http://www.yahoo.com/s/52322

;D ;D

modified so the link would work..sorreeee :)

whoa. that's just wra-ooooong. Oy.  :P ;)

what a stupid idiot! >:(

howard

Hehehe, I read that.  I like the part where they were talking about that one dude who wanted to sell his soul ;)

It's obvious it was done as a joke, anyway.  Too bad the ad got pulled, I'd like to have read the parameters of the "family sale" :)

>:(  I'm hoping it was a joke.

Can I sell mine??  ::)

That must have been an interesting family conference.  

Actually, they were on the Today show.  Basically, all you get for your money is the "appearance" that you are in the family.  You don't get physical custody of any of them ( he has had a few offers to "buy" his wife) but he was saying that the winner would get "love, many crafts, family photos, "  I think it is all a publicity stunt--15 minutes of fame and all... ::)

Isn't that called "Slavery?"




Cat

Eh...this ain't nothing new. Didn't Jay Leno sell a piece of bubble gum that Justin Timerlake chewed on his show for a couple thousand? Man, people sell everything on their from kidneys to wholsesale asswhoopings. Yes, ass whoopings. You fly the guy to your house so he can kick your ass. Go figure.

Here is another billiant one. (I hope this link works).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2900127558


Cat

What is this world coming to !!!??  Sheesh...

I guess money can buy love. LOL!
I think I should start visiting e-bay's site for some interesting laughs.  
Bible signed by Jesus...it's not really clear, it is possible that a guy named Jesus (pronounced hey-sus) did sign that bible. ;)

Oh my lord that is just wrong!! What an idiot!! Just my opinion.

Nah, not real. If Jesus signed a bible they would have had the book signing at Barnes & Noble, where everyone could get a copy  ;D....just goes to show people can and will buy and sell anything.  ;)

I think I might sell myself.Anybody want me? ;D :D

howard

Here is another one.




Trash to treasures
January 18, 2003

(from the Business section)  
By Kathy Boccella

Knight Ridder Newspapers

If you don’t already believe that people will buy just about anything on eBay, take a look at John D. Freyer’s book, “All My Life for Sale” (Bloomsbury USA, $19.95).

A woman from Boston paid $32 for his old phone books. An Austin, Texas, couple shelled out $16.50 for a Polaroid of an ordinary McDonald’s. A man from London spent $20.50 for a partially used box of taco shells.

And you have to wonder about the guy from Portland, Ore., who paid $41 for one of Freyer’s quirkiest possessions — four (really gross) educational dental-work photographs.

From old wool socks ($2.62) to a can of sauerkraut ($11), Freyer sold 600 of his worldly possessions, many of them totally worthless.

Which makes you wonder why no one snapped up the half-bottle of antiseptic mouthwash.

“I ended up taking it to the dump,” said Freyer, an affable 29-year-old conceptual artist whose book is a meditation on what the objects we surround ourselves with actually mean to us.

When Freyer planned a move from Iowa City to New York in fall 2000, he realized he had too much stuff. So he vowed to sell all his belongings, keeping only what would fit in the trunk of his Honda Civic.

He invited some friends to help him photograph and catalog everything he owned, down to old dentures and a can of Spam, and put them up for sale on eBay. Not only did people buy such useless junk as a brick, a science-fair ribbon, and an old bag of pork rinds, they got into fierce bidding wars.

What started as a way to make moving easier morphed into an avant-garde art project that would take Freyer across the country to visit his former possessions in their new homes — his salt shaker in Portland, Maine; his Elvis shirt in Dallas; his power bill in Los Angeles.

In shedding his worldly goods, Freyer found he acquired new experiences and friends that meant more than the stuff he had accumulated.

“All My Life For Sale” is an amusing look at America’s consumer culture and the connections that are made through objects as mundane as a big empty box. There’s a story behind each of the things Freyer sold — and an update on how they are doing in their new homes.

Not only did Freyer sell his gear, he auctioned off experiences such as being him at his birthday party, which Brian from Indiana got for a song at $1.25. It won Brian the chance to be the guest of honor at a party hosted by Freyer’s friends, for Freyer, in New York. He collected the presents and met lots of new people.

“He had only been in New York for three months and was really lonely. He’s much happier since he’s become friends with my friends,” Freyer said.

As he went through his apartment tagging and photographing each possession, “I reflected on the role it played in my life and the stories that almost every object made me remember if I spent just a little bit of time with it,” Freyer writes.

The old wool socks that he borrowed from a friend during a fun trip reminded him of the good times they had together. Now that he doesn’t have them, “I don’t think of my friend as often,” he said.

“I think we hold on to things because of those connections we make,” he mused. “It’s less the object than the experience.”

Freyer began auctioning items on eBay for $1. Instead of describing the object, he wrote little stories about how he acquired it, whom he was with, and what it meant to him.

His first sale, a toaster to Bill from Illinois, made him realize objects change life in subtle ways. With no toaster, he no longer ate toast. Then he wondered: Did Bill eat more toast because he owned a toaster?

Freyer sent notes to the new owners asking for updates on the items they purchased; letters, e-mails and photographs poured in.

Some buyers were looking for deals on Freyer’s old records or comic books, but others were intrigued by the project and wanted to be a part of it.

One of those was Alaina Doten, a former Floridian studying for her Ph.D. in Australia, who scored a bag of pork rinds, an 8mm camera, two Pez dispensers, and a yellow spinning chair. Now, she’s trying to unload her own stuff on eBay so she won’t have to lug it home.

After jettisoning his possessions, Freyer spent four months, and the $6,000 he netted, visiting 60 people who bought his things.

Some offered to return what they bought, especially if it had sentimental value, including a ring a friend gave him and an art book he had made for his father.

“No way was I taking anything back after spending a year and a half getting rid of it,” Freyer said.

For some people, buying Freyer’s castoffs was a life-altering experience. Ashley Frazier of Chester Springs says his Great Old Empty Box, which she got for $20.50, “changed my life.”

A corporate trainer who travels frequently for work, she was an “embittered” traveler who often got annoyed at her fellow passengers.

Then she began carrying the Great Old Empty Box on trips, and people couldn’t help asking what was in it. She enjoyed talking to them and became less of a “stealth traveler,” she said.

She is filling the box with postcards and souvenirs: a snow globe from New Zealand; a CD with train sounds from Sweden. It’s unwieldy to carry but worth the trouble, she said.

Even more interesting than the people she meets traveling are artists and photographers she has met through Freyer.

“They are unlike anyone I ever meet in my normal life,” she said, sounding slightly in awe. “As a corporate trainer, I meet other business people, not avant-garde artists.”

After she fills her box, she said, she plans to give it back to Freyer, who may create another book on the stuff she collected.

(Her roommate bought a can of Vienna sausages, which they “released into the wild” in a supermarket. “We put it on a shelf and ran out. It was a catch-and-release,” she said with a laugh.)

Though Freyer began the project intending to move, he ended up returning to Iowa City to complete his graduate degree. And marry. He now lives in his girlfriend’s house “which is filled with stuff,” he said.

Including his kitchen table, which she bought from him for $61.

“She paid me in full,” he said, “and I found it on the street.”





It just goes to show ya, people can sell anything and people will buy it.



Cat

I could make a mint!!! :o

I'm up for sale at ebay for $1,00000.
If you take me home,I'll be your mother,father,sister,brother,etc...... ;)

Howard