# could someone please explain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789 "2006-02-10T02:05:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/21 "2006-02-10T16:24:56Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > 😕 If you right click the mouse on any part of the ebay page, a pre-set message comes up. It’s funny to me, based on the product being auctioned. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/22 "2006-02-10T16:33:01Z")
I had to open it with Bill’s evil browser. Pretty funny. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/23 "2006-02-10T16:39:43Z")
> [@snorlax](#): > > I don’t understand this. Why would a casino want to bid on soap? Golden Palace’s entire marketing strategy is based on gaining publicity through bidding on – and winning – unusual auctions. Besides those successes mentioned [in this article,](http://www.urbanhonking.com/powerseller/archives/2005/02/golden_palace_c.html) the casino has been immortalized in the common and scientific names of a recently discovered [Bolivian species of monkey.](http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:kWiQEwco94IJ:www.send2press.com/clients/PDF/newsday-monkey.pdf+Golden+Palace+Casino+bidding+monkey&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/24 "2006-02-10T16:42:18Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Golden Palace’s entire marketing strategy is based on gaining publicity through bidding on – and winning – unusual auctions. Besides those successes mentioned [in this article,](http://www.urbanhonking.com/powerseller/archives/2005/02/golden_palace_c.html) the casino has been immortalized in the common and scientific names of a recently discovered [Bolivian species of monkey.](http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:kWiQEwco94IJ:www.send2press.com/clients/PDF/newsday-monkey.pdf+Golden+Palace+Casino+bidding+monkey&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6&ie=UTF-8) Aren’t they the ones that offered $10,000 for that woman to tatoo their logo on her forehead? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/25 "2006-02-10T17:52:33Z")
It’s got St. Patrick’s image on it, inside the wrapper. ---
**Author:** ![albertmdh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@albertmdh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albertmdh)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/26 "2006-02-10T18:12:41Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > It’s got St. Patrick’s image on it, inside the wrapper. But lemme guess… it dissapears if you open it? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/27 "2006-02-10T19:10:16Z")
> [@jali](#): > > If you right click the mouse on any part of the ebay page, a pre-set message comes up. It’s funny to me, based on the product being auctioned. Hmm… I think it’s specific to that particular auction somehow. As another note, it looked like some of the auctions posted under ‘weird stuff’ were phishing expeditions that had somehow been posted onto ebay itself… you click the link to look at the auction, and something redirects you to a fake ebay login page on another server. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/28 "2006-02-10T19:17:36Z")
“Why this soap is up to $51?” Dude! It’s a _new bar,_ in the _original wrapping!_ ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/29 "2006-02-10T19:28:48Z")
It looks like there might be a profit in selling stuff that Golden Palace might buy. [http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=goldenpalacecasino&iid=5664795262](http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=goldenpalacecasino&iid=5664795262) to see their recent purchases. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/30 "2006-02-10T20:27:49Z")
> [@Jonathan Chance](#): > > Let’s stop the bidding. King of Soup here wins. Nah, I don’t, but, may I say, I am _so_ happy someone liked the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789/31 "2006-02-10T23:49:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s the soap so strong, it even removes sin. It’s Pope Soap! If it were Pope-Soap-On-A-Rope, hell, I’d pay fifty bucks for it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-please-explain/343789.md?page=1)