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Old 06-30-2003, 02:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Location: IN, USA
Selling NOTHING on Ebay!!!

LINKY!
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Ok, this is just downright sad. Someone sold NOTHING and got money for it. The follow is the text to read, but again this is pretty weird, I suggest you click the link to get full enjoyment out of this one

--GakFace--
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nothing for sale (please read)
Item # 2933240866

Everything Else:Weird Stuff:Totally Bizarre

Bidding is closed for this item.
sherpa159( 150) is the winner. Payment was sent through PayPal.

Payment Details Item price US $14.50

United States Shipping and handling US $0.00
Shipping insurance per item (not available) --

Payment Instructions There are no shipping costs associated with this item because it costs nothing to ship nothing.

Current bid US $14.50 Starting bid US $0.01
Quantity 1 # of bids 14 Bid history
Time left: Auction has ended.
Location New York, NY
Country/Region United States /New York

Description

Nothing for sale

I am legitimately trying to sell nothing.

It is hard to describe nothing but I can tell you that it is nothing like anything you have ever seen. There is no photo available because I do not know how to take a picture of nothing.

Some sellers have tried to trick buyers into buying nothing. This is not my goal. I am really trying to sell nothing. My friends tell me that people will buy anything on eBay. Now I want to see if I it is possible to sell nothing. I also want to find out how much nothing is worth to someone? I want to find out the price of nothing.

If you want to be the first person to buy nothing from me, bid on this item. Bid as high or as low as you want to (there is no reserve price). I may or may not try to sell nothing again; it depends on how well this auction goes. But if you want to be the first one to buy nothing from me, then go ahead and bid on this item.

Note: If you bid on this item, you are bidding on nothing . If you end up with the winning bid, you will get nothing. I will ship nothing to you. There are no shipping costs
associated with this item because it costs nothing to ship nothing.
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Old 06-30-2003, 02:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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damn.

i wonder if i tried that now if i'd be banned heh
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Old 06-30-2003, 02:20 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Just when I start regaining my faith in humanity, I read a story like this and remember why I lost it in the first place.
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Old 06-30-2003, 03:51 PM   #4 (permalink)
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hmm... quite smart actually. a 14.50 profit....sweet
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Old 06-30-2003, 03:58 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Best 15.00 I ever spent!!!!!!
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Old 06-30-2003, 04:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Reminds me of a friend of a friend who sold a G-Force 2 (or some other computer thingy) box. I think it sold pretty well.

The question is, how would you ship nothing?
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Old 06-30-2003, 05:33 PM   #7 (permalink)
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there is no shippping involved.

this is completely stupid, why the hell would somebody wanna waste money like that?


they could've donated it to the tfp!
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Old 06-30-2003, 05:41 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Well, if anyone was silly enough to bid on nothing.. good luck to the auction owners! Kinda like the begging websites - it's interesting to see how many people will illingly give you money for nothing! Maybe I should try that myself...
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Old 06-30-2003, 05:43 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Interesting... the winning bidder placed bids of $6.66 and $9.11.

-Mikey
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Old 06-30-2003, 07:05 PM   #10 (permalink)
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On E-bay

Onetime?
I bought some thing?
when I got it?
it was no-thing.

no-thing at all.

Boy, was I pissed.
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Old 06-30-2003, 07:41 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I wonder if I could sell nothing...
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Old 06-30-2003, 08:23 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I guess it's all in the marketing.

The was impressed by the italicized "nothing".
Caught their eye.
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Old 06-30-2003, 08:26 PM   #13 (permalink)
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That's a good profit margin...
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Old 06-30-2003, 08:52 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Tells you that someone will buy just about anything! Even if it's nothing...
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Old 06-30-2003, 08:54 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Awesome
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Old 07-01-2003, 04:59 AM   #16 (permalink)
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*sigh* What in the Hell do people <b>think</b> about?
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Old 07-01-2003, 05:04 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
*sigh* What in the Hell do people <b>think</b> about?
Obviously, they don't.
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Old 07-01-2003, 06:03 AM   #18 (permalink)
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hmm... quite smart actually. a 14.50 profit....sweet
No, eBay will take its cut, and there's a listing fee.
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Old 07-01-2003, 06:29 AM   #19 (permalink)
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I seriously doubt the winner will ever send any money. I'm suprised that it only hit $15. Usually crap like that gets bid up over one million.
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Old 07-01-2003, 06:35 AM   #20 (permalink)
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So money really is worthless?
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Old 07-01-2003, 06:59 AM   #21 (permalink)
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I seriously doubt the winner will ever send any money. I'm suprised that it only hit $15. Usually crap like that gets bid up over one million.
From the link:

sherpa159( 150) is the winner. Payment was sent through PayPal.
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Old 07-01-2003, 07:25 AM   #22 (permalink)
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I think it is actually pretty funny!
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Old 07-01-2003, 07:28 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally posted by Andric
From the link:

sherpa159( 150) is the winner. Payment was sent through PayPal.
Wow! I stand corrected. Hopefully the paypal account actually belongs to the auction winner. Usually people who bid on/win crap like that have no intention of ever paying.

My faith in humanity apparently has taken a major hit today.
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Old 07-01-2003, 09:24 AM   #24 (permalink)
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anyone interested in buying jackshit?
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Old 07-01-2003, 09:28 AM   #25 (permalink)
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lol
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Old 07-01-2003, 09:30 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I bought a 23' sailboat for under $3K a couple months ago and became an ebay lover overnite. radio, shitter, gps, new(er) sails, stove, you name it. Now I need to start sellin stuff on there. The only thing that's monked up is the radio, which I sent to the manufacturer and got back a brand new one.

Now I'm not a huge video gamer, but my girlfriend got me a ps2 this winter, and the best thing to buy on ebay is video games, price wise. I got GTA: Vice City for $11.00, and Metal Gear Solid2 for $13.50...can't pass that up.
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Old 07-01-2003, 09:42 AM   #27 (permalink)
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"yo, how can we make some money"
"i dunno, lets sell stuff"
"we dont have anything"
"oh, well um. lets sell nothing"
"yea on ebay, someone will buy it"
"yea they sell everything on ebay, i bet someone would buy nothing"
"yea!"
"yeah"
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Old 07-01-2003, 02:08 PM   #28 (permalink)
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I bet the high bidder was just a buddy of his that really isn't going to pay $14
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Old 07-01-2003, 02:34 PM   #29 (permalink)
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damn even if it was a hoax, there were 14 bids on it from different people! WTF? Thats insane if it was real.
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Old 07-01-2003, 03:02 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Damn, why does it work for this guy?

A friend of mine tried selling all of our spam email. I don't have a link to the description but it sounded pretty enticing at the time. Maybe something else about our presentation was wrong.
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Old 07-01-2003, 05:12 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
*sigh* What in the Hell do people <b>think</b> about?
Um.. "nothing".

/obvious
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Old 07-01-2003, 06:14 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Gotta love ebay, just when you think it wont be sold.

Its sold.


I gotta get my one bike on it.. been meaning to sell it for 5-6 years now. :/
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Old 07-01-2003, 08:51 PM   #33 (permalink)
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wow, something for nothing. Or nothing for somthing.... Either way, one idiot is 14.50 less rich, and another idiot is 14.50 more rich. I don't understand.
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Old 07-01-2003, 09:40 PM   #34 (permalink)
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I said I wanted nothing for my birthday...who knew.
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Old 07-01-2003, 10:19 PM   #35 (permalink)
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nah...ebay is the one getting rich, taking about a buck..

prolly no money exchanged hands between buyer and seller.
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Old 07-02-2003, 06:07 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Didn't that guy know, nothing's free these days
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Old 07-02-2003, 07:22 PM   #37 (permalink)
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I saw an air guitar on ebay today. i don't have a link for it. the first person to put something like that up always pulls it off. The giant ebay cheeto? remember that? today i also saw a giant corn flake. funny stuff.
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Old 07-05-2003, 12:09 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Very clever! I'd love to know if the winner actually paid!
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