# Your wife cheats on you. How do you respond? By selling all her stuff on eBay! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412 "2005-04-08T16:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/1 "2005-04-08T16:46:18Z")
[http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5570085385](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5570085385) Wow, is this guy bitter. He doesn’t even care how much money he gets. > [@](#): > > First thing out the door is a jewelry box full of who knows what. I don’t know what is in it but it will be boxed and shipped as is. Family heirlooms, gold, silver, diamonds, junk…who knows. What I do know is that it is going to be wearing a tracking number this time next week. Kind of makes me glad I’m single. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/2 "2005-04-08T16:58:53Z")
I don’t know. After seeing all three auctions and reading the descriptions it seems more like a marketing stunt than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/3 "2005-04-08T16:59:26Z")
Wow, sounds like a great way to buy a bunch of valueable jewelry on the cheap then turn around and sell it for market value! Yay capitalism! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/4 "2005-04-08T17:01:52Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > I don’t know. After seeing all three auctions and reading the descriptions it seems more like a marketing stunt than anything else. I thought the exact same thing. Seems kinda hokey to me. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/5 "2005-04-08T17:05:24Z")
Yeah, I get the “stunt” vibe too. Still, a pretty creative one. Nice pics of his wife (or spokesmodel or whatever) or some of the links too. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/6 "2005-04-08T17:31:40Z")
I too think it’s fake; the pictures don’t appear to be of the same woman, but generally have a professional look to them. Still funny. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/7 "2005-04-08T18:29:08Z")
God, PT Barnum would have a field day on eBay with all the suckers they have there. Can there even be anything more fake than this? It’s got fake oozing out of the first three levels of fake shell surrounding it, and there’s already a large puddle of fake on the ground. Dogs have lapped up the fake and died a sickly death. There’s a fifty foot neon sign in the background that blinks “Fake” on and off. Birds in a 12 mile radius are diving into windows headfirst to try to escape the fake. If you touch this kind of concentrated fake you need kerosene to get it off. Basketball-sized bags of silicone implanted into the chests of skanky, skinny whores all over Hollywood are even embarassed by how fake these auctions are. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/8 "2005-04-08T18:36:22Z")
> [@Dan Norder](#): > > God, PT Barnum would have a field day on eBay with all the suckers they have there. Can there even be anything more fake than this? It’s got fake oozing out of the first three levels of fake shell surrounding it, and there’s already a large puddle of fake on the ground. Dogs have lapped up the fake and died a sickly death. There’s a fifty foot neon sign in the background that blinks “Fake” on and off. Birds in a 12 mile radius are diving into windows headfirst to try to escape the fake. If you touch this kind of concentrated fake you need kerosene to get it off. Basketball-sized bags of silicone implanted into the chests of skanky, skinny whores all over Hollywood are even embarassed by how fake these auctions are. So, you’re saying you thing this is fake? Did I get that right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/9 "2005-04-08T18:37:50Z")
This is just great, thoguh: > [@](#): > > Pretty girls only dress that way for one reason. Well, maybe she didn’t get enough of that reason from you! Even if it is fake, it’s entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/10 "2005-04-08T18:46:02Z")
> [@Dan Norder](#): > > God, PT Barnum would have a field day on eBay with all the suckers they have there. Can there even be anything more fake than this? It’s got fake oozing out of the first three levels of fake shell surrounding it, and there’s already a large puddle of fake on the ground. Dogs have lapped up the fake and died a sickly death. There’s a fifty foot neon sign in the background that blinks “Fake” on and off. Birds in a 12 mile radius are diving into windows headfirst to try to escape the fake. If you touch this kind of concentrated fake you need kerosene to get it off. Basketball-sized bags of silicone implanted into the chests of skanky, skinny whores all over Hollywood are even embarassed by how fake these auctions are. Merely a hunch, oir a bit of intuition, I suppose, but you do striker me, **Dan Norder** , as someone who might be quite skilledd at spotting a fake. Here’s an idea - could you pop over to Britain for a couple of weeks, as we have some politicans, and an election, that we might like your input upon. 🙂 That was _really_ good, and validates my deicsion to use only the message boards for my news and entertainment for a little while, so as to avoid funerals and weddings. 🙂 Thing about this, it is only a modern variant, surely, of stories we have all read “somehwere” before - the wife who sells of the husbands expensive car/record collection etc. So it could be true, since it seems to me that people dotend to get just a little bit tetchy in these circumstances, but I think maybe I trust the collective wisdom of the dopers on this. Yes, sometimes it is good to be an old maid along with a cat.🙂 Loyalty assured so long as tin-opening skills remain! ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/11 "2005-04-08T21:23:43Z")
I say Fake. But cleverly done. This guy knows how to get attention and rope suckers into buying what’s probably just house clearance junk. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/12 "2005-04-08T21:33:46Z")
Yet he has only one prior deal, he bought an Energizer Bunny tee shirt. He is WAY to slick an EBay’er to have only been a member for 9 days. Now, tomorrow is garage sale day. HHhhhmmm… My girlfriend JUST GOT CAUGHT CHEATING 😉 See ya on Ebay! ---
**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:** [April 8, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/13 "2005-04-08T21:53:46Z")
Hey, isn’t that a picture of **Number Six/Kaitlyn**? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/14 "2005-04-08T22:18:32Z")
Did Roland D. finally get a clue? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/15 "2005-04-09T01:00:20Z")
> [@Dan Norder](#): > > God, PT Barnum would have a field day on eBay with all the suckers they have there. Can there even be anything more fake than this? It’s got fake oozing out of the first three levels of fake shell surrounding it, and there’s already a large puddle of fake on the ground. Dogs have lapped up the fake and died a sickly death. There’s a fifty foot neon sign in the background that blinks “Fake” on and off. Birds in a 12 mile radius are diving into windows headfirst to try to escape the fake. If you touch this kind of concentrated fake you need kerosene to get it off. Basketball-sized bags of silicone implanted into the chests of skanky, skinny whores all over Hollywood are even embarassed by how fake these auctions are. Dude, if you’ve got something to say, just come out and say it. This perverse need for subtlety you’ve got drives me up the walls. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/16 "2005-04-09T01:09:14Z")
Isn’t this just the turnaround of [The Cheater’s Porche](http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/porsche.asp) ? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/17 "2005-04-09T01:30:55Z")
I thought she was kinda hot until I saw the green anorexic elbow. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/18 "2005-04-09T02:00:06Z")
Sounds to me like someone trying to get enough publicity to get noticed by Golden Whatever Casino it is that keeps buying these weirdo auctions. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/19 "2005-04-09T03:38:01Z")
Fake. How many bitter recently divorced men would use “sexy” as the first adjective in the sentence when talking about their ex? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412/20 "2005-04-09T06:06:50Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > Fake. How many bitter recently divorced men would use “sexy” as the first adjective in the sentence when talking about their ex? I still think all my exes are sexy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wife-cheats-on-you-how-do-you-respond-by-selling-all-her-stuff-on-ebay/298412.md?page=2)