# Alex Chiu's immortality rings are being sold on eBay **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401 "2003-04-13T05:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/1 "2003-04-13T05:30:31Z")
Someone is actually selling Alex Chiu’s immortatlity rings on [eBay.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2921515883&category=1467) And he’s got testimonials! So it must be true! :rolleyes: (If you don’t know who Alex Chiu is, do a google search. I am not posting a link as that’s against the rules. Apparently past experience has shown that his minions will crawl back over the link and infest the SDMB.) ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/2 "2003-04-13T10:12:40Z")
ETERNAL LIFE rings, not immortality! Everyone knows that immortality is impossible, while Eternal Life is only Three Easy Payments of $19.99 away. Actually, those rings are strongly magnetic and make EXCELLENT bulk erasers, supposedly. Regardless, think of it as a stupity tax. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/3 "2003-04-13T15:28:54Z")
[Gene Ray](http://www.timecube.com/) could kick Alex Chiu’s ass any day. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/4 "2003-04-13T15:32:17Z")
Damn, **Already In Use** , you beat me to it. TIMECUBE!! Tripler All your educators are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/5 "2003-04-13T16:02:19Z")
That’s because you’re an educated stupid yellow-belly jackass, **Tripler**. Your ignorance of Time Cube indicts you stupid and evil. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/6 "2003-04-13T16:28:14Z")
Anyone that takes the “physics of Santa” seriously is just. . . what’s the word. . . shall we say, ‘insane’? I’m still trying to figure out just how much he’s offering to disprove Time Cube. Is it $1,000.00, $10,000? :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > I bestow upon myself the “Doctorate of > Cubicism”, for educators are ignorant of > Nature’s Harmonic Time Cube Principle > and cannot bestow the prestigious honor > of wisdom upon the wisest human ever. > Dr. Gene Ray Tripler PhD in Beer-ology and Caffienation. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/7 "2003-04-13T17:56:51Z")
Sorry - I am sticking with [How to Good-Bye Depression](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66032) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/8 "2003-04-13T18:10:43Z")
That’s too funny. I am almost tempted to buy a pair, because I have an unnatural curiosity about these kinds of claims (and apparrently, too much money…😃 ) Note that I say _almost_ ---
**Author:** ![Shaolinrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Shaolinrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaolinrabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/9 "2003-04-13T18:28:54Z")
$18.95 _each_? It’s cheaper than Jesus! I’ll have to get some! [JESUS] ::Bolt of lightning:: [/JESUS] ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/10 "2003-04-13T20:02:49Z")
They’d make a great conversation piece, though. Imagine wearing them to a party. Someone asks you why you wear such clunky-looking rings… “ **They are** IMMORTALITY RINGS **that make me** IMMORTAL!” …and who knows where the conversation proceeds to from there. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/11 "2003-04-13T20:12:22Z")
The feedback says “Feedback rating: 9236 with 100% positive feedback”. Then, you go to their feedback page and it says they have a total of 10646 of which 271 positives, 3 neutrals and 0 negatives. Nothing adds up. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/12 "2003-04-13T20:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Copaesthetic \* > \*\*It’s cheaper than Jesus! \*\* !! Band name! !! Tripler Oh, the merchandising fiasco from this one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/13 "2003-04-13T20:28:46Z")
Am I the only one who would want to watch a debate between Fred Phelps, Gene Ray, and Alex Chiu? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/14 "2003-04-13T20:57:04Z")
Shame it’s not showing up in an estate sale! **sailor** - the second set of numbers on the feedback page only go back so many months, so there may be more total feedbacks than in the breakdown. However, how are you gonna know it doesn’t work? Don’t you have to die first? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/15 "2003-04-13T21:36:02Z")
I want to buy a set then post negative feedback a couple weeks later saying that I died, and demand my money back. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/16 "2003-04-13T22:30:51Z")
I wonder how much it is for an Imortality ring +1. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/17 "2003-04-13T23:42:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*I want to buy a set then post negative feedback a couple weeks later saying that I died, and demand my money back. \*\* Rebates are only given for defective merchandise if the buyer turns up in person If it doesn’t say that, then it should :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/18 "2003-04-14T02:13:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Already in Use \*\*\* > That’s because you’re an educated stupid yellow-belly jackass, **Tripler**. Your ignorance of Time Cube indicts you stupid and evil. Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/19 "2003-04-14T03:23:39Z")
Ooh! And I have special rock which keeps away tigers! Verr-ly cheap! Only forty-five dollar! You doubt Lobsang Squirrel? I show you rock work. See! No tiger!. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401/20 "2003-04-14T10:51:45Z")
I like the question marks after each “claim”. Think I’ll sell something like that. Say… cookies! _Nanoda’s Amazing Cookies!_ Oatmeal! Cures cancer? unlikely; Can make you fly? doubt it; Improves gas mileage? who knows? Brings eternal salvation? why not? Helps with conserving electricity? i’m almost sure it does Makes you popular? i guess Part of this complete breakfast? sure! Health and Safety Canada hasn’t stopped me! (You need 5 of these to make it work. Shell out ya cheapskate!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-chius-immortality-rings-are-being-sold-on-ebay/168401.md?page=2)