Tech Buzz When your phone breaks, do you bother trying to sell it on eBay, or just toss it out? Here are some prices for completed listings in “for parts or not working” condition on eBay that might surprise you.
Culture Buzz Call up your mom and tell her you hate her for making you throw these away so she could turn your room into an office. Here's what these are currently going for on eBay.
Culture Buzz For intstance, did you know Pepsi was named after a stomach enzyme?
Sports Buzz The bidding for a pair Lin's boxer briefs from his Harvard days starts at $1,000.
Sports Buzz If you want to spend an insane amount of money. The 7th grade one costs $2000 more than the 8th grade one, because it's signed. That's reasonable right?
Culture Buzz Congrats, ebay user chrisherb2012 — you've just made the most ridiculous purchase of 2012 so far! The auction for a dried piece of glue with Homer Simpsons' likeness ended today and some unfortunate halfwit with too much money to spend paid £152,200.00 for the kind-of-but-not-really collector's item. (That's $239,364, for the Americans.)
Business Buzz Obama leased the car for three years from 2004 until 2007 before trading it in for a hybrid model. Now for a cool mil you can have POTUS’s old ride. Just place your bid right here.
Culture Buzz The asking price for the two-ply Cottonelle masterpiece is a mere $999.95, plus free shipping. So you better hurry. There's less than a day left to nab this top-notch bathroom literature before the auction expires. (Truth: zero bids so far.)
Politics Buzz Only $4,500?! What. A. Deal. (via theatlanticwire.com)
This is comedy gold. Scroll down to view an easier to read version, or view the actual eBay listing here.
Quick! Only a few days left until the bidding is over. (via iheartchaos.com)
Culture Buzz A decrepit chair left unused and abandoned for years could earn its owner more than $25,000 after he noticed Jesus Christ’s face had miraculously appeared out of its flaking paint. Via.
Culture Buzz That's not the set up to a joke, but a legitimate question regarding an eBay auction for a used wetsuit. The listing for the wetsuit prominently and curiously displayed a picture of a bear using a urinal. The eBay auctioneer explained himself thusly…
Bieber fans have some deep pockets. The lock of hair was requested by Ellen DeGeneres to raise funds for the nonprofit animal rescue The Gentle Barn. Bidding began Feb. 23 and closed Mar. 2 at the final bid of $40,668. The hair will be shipped in a Plexiglas box signed by Bieber with a letter of authenticity. (Via)
This calculator on eBay has more than 70,000 views. Probably because its the one God uses to add up how long you'll live.
Culture Buzz There's truth in the old cliche, 'There's something for everyone.' And you'll be sure to find that little extra 'something' on Ebay's weird section. And that Grade A Vibrating Chastity belt … it's there plus more!
Culture Buzz A German antiques dealer has a knack for inadvertently presenting frightening child abuse scenarios in the photo sections for his “antike Puppe” auctions on eBay. Whatever it takes to move dolls off shelves.
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Gives his computer an allowance and tells it to go hog wild.
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Do your friends’ roll their eyes when you walk into the room? If you’ve showered lately, then it could be all of the random mismatched clothes you’ve won on Ebay. Thanks to the newly launched Ebay LOOKBOOK, the days of blind shopping are over. You can now go for the complete look you’ve always wanted without stretching your wallet.
Become an immortal Vampire. Only 10 available act fast. [via]
You don't get to 500 million auctions without selling a few crappy items.
Inflatable neck ring for your baby, looks incredibly safe. [ Ed Note: what was wrong with water wings, again? ]
Style Buzz If you can't become a real model, why not settle for the next best thing? An EBAY MODEL! Take a look at these babes modeling some quality clothing. For sure changing my career path to be glamorous like them.
The person behind this eBay account never pays for their stuff! If only there were some way of knowing beforehand.
A work of art by Caleb Larsen that perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. After it is purchased and plugged in, it automatically puts itself right back up for auction. The seller gets 85% of the profit and Larsen gets 15%.