# Most ridicuolously overpriced item ever on Ebay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326 "2006-04-26T18:01:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/1 "2006-04-26T18:01:16Z")
I have a strange fetish for scanning Ebay for ridiculously overpriced merchandise. Today, for example, I saw someone offering a New Kids on the Block concert ticket in poor condition for 4250 bucks, which is of course 4249 bucks more than even the most obsessive and rich NKOTB collector (if they exist) would pay. The selling point (in all fairness, the wording of the listing makes it pretty clear it is a child trying to sell the item, so the mistake in pricing is understandable) is that it is a for a concert in **Germany** and the writing is in **German**! I once saw some guy hawking an Elvis scarf worth 150 bucks for a million, so that, in his words, he wouldnt have to work again. These really interest me for some reason- does anyone have any others they have seen? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/2 "2006-04-26T18:04:20Z")
Not right away, but I did just want to say that I dig your username. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/3 "2006-04-26T18:17:56Z")
Well, there was the well-publicized case of the grilled cheese sandwich that had the Madonna on it going for I don’t know how many thousands of dollars. That was pretty crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/4 "2006-04-26T18:21:39Z")
Thank you **Cluricaun** , I am a huge Anglophile, and it is my goal to one day go to Northern England to hear it used in person! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/5 "2006-04-26T18:40:36Z")
I’m going to put in one vote for the Elvis Fart in a Jar that somebody posted about not too long ago. The thing was up in the tens of thousands at that time and it was close to the first of April, so I can’t vouch for its accuracy. But I’d say that was a lot to pay for a jar of air, whether it had anything to do with Elvis or not. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/6 "2006-04-26T21:52:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Thank you Cluricaun, I am a huge Anglophile, and it is my goal to one day go to Northern England to hear it used in person! You may be in for a nasty suprise- unless, of course, you meant to say Scotophile (is that even a word?). ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/7 "2006-04-27T06:27:50Z")
> [@Happy Clam](#): > > You may be in for a nasty suprise- unless, of course, you meant to say Scotophile (is that even a word?). Bairn is used in the north of England, or at least in Hartlepool. But not with wee in front of it. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/8 "2006-04-27T11:47:02Z")
Not exactly ridiculously overpriced, but I once put a Rush (the band) concert DVD on eBay. I don’t even like Rush - it was a free copy, part of a batch that a record-reviewer friend passed on to me. Anyway, I thought I might get about 10 pounds for it. In the event an insane bidding war sprung up, and in the end an American woman bought it for £135 (about US$240) :eek: I thought it might have been a joke bid, but sure enough she poneyed up by PayPal, I sent the DVD, and positive feedback was left all round. Never quite understood the logic - OK, I don’t think the video had been released in the US at the time, but I’m pretty sure it was due out a month or two later. Odd. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/9 "2006-04-27T12:27:38Z")
Ghost in a Jar Fart in a Jar Haunted Bottle Haunted Blanket Haunted (Anything) Mary On a Grilled Cheese sammich Abe Lincoln French Fry I see alot of books that are a bajillion listings for and nothing special but asking 5-10x what should be the price. I’ve never fully understood that. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/10 "2006-04-27T13:41:57Z")
The Jesus pancake from a while back had to be right up there. I’m not sure what it finally sold for, but I’m pretty sure I can get a whole plate full of fresh pancakes (albeit sans Jesus) at IHOP for $5.99. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/11 "2006-04-27T13:50:12Z")
Are all of these items legitimately sellable, or does eBay shut down a lot of these things? ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/12 "2006-04-27T14:18:06Z")
> [@Wee Bairn](#): > > I have a strange fetish for scanning Ebay for ridiculously overpriced merchandise. Today, for example, I saw someone offering a New Kids on the Block concert ticket in poor condition for 4250 bucks, which is of course 4249 bucks more than even the most obsessive and rich NKOTB collector (if they exist) would pay. The selling point (in all fairness, the wording of the listing makes it pretty clear it is a child trying to sell the item, so the mistake in pricing is understandable) is that it is a for a concert in **Germany** and the writing is in **German**! I once saw some guy hawking an Elvis scarf worth 150 bucks for a million, so that, in his words, he wouldnt have to work again. These really interest me for some reason- does anyone have any others they have seen? Try a search for Hermes Birkin or Kelly bags. Your eyeballs will fly out of your head. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/13 "2006-04-27T15:42:36Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > Try a search for Hermes Birkin or Kelly bags. Your eyeballs will fly out of your head. > > VCNJ~ What are those? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/14 "2006-04-27T15:46:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What are those? 😕 Designer handbags, one of the most overvalued products on the planet, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/15 "2006-04-27T16:20:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > What are those? 😕 [http://cgi.ebay.com/30cm-Orange-Diamond-Crocodile-HERMES-Birkin-Bag-100K\_W0QQitemZ6875444732QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/30cm-Orange-Diamond-Crocodile-HERMES-Birkin-Bag-100K_W0QQitemZ6875444732QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) [http://cgi.ebay.com/35cm-HERMES-BIRKIN-Black-Crocodile-Palladium\_W0QQitemZ6874297933QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/35cm-HERMES-BIRKIN-Black-Crocodile-Palladium_W0QQitemZ6874297933QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) [http://cgi.ebay.com/auth-HERMES-bag-KELLY-tote-BLUE-JEAN-croc-POROSUS\_W0QQitemZ6872074744QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/auth-HERMES-bag-KELLY-tote-BLUE-JEAN-croc-POROSUS_W0QQitemZ6872074744QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) [http://cgi.ebay.com/Shear-Bliss-Hermes-Kelly-Pluch-35cm-bag-Exclusive\_W0QQitemZ6872087750QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/Shear-Bliss-Hermes-Kelly-Pluch-35cm-bag-Exclusive_W0QQitemZ6872087750QQcategoryZ63852QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Happy Shopping!! 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/16 "2006-04-27T16:38:50Z")
Anything ever purchased by [these guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenPalace.com) ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/17 "2006-04-27T17:59:32Z")
The purveyor in the first link has the audacity to offer to sell an item for $50k USD, and not offer shipping insurance. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/18 "2006-04-27T18:08:39Z")
> [@Governor Quinn](#): > > Anything ever purchased by [these guys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoldenPalace.com) I don’t know, the Chuck Norris hat was worth every penny 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/19 "2006-04-27T23:06:36Z")
I paid $14.99 for shipping for a Barbie doll for my daughter. He said it was that high for postage and time and packing. When I got it, it was $4 on the box and in a free priority mail box. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326/20 "2006-04-28T01:16:32Z")
[Some old guru’s robe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=192832&highlight=ebay), [a $13K Toad the Wet Sprocket CD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=172526&highlight=ebay), [$8 Mil for an 80-gig HD](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283199&highlight=ebay), and [$10K for Dragonball GT Final Bout for Playstation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=272753&highlight=ebay). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-ridicuolously-overpriced-item-ever-on-ebay/354326.md?page=2)