Selling NOTHING on Ebay!!! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

GakFace · 06-30-2003, 02:14 PM

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.

WhoaitsZ · 06-30-2003, 02:17 PM

damn.

i wonder if i tried that now if i'd be banned heh

spectre · 06-30-2003, 02:20 PM

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.

Fade · 06-30-2003, 03:51 PM

hmm... quite smart actually. a 14.50 profit....sweet

Nappa · 06-30-2003, 03:58 PM

Best 15.00 I ever spent!!!!!!

Gortexfogg · 06-30-2003, 04:58 PM

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?

The_Dude · 06-30-2003, 05:33 PM

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!

losfp · 06-30-2003, 05:41 PM

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...

MikeyChalupa · 06-30-2003, 05:43 PM

Interesting... the winning bidder placed bids of $6.66 and $9.11.

-Mikey

QuasiMojo · 06-30-2003, 07:05 PM

On E-bay

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

no-thing at all.

Boy, was I pissed.

Slims · 06-30-2003, 07:41 PM

I wonder if I could sell nothing...

rogue49 · 06-30-2003, 08:23 PM

I guess it's all in the marketing.

The was impressed by the italicized "nothing".
Caught their eye.

Meridae'n · 06-30-2003, 08:26 PM

That's a good profit margin...

absorbentishe · 06-30-2003, 08:52 PM

Tells you that someone will buy just about anything! Even if it's nothing...

Gman · 06-30-2003, 08:54 PM

Awesome

Bill O'Rights · 07-01-2003, 04:59 AM

*sigh* What in the Hell do people think about?

spectre · 07-01-2003, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
*sigh* What in the Hell do people think about?

Obviously, they don't.

denim · 07-01-2003, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fade
hmm... quite smart actually. a 14.50 profit....sweet

No, eBay will take its cut, and there's a listing fee.

CaptainGumby · 07-01-2003, 06:29 AM

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.

cchris · 07-01-2003, 06:35 AM

So money really is worthless?

Andric · 07-01-2003, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CaptainGumby
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.

mindy · 07-01-2003, 07:25 AM

I think it is actually pretty funny!

CaptainGumby · 07-01-2003, 07:28 AM

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.

kinetix · 07-01-2003, 09:24 AM

anyone interested in buying jackshit?

theone18 · 07-01-2003, 09:28 AM

island · 07-01-2003, 09:30 AM

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.

MacGnG · 07-01-2003, 09:42 AM

"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"

viveleroi0 · 07-01-2003, 02:08 PM

I bet the high bidder was just a buddy of his that really isn't going to pay $14

bondagegirl · 07-01-2003, 02:34 PM

damn even if it was a hoax, there were 14 bids on it from different people! WTF? Thats insane if it was real.

VirFighter · 07-01-2003, 03:02 PM

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.

Ratso · 07-01-2003, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
*sigh* What in the Hell do people think about?

Um.. "nothing".

/obvious

Destrox · 07-01-2003, 06:14 PM

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. :/

Eviltree · 07-01-2003, 08:51 PM

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.

txstar · 07-01-2003, 09:40 PM

I said I wanted nothing for my birthday...who knew.

dci · 07-01-2003, 10:19 PM

nah...ebay is the one getting rich, taking about a buck..

prolly no money exchanged hands between buyer and seller.

MilleniumZeus · 07-02-2003, 06:07 AM

Didn't that guy know, nothing's free these days

ananayal · 07-02-2003, 07:22 PM

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.

OzOz · 07-05-2003, 12:09 AM

Very clever! I'd love to know if the winner actually paid!

06-30-2003, 02:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	Selling NOTHING on Ebay!!! LINKY! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

06-30-2003, 02:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	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. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

06-30-2003, 05:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	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! __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

06-30-2003, 05:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
losfp Tilted Location: Sydney, Australia	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... __________________ Grrr... Argh....

06-30-2003, 07:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
QuasiMojo King Knave Location: Lancaster	On E-bay Onetime? I bought some thing? when I got it? it was no-thing. no-thing at all. Boy, was I pissed. __________________ AzAbOv ZoBeLoE

06-30-2003, 02:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	damn. i wonder if i tried that now if i'd be banned heh

06-30-2003, 03:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Fade Banned	hmm... quite smart actually. a 14.50 profit....sweet

06-30-2003, 03:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
Nappa Tilted Location: behind you!!	Best 15.00 I ever spent!!!!!!

06-30-2003, 04:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gortexfogg I and I Location: Stillwater, OK	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?

06-30-2003, 05:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
MikeyChalupa Squid Location: USS George Washington	Interesting... the winning bidder placed bids of $6.66 and $9.11. -Mikey

06-30-2003, 07:41 PM	#11 (permalink)
Slims Eccentric insomniac Location: North Carolina	I wonder if I could sell nothing... __________________ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill "All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence

06-30-2003, 08:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	I guess it's all in the marketing. The was impressed by the italicized "nothing". Caught their eye.

06-30-2003, 08:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
Meridae'n Loose Cunt Location: North Bondi RSL	That's a good profit margin... __________________ What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

06-30-2003, 08:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	Tells you that someone will buy just about anything! Even if it's nothing...

06-30-2003, 08:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
Gman Insane Location: Down South In Louisiana	Awesome

07-01-2003, 04:59 AM	#16 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	sigh What in the Hell do people <b>think</b> about? __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

07-01-2003, 06:35 AM	#20 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	So money really is worthless? __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery

07-01-2003, 07:25 AM	#22 (permalink)
mindy Upright	I think it is actually pretty funny!

07-01-2003, 09:24 AM	#24 (permalink)
kinetix Upright	anyone interested in buying jackshit?

07-01-2003, 06:29 AM	#19 (permalink)
CaptainGumby Crazy Location: Location: Location:	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. __________________ Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies. -Groucho Marx

07-01-2003, 09:30 AM	#26 (permalink)
island Upright	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. __________________ A wise man once said "Work is for suckers".

07-01-2003, 09:42 AM	#27 (permalink)
MacGnG Know Where!	"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"

07-01-2003, 02:08 PM	#28 (permalink)
viveleroi0 Psycho Location: Oregon	I bet the high bidder was just a buddy of his that really isn't going to pay $14 __________________ "It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care" - Homer Simpson

07-01-2003, 02:34 PM	#29 (permalink)
bondagegirl Muy loca en la cabeza!! Location: San Diego. Ca.	damn even if it was a hoax, there were 14 bids on it from different people! WTF? Thats insane if it was real. __________________ "Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today."

07-01-2003, 03:02 PM	#30 (permalink)
VirFighter Insane Location: Raleigh, NC / Atlanta, GA	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. __________________ "The South is gonna boogie again" - Disco Stu

07-01-2003, 06:14 PM	#32 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	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. :/ __________________ You bore me.... next.

07-01-2003, 08:51 PM	#33 (permalink)
Eviltree Psycho Location: British Columbia	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.

07-01-2003, 09:40 PM	#34 (permalink)
txstar Tilted Location: Dallas, TX	I said I wanted nothing for my birthday...who knew.

07-01-2003, 10:19 PM	#35 (permalink)
dci Upright	nah...ebay is the one getting rich, taking about a buck.. prolly no money exchanged hands between buyer and seller.

07-02-2003, 06:07 AM	#36 (permalink)
MilleniumZeus Crazy Location: Northern Virginia	Didn't that guy know, nothing's free these days __________________ ZEUS IS IN THE HOUSE!!!

07-02-2003, 07:22 PM	#37 (permalink)
ananayal Upright Location: Michigan	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. __________________ Snoogins

07-05-2003, 12:09 AM	#38 (permalink)
OzOz Psycho Location: Right here, right now.	Very clever! I'd love to know if the winner actually paid! __________________ Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you wanna keep fighting evil today.