Crack! The gavel banged on the county supervisor’s desk.
“Lot number 16. Sold for $10,200 to the man in the striped shirt!”
I had made another trip to El Dorado County to attend their annual tax sale. Properties owned by taxpayers who failed to make the required annual installments for periods of longer than five to seven [...]
The humor and entertainment delivered on eBay is neverending:
FETISH BARBIE
Dominant BARBIE. Clothes are painted on. Barbie has painted navel jewel and silver braclet [sic] and ring. Has been on display in MISTRESS dungeon (paint scratched in 2/3 places,but easyly [sic] touched up) Please note that this Barbie is not as it left the Barbie factory. [...]
I REALLY need to get off of eBay for a while. There is just too much fun stuff for sale!
PRISON TATTOO MACHINE INSTRUCTIONS
These Instructions are regarding the construction of a Basic, Homemade Tattoo Machine. It is the Same type of Machine That inmates in Prison use. It is a 14 Page Booklet in Full Color [...]
More insanity from the minds of eBay auctioneers:
BLACK LEG WARMERS W/PINK STARS PUNK GOTH RAVE
I’m starting these kinda high, because they are really cool, it took me while to sew, and I sewed through my finger making them. (right through the nail and out the other side OUCH!) But don’t worry i took the star [...]
I wholeheartedly and sincerely wish that these eBay auctions were ones I dreamed up. They are all too real.
YEP, these are the SAME JEANS we’ve listed a few times here on eBay and for some reason no one wants them. So I put them in my truck and took them with us when we went [...]
I can’t believe I missed out on the “HAIR GEL as owned by Darth Vader relative” auction. For a single British penny, I could have owned “one almost empty pot of Hair Gel as owned by the son of a friend of David Prowse (aka Darth Vader). Strictly limited edition.”
Apparently someone in Manistique, Michigan, is [...]
Yesterday, I told you about the hapless (hopeless!) eBay shopper who purchased a cheap, crappy pin. Remember, the seller stated “THIS IS A STERLING SILVER PIN” and “THE MIDDLE IS IVORY”. As promised, what follows is the series of email justifications for the fraud sent by the seller after the auction. I corrected a few [...]
Whew! Coming off of that last one, I really need a lighter topic! Oh, look! I found another funny eBay auction. What? Are you saying I spend too much time there? Hah! *sound of me slinking away sheepishly*
HERE IT IS FOLKS - IT’S ART DECO - IT’S CHINESE
IT’S THE CHEAP CRAPPY PIN!
This is a pin [...]
Bonfante Gardens should hire this guy to replace their existing marketing department. I mean, whoever dreamt up the “Bonfante is Excellenté” slogan really doesn’t deserve a job. The winning bid on this memorable auction was $43.27.
Polk Audio Computer Speakers - Man, they suck!
These are some truly horrible Polk multimedia speakers. They came with an HP [...]
