, and a shitty picture at that (hello! it's called "color balance"), is that 15 people have bid on it, and it's going for $10.50!

Jeez oh pete.. I'm in the wrong business!

28 bids, for $1125.00 now.

And if you believe anyone will actually pay that, you've been taking hits on that big bong.

verbatim · 12-04-2002, 02:29 PM

A few of my favorites that I managed to save from a while ago.

wolf · 12-04-2002, 08:51 PM

Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars???? (as of 2152 hrs EST 12/4/02)

I need to get a goddamn cat. Do you think I could use a stuffed kittty instead????

Oh, and I have to sell my scruples on ebay.

12-03-2002, 04:17 PM	#3
hermit22 sleep. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: So Cal. Posts: 257	This one's great: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...item=927013748 It's a picture of a cat looking at a picture of Enimem's house on eBay. Talk about meta-eBay. __________________ blippety blah bluh blah blah

12-03-2002, 05:16 PM	#5
headsplice Relaxed Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 676	Heehee A reproduction of Benjamin Franklin's booger I'm not sure which is weirder, the fact that there is an original, or a duplicate. __________________ Don't Panic

12-04-2002, 02:29 PM	#7
verbatim Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Pennsultucky Posts: 199	A few of my favorites that I managed to save from a while ago. __________________ <-- I'm with stupid

12-04-2002, 08:51 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That stupid cat pic Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars???? (as of 2152 hrs EST 12/4/02) I need to get a goddamn cat. Do you think I could use a stuffed kittty instead???? Oh, and I have to sell my scruples on ebay. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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12-03-2002, 01:43 PM	#2
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Here's another good one. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...tem=2052699485 Even though it's in German, you can get the basic gist of it. This guy was selling a motherboard with CPU and memory on eBay ("everything you need", according to the guy above). Unfortunately, instead of copying his own pictures, he linked directly to some on 2cpu.com -- a big no-no, especially for something like eBay where you're gonna generate tons of hits and suck up a noticeable portion of the other site's bandwidth. So, the friendly folks at 2cpu.com decided to switch the pictures on him. Even better, eBay won't let you change an auction after it starts (only add stuff to the bottom), so he couldn't fix the links. (Here's the two images they switched, in case the eBay listing expires: http://www.2cpu.com/Hardware/thunder...xeon_close.jpg http://www.2cpu.com/Hardware/thunder...board_shot.jpg )

12-03-2002, 04:59 PM	#4
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Oh my Gawd. Even funnier than the fact that this person is selling a picture of their cat, and a shitty picture at that (hello! it's called "color balance"), is that 15 people have bid on it, and it's going for $10.50! Jeez oh pete.. I'm in the wrong business!

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