# The most expensive thing I ever bought on eBay was... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513 "2004-07-17T00:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 17, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/1 "2004-07-17T00:07:03Z")
Inspired by, but not wanting to hijack, [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266840), I invite you tell about your big buck purchase (if you are so inclined. Mine was a 1997 Rickenbacker 4001 bass (in Jetglow). With shipping, I paid $785. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/2 "2004-07-17T00:47:49Z")
If I remember correctly, it was a 1977 Fisher Price “My Baby Beth” Doll NRFB for around 250 USD. FB (who is also a doll collector) ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/3 "2004-07-17T01:00:10Z")
I used my account to purchase a $10000 truck for a friend, but he paid for it. For personal use, I purchased a vintage Tiffany & Co. 18kt gold bracelet for about $1200. Worth every penny - and it appraised by Tiffany & Co. in NYC for several times as much as I paid. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/4 "2004-07-17T01:25:00Z")
Most expensive thing I’ve ever bought on eBay was a 1988 Thomas Minotour school bus (the short buses built on a E-350 van frame, for $1200. ---
**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, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/5 "2004-07-17T02:18:03Z")
Mesa/Boogie Mark IV cabinet, BINned for $1200. For ordinary bidding, a UK copy of the EP _Dave Davies Hits_ in mint condition for the equivilent of about $500 (in another thread I mentioned an auction after which I received hate mail from a eBay user who wasn’t even involved in the auction; it was this auction.) I ended up paying about $100 more cos the seller demanded I pay his Paypal fees, too :mad: ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/6 "2004-07-17T03:29:02Z")
We found our minivan on eBay. 1999 Mercury Villager Sport, 35K miles, for ~$9000. ---
**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, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/7 "2004-07-17T05:07:50Z")
Bought a '91 Galant on Ebay once. I don’t remember how much it was. $2500, I think. Also, when I first started on ebay we got in a bidding war on this huge lot of Cure stuff. Vinyl, cassettes, CDs, videos, books. Tons of stuff. $900. = I’ve since sold some of it, though, and it went for quite a bit, so I’m not really worried about it, but I do wish sometimes that I’d been more of an experienced bidder at that time, because I probably would have spent a couple hundred bucks less. ---
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/8 "2004-07-17T05:12:03Z")
I paid about $225 for a saddle, pad, stirrups and leathers for my son last Christmas. It was a great deal, but the most I’ve ever paid on eBay for anything. ---
**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, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/9 "2004-07-17T05:14:24Z")
An off brand digital camera for $80. It was a few years ago when digital cameras were still outrageous. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/10 "2004-07-17T11:25:02Z")
I inherited a set of gorgeous china from my husband’s grandmother, but several pieces were missing. It’s apparently a pretty rare pattern - very occasionally, pieces come up on [Replacements.com](http://Replacements.com), but they’re generally priced WAY out of my range ($175 for ONE PLATE?!?!?!) After years of searching, I found a nearly complete service for 8 on eBay, but no one else was bidding, so I never hit the reserve price. After the auction ended with no winner, I contacted the seller and asked if he would tell me his reserve price - and it was only $200. He very kindly offered to sell AND ship it for that price. So now I have COMPLETE service for 16 plus a few extra pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/11 "2004-07-17T12:38:31Z")
A vintage Rolex Submariner, $1,700. I want to sell my other (c.1961) Rolex Sub on eBay for $2,000 but I haven’t gotten round to taking photos of it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/12 "2004-07-17T12:45:10Z")
Most expensive ebay purchase, hrmmm… It was either the $15 I spent on an inflatable exercise ball, or the $15 I spent on a paper shredder for **Tark** at Christmas. What can I say - I live _dangerously_. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/13 "2004-07-17T22:33:50Z")
\*\*Demo \*\*and I bought our wedding on ebay. $1500, with the Buy it Now option. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/14 "2004-07-17T22:50:40Z")
$1600 for a kit car. [http://userweb.suscom.net/~sokosfamily/toy.htm](http://userweb.suscom.net/~sokosfamily/toy.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/15 "2004-07-18T01:11:46Z")
I spent $60, plus s&h for a National Geographic map from 1896. My goal is to own a halfway decent magazine issue from before 1900(the NG started in 1888). But that will likely have to remain a dream. I do own all but 12 issues from 1914 to the present, with several before that. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/16 "2004-07-18T02:08:32Z")
Around $650 for a near-new-almost-impossible-to-find-now Louis Vuitton monogram satin ange. I’d been lusting after the bag for several years, but at the time it was available in stores I didn’t have a chance in hell of affording it - and by the time I _could_ afford it, it had been discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/17 "2004-07-18T05:26:49Z")
I’ve bought several paperwieghts for about $35 each. If I had the money, I’d buy some of the higher end ones in the $200’s. Still, I’ve built up a nice collection through eBay. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/18 "2004-07-18T07:44:20Z")
My computer, for $1200 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/19 "2004-07-18T07:57:46Z")
I think it was probably my current G4 PowerMac, for $800. This was a few years ago. A while before that I bought my first G4, for $750. And a while before that I bought an iMac for (I can’t remember exactly, but I think it was in the $700 range). So, basically, Macs are the most expensive things I’ve bought on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jeffro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffro)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513/20 "2004-07-18T12:44:24Z")
Revenue stamp R101 in F/VF condition $310.00 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-expensive-thing-i-ever-bought-on-ebay-was/255513.md?page=2)