# $8-mil for an 80-gig hard drive? WTF?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 27, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445 "2004-10-27T14:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445/1 "2004-10-27T14:32:34Z")

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[http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5133954605&category=64460](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5133954605&category=64460)

Two bids, $8,000,100. And get this: “free dildo show by englands finest if item is won for more then $4m”. Then there’s [this 40-gig listed by the same guy](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39972&item=5115143717), the winning bidder of which says it was never received and the seller didn’t respond to email.

Something very strange going on here.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445/2 "2004-10-27T14:57:03Z")

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> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> Something very strange going on here.

Well, his username says it all.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445/3 "2004-10-27T15:04:18Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Well, his username says it all.

Yeah, but that doesn’t explain the $8-mil first bid, though. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445/4 "2004-10-27T16:07:41Z")

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Before opening, I figured that perhaps the hard drive was full of some information, but perhaps someone learned that if they make outrageous bids on ebay, it’s fun and the bid will get thrown out.

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445/5 "2006-04-28T06:41:08Z")

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I once saw an XBox 360 go for something in the 6-digit range.

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445/6 "2006-04-28T06:42:10Z")

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Oh crap, wrong tab. My apologies for reviving :smack:

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-mil-for-an-80-gig-hard-drive-wtf/271445/7 "2006-04-28T07:01:11Z")

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Zombies! Bid for 'em on E-Bay.