# The last thing I bought on Ebay was... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488 "2004-07-16T21:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/21 "2004-07-17T00:22:32Z")
A set of three framed art prints. Of dogs playing poker. C’mon, I’m a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/22 "2004-07-17T00:33:00Z")
A vintage fencing mask for only $16.00 Very nice and sturdy. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/23 "2004-07-17T00:37:54Z")
a kit filled with Bare Minerals Foundation in #3, and several other bare minerals cosmetics. It was about $25.00 and worth every penny, as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/24 "2004-07-17T00:39:56Z")
Four soup plates in the china pattern I’m trying to get a full set of. God, what an ugly sentence. Let me try again: I have a china pattern. I’m trying to get a full set of dishes. I bought four soup plates. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/25 "2004-07-17T00:40:55Z")
An import of Double Indemnity on DVD for $14.99 ---
**Author:** ![Graycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Graycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graycat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/26 "2004-07-17T00:47:29Z")
A 1/4 string bass for my son. Shipping and handling was almost as much as the purchase price. Still, it’s ended up costing less than renting for two years would have. I do still wonder what motivated the shortest kid in the orchestra class to decide he had to play the bass. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/27 "2004-07-17T00:52:01Z")
a pair of Dansko sandals. For a sweet deal! ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/28 "2004-07-17T00:57:32Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I’ve read **Sami41** ’s post several times and it still doesn’t parse. **A Corey Patterson Game Used Pants Rookie Card.** = a baseball card of Corey Patterson, featuring a piece of fabric from a pair of pants he wore in an actual game. My latest eBay purchase was a 3Com Home ethernet router w/Print Server for $17 w shipping, which will be a great deal if it works (and will almost be worth the royal pain in the ass I bought it from - most unpleasant eBay transaction I’ve had by far). ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/29 "2004-07-17T01:21:23Z")
A pack of 140 sheets of origami paper for my son. $3.50 including shipping. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/30 "2004-07-17T01:37:47Z")
A Monet “Water Lillies” framed print for a friend’s birthday. I think I got it for $35 incl. shipping. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/31 "2004-07-17T02:00:11Z")
It’s been a couple years since bought anything on e-Bay. I have a nice paperweight collection because of them. I beleive the last one I bought was made by my favorite paperweight maker, Robert Hamon-Miller of Hannibal, MO. It has a thick black inner twist with colorful spots on it and gold speckles on the edges, cased in clear glass. Man, is it cool and I got a great deal on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/32 "2004-07-17T02:19:46Z")
First edition copy of Dave Davies’ autobiography what has a different dust jacket than the US and UK first editions. (Last year I managed to snag an editor’s correction copy). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/33 "2004-07-17T02:21:48Z")
The same thing the last six or eight or ten purchases have been – a shell lamp. ('50s kitsch – shells and plastic figures stuck in plaster, wired with a nightlight bulb, used as “TV lamps” – perched on top of the huge Philco to provide a little ambient light – back in the day.) I have a pretty serious collection of these. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/34 "2004-07-17T03:20:45Z")
An “Ultimate Clip Loader”, an (almost) automatic magazine loader for a Ruger Mark II pistol (and a wonderful thumb saving device). Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/35 "2004-07-17T05:02:58Z")
Blind Melon’s self-titled CD for $2.50. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/36 "2004-07-17T05:07:17Z")
Riding boots for my son…a steal at $17. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/37 "2004-07-17T05:46:18Z")
3 camp shirts. Less than $10.00, including shipping. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/38 "2004-07-17T06:09:39Z")
An autographed picture. ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/39 "2004-07-17T07:35:28Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > _Cool Devices Operations 1-11_ Boxed 3 Disc DVD set. Great series, that is. I most recently got a Geforce 4 MX 440 video card for $15; good for my second computer. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488/40 "2004-07-17T10:47:43Z")
a limited edition glow in the dark Buddy Christ for my brother this past Christmas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-thing-i-bought-on-ebay-was/255488.md?page=3)