Will anything sell on E-bay

bitemybanger · 01-02-2008 8:56pm #1

A friend of mine and well known DJ sells absolute crap on e-bay but somone always buys is, the items range from beermats, bottletops to stuff you get free in cereral boxes, most of the stuff he gets for nothing.
Hers one example..
Sitting down in front of the computer wondering what to sell next, sticks his hand in his pocket and pulls out a load if irish euro coins(A complete set) which works out @ 3.88 and a bidder paid near 10 euro for them and an extra 3.50 for postage, i mean WTF:eek:
So can anything sell on e-bay??

Ponster · 01-02-2008 9:01pm

Wiki......

The web site was founded in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995 by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb,[1] part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus.

The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers."

So yes, the website is founded on selling worthless items.

togster · 01-02-2008 9:01pm

Yeah i sold enya autographs on there.

Ruu_Old · 01-02-2008 9:04pm

Gentlemans Willy Care Kit, no bids (still in with a chance for it, OP)

but the Ghostly Faces in toast has 1 bid of $7.99.

Dennis the Stone · 01-02-2008 9:25pm

togster wrote: »

Yeah i sold enya autographs on there.

do you have any of those left

togster · 01-02-2008 9:33pm

Think i have a couple somewhere.

Dord · 01-02-2008 10:04pm

I've only sold working stuff on eBay, must have a go at selling some utter rubbish on it sometime.

TestTransmission · 01-02-2008 10:18pm

Wasnt there a bloke who put an air guitar up for sale(complete with pic)
Think he got a bid r two...wud be cheap p+p i guess.

Creamy Goodness · 01-02-2008 10:21pm

didn't a guy sell a jar of glendalough air in a jam jar on ebay?

afaik i think he got quite a bit for it.

AlmightyCushion · 01-02-2008 10:23pm

jackncoke wrote: »

Wasnt there a bloke who put an air guitar up for sale(complete with pic)
Think he got a bid r two...wud be cheap p+p i guess.

I think he got around 75,000 for it. He said on the ad that it was played by all the great guitarists.

Clytus · 01-02-2008 11:04pm

I remember seeing a program about Ebay and how people would buy just about anything...so to prove the theory a chap walking on a beach found some old rope. He put it up for sale on Ebay and got £3.00 for it....so the answer to your q OP is YES people will pay money for old rope.

theres another "artist" in new york who roams the streets pulling "garbage" from bins,stuffing it into perspecs cubes and sells them. The feckers earning a tonne!!

AARRRGH · 01-02-2008 11:07pm

I know someone who put a turd in tupperware and sold it on ebay claiming it was Britney Spears' unflushed turd after a gig in the Point Theatre. He is now a fairly well know TV personality.

MOH · 01-02-2008 11:31pm

Ruu wrote: »

Gentlemans Willy Care Kit

Hmm. Returns accepted within 14 days.
Would you buy a used Gentleman's Willy Care Kit off this man?

Actually, hang on. Gentleman's Willy Care Kit? As opposed to Lady(boy)'s Willy Care Kit?

Capt'n Midnight · 01-02-2008 11:40pm

The imaginary friend

A waffle without the face of Jesus

A snowball that was several years old

RuailleBuaille · 01-02-2008 11:49pm

This thread made me log onto Ebay and I'm delighted to say that there is a 6pack of tayto cheese and onion crisps for sale at 6.50!

OPENROAD · 01-02-2008 11:51pm

I know someone sold a Tesco plastic bag on e bay

Lockstep · 02-02-2008 12:03am

dublindude wrote: »

I know someone who put a turd in tupperware and sold it on ebay claiming it was Britney Spears' unflushed turd after a gig in the Point Theatre. He is now a fairly well know TV personality.

Did anyone buy it?

I went out with a friend of Emma Watson ( who plays Hermione in Harry Potter) and she told me a guy snuck into Emma's bedroom at a party, stole one of her thongs and sold it on ebay.

Sheer spirit of enterprise there.

GhostInTheRuins · 02-02-2008 12:10am

Gah! I opened this thread about 20 minutes ago and it made me have a look on ebay. I just bid on two old LPs of albums I already have on cd

Edit: Two is now three

AARRRGH · 02-02-2008 12:17am

kickoutthejams wrote: »

Did anyone buy it?

Yeah! I remember the exact amount because I thought it was ****ed. $16,000. It's in some casino somewhere.

myk_raniu · 02-02-2008 2:03am

I remember seeing several people selling there souls, and some girl selling her virginity.

also i thought this one was a bit special
http://cgi.ebay.com/Titan-Missile-Base-Central-Washington_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ1607QQihZ009QQitemZ190189655473

ztoical · 02-02-2008 12:00pm

someone sold an evil rubber duck on there - they had a massive story about how it had tired to kill their baby and they'd had the priest in to bless it and everything. They didn't want to chuck it out as it just came back. Sold for over $2000 in the end.

Not everything sells, someone had a large ball of hair and not just any old ball of hair but one they'd spent time weaving very neatly together and they got zero bids.

John Mason · 02-02-2008 1:26pm

james blunt sold his sister on it, a few years ago, she married the guy last year. mind you he had his own helicopter,

Adam · 02-02-2008 1:33pm

I was going to try and sell my soul on ebay, but couldn't find any examples of a successful aution of someone's soul yet so didn't bother. Have people gotten anything for their soul?

Capt'n Midnight · 02-02-2008 2:06pm

IIRS
Click on line , the BBC tech series, did a program on eBay and to prove a point sold a bit of old rope.

Then there is that casino that buys stuff to get publicity, one woman got their name tattooed across her forehead to pay for her kids operation.

HMS Vengeance. Aircraft Carrier
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/10/webay10.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/10/ixnewstop.html