susanfromar
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posted on August 11, 2001 01:09:48 PM new
This one bothers me all the time and I thought I would ask what you guys have seen for sale on eBay that you thought HAD to be a joke or that you just couldn't believe someone would pay money for.
The one that keeps coming back to bother me is a pair of USED sneakers for sale that had like 30 bids on them and were up in the $50 range! There was even a picture of these old worn out beat up sneakers ON someones FEET without socks even!
That has to be the oddest thing I have seen on eBay so far. What about anyone else?
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Brooklynguy-07
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posted on August 11, 2001 01:26:10 PM new
Otter testicles.
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rancher24
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posted on August 11, 2001 01:35:10 PM new
After doing this for the past 3 years, nothing much surprizes me anymore. But I did find the "name our baby" auction to be a bit odd!
~ Rancher
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susanfromar
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posted on August 11, 2001 03:12:34 PM new
I must have missed that one somewhere. What is the name our baby auction??
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rancher24
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posted on August 11, 2001 03:23:38 PM new
That one was pretty recent. The couple was expecting a baby and offering the highest bidder the right to name it. The object was to turn the kid into a living ad for some company & the funds to be used for college education. Kinda like, "meet my son, Oscar Meyer" or something like that...I don't know if it ran for the full auction time, if it was pulled or if it got any bids...
BTW, I'm pretty sure what you saw (eg. the USED sneakers) was a fetish kinda sale. Searching the internet a while ago for a specific sneaker my son wanted, I ran into a whole bunch of "used" sneaker sites!...Not my bag, but hey whatever turns 'em on! 
~ Rancher
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skeetypete
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posted on August 11, 2001 03:32:48 PM new
Antique gyno tools...ok tools may not be the correct word...but ya get the drift
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zoomin
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posted on August 11, 2001 03:45:17 PM new
Smelly sneakers and used panties?
Lotsa fetishes out there ~
but what about coin purses fabricated from kangaroo scrotum?
(go ahead, search if ya don't believe me!)
eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!
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mcjane
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posted on August 11, 2001 05:14:12 PM new
Check this out for some of the strangest & funniest things ever sold on eBay.
http://disturbingauctions.com/
Edited to add my favorite:
Stinky the Conch Shell Pelican
[ edited by mcjane on Aug 11, 2001 05:16 PM ]
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ewora
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posted on August 11, 2001 05:30:58 PM new
Dryer Lint-no bids
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Eventer
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posted on August 11, 2001 06:47:25 PM new
Dryer Lint-no bids
I'm sure if it had been Demi Moore's dryer lint, it would have gotten bids.
(Anyone having seen "Striptease" will understand this one). 
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doormat
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posted on August 11, 2001 06:53:55 PM new
I sold my mom's old contact lenses for $80.00. When they first came out, they were the entire size of her eye balls! I just knew someone out there would want them but was really surprised to see a half a dozen bids on them. Makes you wish you never threw
anything out.
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mrspock
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posted on August 11, 2001 07:04:21 PM new
There was a seller I came across a while back who took wine corks , drew on them with a magic marker and stuck pins in them to make figures
He wrote some really great descreptions and had a bizarre about me page
He was getting double digit bids
Unfortunatley I lost his user id and have not been able to find his auctions.
spock here......
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tomwiii
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posted on August 12, 2001 03:03:19 AM new
poooooor otter! OTOH, I guess that's an'otter story?
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squinkle99
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posted on August 12, 2001 05:37:53 AM new
I tried to sell some contact lenses (NIB) on Ebay about two months ago. They were new, but my Dr had just changed the strength of my Rx. Anywho, it was promptly cancelled by Ebay for being against the rules.
Doormat, be glad that you got your auction to run all the way through. I saw similar auctions for very old contacts and fashion contacts run with no problem.
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daleeric
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posted on August 12, 2001 09:00:32 AM new
I sold a old electrolux vacuum cleaner that was left in our house when we bought it. The vacuum was from the 1950's and worked perfectly. With all the bids on it I wondered if it was a collector's item to some. I got about $60.00 for it and the buyer gave us a rave review feedback and packing. From then on I was hooked as a seller!
I was surprised to see people selling used shampoo and conditioner. These items did have at least one bid. Doesn't sound appealing to me.
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squinkle99
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posted on August 12, 2001 09:04:26 AM new
daleeric,
It depends on what brand of bath product it was. Bath and Body Works frequently sells a certain fragrance of bath products and then will discontinue it. So, if you happen to fall in love with that particular scent, then the only way to get it is Ebay, even if the bottle is partly used up.
I know, it sounds a little silly to become so devoted to a single scent, but even practical, down-to-earth little me has fallen in love with Bath and Body Works very rare honeysuckle scent.
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oldfashioned
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posted on August 12, 2001 11:22:49 AM new
Daily oddball items at http://www.whowouldbuythat.com ...
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on August 12, 2001 12:44:06 PM new
Donny Osmond's Nachos 
tee hee hee
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cin131
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posted on August 12, 2001 03:09:47 PM new
Hey Mrs Clause...how much did those end up going for, anyway?
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Crystalline_Sliver
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posted on August 12, 2001 03:39:10 PM new
Searching the internet a while ago for a specific sneaker my son wanted, I ran into a whole bunch of "used" sneaker sites!...Not my bag, but hey whatever turns 'em on!
One a side note, Japanese Collectors and the Younger Generation buy up used clothing (Old, Discontinued Sneakers and the like) for $$$.
A while back, a guy setup shop in Hawaii for a week, asking for old sneakers, Jeans, and Jackets (For re-sale on the Japanese Market)and paying in both Cash and Travellers Checks. He doled out around $10,000 for a buncha clothing and shoes that would otherwise have been dumped or given to the Salvation Army.
Perhaps the bidding frenzy were due to a few Japanese Bidders after a certain model or line.
Of course, Womens Shoes with the "Scent" bring in higher prices...and don't ask how I know this.
:\\\\\\\"Crystalline Sliver cannot be the target of spells or abilities.
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on August 13, 2001 12:31:44 AM new
Hi Cin!
Actually, I didn't sell them. The end result was near 3300 hits and two articles in weird auction online newspapers.
I printed out the auction page ... it will make a unique conversation piece when I finally get my downstairs bar done ...
LOL
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