# ebay items that boggle my mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351 "2002-06-11T00:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/21 "2002-06-12T05:45:26Z")
I always thought it was the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/22 "2002-06-12T07:32:43Z")
**Bad News Baboon** , how do you get that leathery nipple look on the buttons? I’m impressed! ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/23 "2002-06-12T07:39:08Z")
Those nipple buttons are awesome! I want a pair(it’d be hysterical to present a pair of them to my boyfriend, as he has one normal nipple, and one permanently inverted one)! If you ever do find an appropriate pierced one to use, let us know, I’ll buy em! 🙂 ~V ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/24 "2002-06-12T10:44:00Z")
Didn’t someone sell “a stick” (literally just a stick you would find in the woods) for like $800 on eBay once? I swear I remember seeing that. Another classic is “I will kick your ass.” That actually got like 6 bids IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/25 "2002-06-12T10:46:11Z")
Oh yea, **CRorex** , what’s the url for that site? ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/26 "2002-06-12T12:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kayeby \* > \*\ ***Bad News Baboon** , how do you get that leathery nipple look on the buttons? I’m impressed! \*\* behold the power of photoshop! ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/27 "2002-06-12T15:03:44Z")
And here’s a news article on the ebay way of life: > **[MSNBC News - Breaking News and News Today | Latest News](https://www.msnbc.com/)** > > MSNBC breaking news and the latest news for today. Get daily news from local news reporters and world news updates with live audio & video from our team. Looks like ebay is on Newsweek’s cover. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/28 "2002-07-31T16:22:50Z")
I just found [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=896336722)while browsing the Big Ticket section. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/29 "2002-07-31T17:11:39Z")
How about the magenta/taupe circus room from “Trading Spaces?” [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1553086965](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1553086965) (The air drums are HILARIOUS, especially the guy’s description.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/30 "2002-07-31T17:15:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Nemo \* > \*\* The official’s reaction, as quoted in Newsweek, was “Oh, my God!” \*\* Surely that is a UL. The Pentagon does not say “Oh my God!”; the Pentagon says “I see, Sir.” while they call up J. Edgar Hoover. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/31 "2002-08-01T00:52:15Z")
What about the kid who auctioned off his virginity? ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/32 "2002-08-01T01:10:28Z")
I used to sell penis-shaped soap on a rope. 🙂 In the Adult Section, of course. Sold quite a few of them until I got tired of unmolding them–those babies are not easy to get out of the mold! ~k ---
**Author:** ![jonpluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/33 "2002-08-01T03:30:01Z")
i once sold an Xbox box…yes the empty carton that the xbox came in and stated VERY clearly exactly what it was in capital letters etc and it sold for $325 lol ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/34 "2002-08-01T05:21:45Z")
You did good, \*\* jonpluc \*\*. Hmm. I must have some boxes around here… 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/35 "2002-08-02T15:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*I just found [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=896336722)while browsing the Big Ticket section. \*\* Checked back to how much the fools bid it up to but it’s been pulled. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/36 "2002-08-02T15:35:44Z")
Ok laugh if you want but I currently am the winning bidder for [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1755080053) Oh the thrill of the hunt. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/37 "2002-08-02T15:40:40Z")
Mermaid: You dummy! Now EVERYONE will bid on it! er, a! Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/38 "2002-08-02T15:51:35Z")
[The place to obtain ORIGIONAL US army surplus materials!](http://www.drms.dla.mil/) If the military used it at one point, you can buy it. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/39 "2002-08-02T15:54:29Z")
oh also! I’ve heard all sorts of stories about what you can buy. Dearmed torpedoes, bits of helicopter, training manuals. And given how most often some private is the one responsible for lugging the stuff around every now and then you get stuff you shouldn’t… Like the guy who bought 4 torpedoes and got two live ones. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351/40 "2002-08-02T16:07:21Z")
How about this one: [Cranial advertising](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1753392935) Or this one: [More cranial advertising](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1754967576) Happy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-items-that-boggle-my-mind/113351.md?page=3)