auction
I would like to see a reverse auction website, a reverse eBay, if you will. Let’s say, if you want a copy of used book “Chemistry explained”, you just start a reverse auction of it, people with the book may compete to sell you the book. Maybe.
It all started when I have finished a child education eBook
Mind Games for the Math-Challenged. I want to have a native English speaker to proofread it and as
I was able to auction it off at eBay, It occurred naturally to me that I would like to find the service at eBay. However, as the bid always go up at eBay, it does not looks like that is what I really wanted. After some thought, I come up with a what I thought to be a smart hack to get it auctioned on eBay. I included the eBay list below. I had more than 500
Native Brit, Ian Usher, is auctioning his entire life in Perth, Australia to the highest bidder.
Mr Usher emigrated to Australia six years ago, and became an Australian citizen in 2006. "My life here is absolutely fantastic," he said on his website. "But I just want to make a clean break and start again, so I am selling everything, lock, stock and barrel, from the contents of my wardrobe to my kettle, and from my cutlery to my car. Laura and I chose the house together and intended it to be our family home. Despite my life being busy and fulfilled, I still miss my wife so much. Everything around me is simply a reminder of the wonderful past we shared."
The auction will begin on June 22. In the mean time, Ian has started the website ALife4Sale.com, which gives details of the auction and what's up for grabs. Link to article
 My husband and son would kill for this robot model of Gort from the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" that is up for auction on eBay.
From BoingBoing:
Ths eight-foot-tall animatronic model of Gort, the robot from The Day The Earth Stood Still, is currently up for auction on eBay. According to the ad, "the robot hasn't been activated in years." So be careful! Current bid is $4051. From the auction listing:
Specifications:
* Created by Fred Barton Productions, Inc., hand assembled in the USA.
* Originally purchased from FBP, Inc., in 2003. Since then it has been on public display.
* Full size fiberglass reproduction. High quality, durable construction.
* Originally equipped with tilting visor with sound effects.
* Animatronics controlled by an infrared remote control.
* Dimensional specifications were obtained from the original robot.
* The original infrared controller is included.
Link.
Maria Carolina is a Chilean prostitute who has auctioned 27 hours of sex to raise money for the country's largest charity, which focuses on poor, disabled children.
"I've already auctioned off the 27 hours of love," Maria Carolina told Reuters on Wednesday, saying she had raised about $4,000. "One of my clients already paid. It seemed like a good deed to him."
Speaking about Maria Carolina's unusual donation, campaign organizer Mario Kreutzberger said he would not encourage "immoral" activities, but said he would accept her pledge.
"Everyone can do what they want, but if someone tells me that they'll do something immoral ... I'm not going to encourage it," Kreutzberger, who as "Don Francisco" hosts the long-running "Sabado Gigante" program on the U.S. Spanish-language Univision network, told local media.
But Maria Carolina, who advertises her services on the Internet, defended her money-raising scheme.
"There are people who are going to be donating money that's a lot more questionable than mine," she said. "The only thing I did was publicize it."
Link.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara's hair sold for $100K at an auction in a Houston bookstore.
Bill Butler, 61, won the 3-inch tress clipped from Guevara's mane after placing the only bid. His bid matched the reserve price.
Butler, who bid over the phone, said he was a collector of 1960s items and that the hair lock would fit in well.
"A lot of his writings are still worth reading today," said Butler, whose comments were relayed by a Heritage employee who spoke to him on the phone immediately after the auction.
Butler said he plans to ultimately display the hair at his Butler & Sons Books in Rosenberg, located just outside Houston.
Read the full article.
 Stan Caffy is hitting himself in the head right now for donating a national treasure to a Nashville thrift shop last year.
Caffy unknowingly bought a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence 10 years ago at a yard sale. Last year he donated the document thinking it was just trash. Michael Sparks snatched it up for $2.48 and is auctioning it off for more than $250,000.
 I can bet that the winner of this PS3 eBay auction is expecting more than a photo of a PS3 on his doorstep. Especially after he paid $840 for it.
Read the fine print, people... Read the fine print.
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