# Competition: what is the weirdest item you can find on eBay right now **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334 "2006-09-27T10:14:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/21 "2006-09-29T02:38:47Z")
I admit that I hadn’t even read the whole mermaid ring listing when I posted it. I only got halfway through the page before putting my horse in the race, so to speak. Turns out that Sasha the mermaid was discovered off the coast of Humboldt County, where I’m from: > [@](#): > > Granny’s niece, Terri, found Sasha about 10 years ago off the coast of Eureka, California while studying plant life (she’s an oceanographer and also shares the gift of “second sight,” as it was called in their family). For all I know, I went to college with “Terri”. Humboldt is quite well known for its herbal enlightenment, which might explain Granny and Clan’s unique world view. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/22 "2006-09-29T03:04:38Z")
Until this thread I didn’t realize that ebay had an actual category called “weird stuff.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/23 "2006-09-29T03:06:59Z")
An aquaintance of mine admitted to selling a mummified squirrel (found in a wall of her house during remodeling) on e-bay. I think she got something like $25 for it. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/24 "2006-09-29T03:08:44Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] A daddy longlegs is related to spiders. A crane fly is related to mosquitoes. [/QUOTE] Depends on where you are. In the UK, “daddy longlegs” refers to a crane fly. In the US it can refer to a [Harvestman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvestman) (Opiliones) or an actual [spider](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_long-legs_spider%5B/url) (Pholcids). ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/25 "2006-09-30T01:31:26Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. PoopiePants] How about [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/My-Toe-Nail_W0QQitemZ320031989698QQihZ011QQcategoryZ1469QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) one? [/QUOTE] Waaah! The item had been removed from eBay by the time I hit your link. What WAS it? Some truly weird stuff, but nothing can beat the Ghost in a Jar (nor the Jar in a Ghost.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/26 "2006-09-30T19:31:58Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] Hey, you can get [Chick tracts](http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-6-Jack-T-Chick-Tracts-THE-LITTLE-GHOST-BOO_W0QQitemZ250033232423QQihZ015QQcategoryZ1447QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) on eBay. In six-packs at that! All for a minimum bid of 99 cents plus postage (up to $4.85, in my area.) Hey, if you live in an area like mine, it could take you years to find one at a bus stop or in a phone booth. By then, your soul could irretrievably belong to Satan. Don’t take that risk. Order today! [/QUOTE] Better yet, order from [the source](http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlist.asp) and pay only 15¢ per tract – that’s a 9¢ savings over the eBay seller’s sucker rate for a six-pack! I just entered the word **Crap** in the Internet marketplace’s search box and came up with [this book](http://cgi.ebay.com/Crap-towns-50-Worst-Towns-in-the-UK-HardBack-Book_W0QQitemZ250032582311QQihZ015QQcategoryZ11432QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). Can any of our UK **Dopers** suggest likely candidates for inclusion in the volume? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/27 "2006-09-30T19:44:05Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] A daddy longlegs is related to spiders. A crane fly is related to mosquitoes. [/QUOTE] **John DiFool** - did you read the Q&A section (or indeed my post that you quoted)? To explain, “known stateside” means “known in the US”. In the UK a daddy long-legs is _not_ an arachnid but an insect, which known in the US as a crane fly. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334/28 "2006-09-30T20:16:47Z")
Oh, gimme that old time [segregation](http://cgi.ebay.com/NO-DOGS-NEGROES-MEXICANS-1942-PAPER-SEGREGATION-SIGN_W0QQitemZ270032759551QQihZ017QQcategoryZ35800QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) . I’m sure the high bidder is only interested in it for the historical value, since the ID is ‘kept private’. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competition-what-is-the-weirdest-item-you-can-find-on-ebay-right-now/374334.md?page=1)