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Auctions and Antiques ExaminerAuctionWally has been an auctioneer and appraiser for 25 years. He runs an antiques appraisal blog where he writes about the value of antiques and how to sell them. You can find him at www.auctionwally.com.
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The Latest eBay Craze- eBegging. GAG!
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by Auction Wally, Auctions and Antiques Examiner
When researching weird auctions on eBay, I came across a large amount of auctions that I refer to as eBegging auctions. An eBegger is someone who has an auction for something that either doesn't actually exist, or is so foolish that it may as well not. One of these eBegging auctions was for a "used preacher", so I checked out this used preacher auction, and of course the auction was not actually for a used preacher, in fact the seller admitted that they didn't have a product to sell, but if you wanted to donate something to that church, we'll they would be happy to accept the donation. Why should this take up bandwidth that legitimate sellers are in competition with to market their items. Nothing against a Church at all, but if you want to do this kind of thing, shouldn't you do it on the Church's website? To me it doesn't say much for the strength of your Congregation if you have to resort to a cheesy eBegging tactic to get a few bucks.
Here's one for losers with more money than brains, "Watch me shave my sister's head", for a $1000.00 minimum bid of course. Such a deal. Here's the link if you've got a $1000.00 you'd like to throw away:
http://cgi.ebay.com/A-WELL_W0QQitemZ110260236801
So I know some of you are probably thinking, "what the he** , loosen up and have a laugh". You'd be right if there weren't so many of these idiotic auctions clogging up eBay, there are literally thousands of such offerings.
For example, you can bid on a French fry shaped like Elvis, a potato chip with the face of Jesus, (looks nothing like Jesus), Satan chicken and countless others. These auctions get very few if any bids but are obstacles and time wasters for people who browse eBay looking for good items to get deals on.
eBay claims it's trying to crack down on fraudulent auctions and sales of of non-tangible items, so they banned people who sell perfectly legitimate eBook and eInformation from selling via the auction format, yet, if you want a used preacher, but not really, it's all good. Go figure.
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Topics: eBay , fakes , eBegging
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