# Best eBay description ever? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064 "2003-10-28T17:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**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 28, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/1 "2003-10-28T17:51:44Z")
> [@](#): > > [Guy selling ex-wife’s Beanie Babies](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3146042998) > Let me begin by explaining some very important details, this way I do not get 100’s of silly emails asking me to photograph the hind end of some stuffed animals. I DO NOT KNOW crap about these things. This belonged to my ex-wife who had about a 1000 of these Beanie Babies and when she moved, this one box of these got left behind, and now I am selling the goofy little things. Whatever money I make from them will be spent at the local Home Depot on tools and other cool stuff. I do not know which of these babies is retired or new, or whatever. I will list them in no particular order. I will tell you what its name is on the tag, if it has a plastic box or something. All these critter have been stored indoors, and are from a non-smoking home. Again, please do not send me emails asking me to photograp this or that. I am starting the auction at $10.00 and at that price I figure you all can take a chance. I understand from a friends wife that people are afraid to get fakes. FAKES? Fake plush toys? I was amazed. I thought people forged money, not childrens toys. Well I can only say, that 99% of these goofy toys were bought with my money, from eiter the local Hallmark Store, or one of the dozen or so Southern Craft/ collectibles stores I had to go to on a weekly basis buying these ridiculos toys years ago. Happy Bidding! Please take these critters from me so I can buy tools. > > Final Notice and Disclaimer: I know nothing about these stuffed Beanie Babies. I offer no proof of anything. It is a stuffed animal, get over it! I don’t think my ex-wife was in the Black Market Beanie Trade…but then again, I didn’t know she was having an affair either! Thus no gauruntees! All have theior little Heart Shaped tags on their ears. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/2 "2003-10-28T17:55:07Z")
Heh. That is pretty good. Makes me almost want to bid on them…almost. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/3 "2003-10-28T17:57:11Z")
Now, the question that is in everyone’s minds, is **Why exactly were you ebaying Beanie Babies?** Is there something we should know about? Should we take up a collection for your lobotomy surgery ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/4 "2003-10-28T18:05:13Z")
I’ve seen this link around over the past couple of weeks, so I think I can probably exhonerate **Jeff Olsen** from accusations that he spends hours a day looking for Beanie Babies on Ebay. Unless, of course, he does. ---
**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 28, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/5 "2003-10-28T18:08:10Z")
**interface** got it. The link turned up on one of my favorite sites. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/6 "2003-10-28T18:08:11Z")
It’s been making its way around the internet actually. I first saw it posted over on [Dave Barry’s blog.](http://davebarry.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/7 "2003-10-28T18:29:28Z")
It boggles the mind - 26 Beanie Babies for the winning bid of $860.00, I hope it is worth it. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/8 "2003-10-28T18:43:12Z")
It’s also been linked to on a [site I know is a favorite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218713) of the previous posters. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/9 "2003-10-28T18:47:08Z")
I’m auctioning off a chunk of my hair, do I win anything? ---
**Author:** ![SpaceDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spacedog/32/9932_2.png) [@SpaceDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceDog)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/10 "2003-10-28T18:47:51Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t think my ex-wife was in the Black Market Beanie Trade…but then again, I didn’t know she was having an affair either! F’in’ classic. Unfortunatly the cynic in me has to wonder wether this is real or just a cute way to drive up the price/get publicity for a box of old toys. There was a shop in town here that did a sale to, alegedly, pay for the owners divorce. Big banners saying “Mr Toscana needs all the money he can get to pay for his wifes divorce, massive sale now on”. Got him lots of free publicity and a nice buzz, but I don’t think anyone really believed it. SD ---
**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 28, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/11 "2003-10-28T19:09:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by paperbackwriter \* > \*\*It’s also been linked to on a [site I know is a favorite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218713) of the previous posters. 😉 \*\* Don’t look at me, I searched for _ebay beanie babies_. ---
**Author:** ![MarkofT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MarkofT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkofT)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/12 "2003-10-28T19:20:54Z")
Check out his [other auctions](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=2960748621). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/13 "2003-10-28T19:30:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MarkofT \* > \*\*Check out his [other auctions](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=2960748621). \*\* This guy’s a freakin’ genius. He’s figured another angle on the old “send me a dollar and make me rich” scam. I am in awe. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/14 "2003-10-29T00:17:10Z")
Not to mention the bids on the Beanie Babies are up to $860. Any publicity is good publicity as long as they code your link right… ---
**Author:** ![Aquix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Aquix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquix)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ebay-description-ever/210064/15 "2003-10-29T01:26:12Z")
Hilarious. I admire the man’s honesty.