# Funny eBay listing #34812 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773 "2003-10-21T21:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/1 "2003-10-21T21:33:15Z")
From [here.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3146042998). I like how desparate the seller gets as he updates his auction. $860.00, huh? I hope he gets himself a nice table saw or drill press or something. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/2 "2003-10-21T21:46:54Z")
Hahaha. Yep I agree, I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/3 "2003-10-21T22:20:37Z")
Oh man, he’s so sarcastic and funny. I hope he gets enough for a sweet riding mower or a toilet. What a great auction. ---
**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 21, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/4 "2003-10-21T22:26:24Z")
Priceless. Can we recruit him for the SDMB? ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/5 "2003-10-21T22:31:31Z")
That is beautiful! "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! " LMAO. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/6 "2003-10-21T22:41:11Z")
He definitely seems like our kind of people. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/7 "2003-10-21T22:45:32Z")
Do you think we helped kick his hit counter up over 100,000? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/8 "2003-10-21T22:51:04Z")
Cracked me up! I took a look at the bid history - it appeared to me that people were bidding against themselves?? Did I read that right? Really, why would you bid anything until just before the auction ends? The sooner you put out a bid, the sooner someone could bid against you, right? I don’t get it. But I would love to meet the man who posted the ad. ---
**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 21, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/9 "2003-10-21T22:58:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*Cracked me up! > > I took a look at the bid history - it appeared to me that people were bidding against themselves?? Did I read that right? Really, why would you bid anything until just before the auction ends? The sooner you put out a bid, the sooner someone could bid against you, right? > > I don’t get it. But I would love to meet the man who posted the ad. \*\* No. What happens is someone puts in a proxy bid that is significantly higher than the last bid. For instance, the current bid is $10 and the bid increment is .50. If I put in a new bid of $20, the current bid will show up as $10.50. So somebody comes back and bids $11. I will still show up as the high bidder at $11.50. So on the bid history, it appears that I have bid twice (which technically, I have), when it is actually an automatic execution. eBay bidding strategy is a whole nuther thread discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/10 "2003-10-21T23:28:04Z")
" I will pack all these little critters safely in plastic bags and then in a box. This way they can’t get wet before your kids slobber on them. " HA HA HA HA HA… this guy is a riot!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-ebay-listing-34812/208773/11 "2003-10-21T23:45:03Z")
So, who’s going to volunteer to contact him and recruit him for Doperdom?