Ebay striketh again!

[Charlie in Dayton]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3240500436

Supposedly, it's a video tape of two aliens ambling around the tundra (lucky they didn't run afoul of a Tundra Mammoth®). Of course, the guy couldn't stay around and tape a whole lot, because naturally The Higher Authorities showed up and began p*ss*ng all over his paranormal parade...:eek:

The bidding started at $50,000 -- :roll: -- anyone want to kick in to the Alien Videotape Fund, so we can ensconce this truly unique example of The End Of The World As We Know It in the video library at JREF HQ? I'll go first...[digs in pocket]...I got 87¢ and a Diet Soda Pop bottle cap...:roll:

[BTox]

You can actually sell such crap there? I didn't think it was possible.

Maybe I should dust off my box of immortality rings and set up shop...

[thaiboxerken]

What's really amazing is that there are at least 2 people stupid enough to pay for it. Yes, there are 2 bids!

Holy crap, I should find out who these bidders are so I can make some money too.

[thaiboxerken]

I sent E-bay messages to the 2 bidders to see what in the hell they are thinking.

[Charlie in Dayton]

Originally posted by BTox
You can actually sell such crap there? I didn't think it was possible.

Maybe I should dust off my box of immortality rings and set up shop...

Sorry, B, I think ol' Alex (http://www.alexchiu.com/) here has done gone and beat ya to it...:rub:

UPDATE!!!
He's giving the bloody things away for free!...sorta... (http://www.alexchiu.com/eternallife/wholesale.htm)

[Questioninggeller]

Originally posted by Charlie in Dayton
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3240500436

Supposedly, it's a video tape of two aliens ambling around the tundra (lucky they didn't run afoul of a Tundra Mammoth®). Of course, the guy couldn't stay around and tape a whole lot, because naturally The Higher Authorities showed up and began p*ss*ng all over his paranormal parade...:eek:

The bidding started at $50,000 -- :roll: -- anyone want to kick in to the Alien Videotape Fund, so we can ensconce this truly unique example of The End Of The World As We Know It in the video library at JREF HQ? I'll go first...[digs in pocket]...I got 87¢ and a Diet Soda Pop bottle cap...:roll:

Holy S**t, WOW!! People can't be that stupid...

[Questioninggeller]

Originally posted by thaiboxerken
What's really amazing is that there are at least 2 people stupid enough to pay for it. Yes, there are 2 bids!

Holy crap, I should find out who these bidders are so I can make some money too.

Don't worry the top bidder is "beee-yatch," I doubt it is a real bidder.

[tim]

I tried to contact beeyacht - ebay won't let me.
And yes, there are people out there who are foolish enough to buy such stuff.
"It is impossible to underestimate the average intelligence of the American people".
Lest you think I'm getting at you lot to the left of the Atlantic, it applies to the British population as well.

[UnrepentantSinner]

I don't remember my eBay login so I couldn't check the two bidders but with they don't look genuine to me. What's weird is that they'd had to have valid credit cards to place the bid. Anyone willing to transcribe their profile data here?

[BPSCG]

Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner
I don't remember my eBay login so I couldn't check the two bidders but with they don't look genuine to me. What's weird is that they'd had to have valid credit cards to place the bid. Anyone willing to transcribe their profile data here?
Why would they have to have a valid credit card to place the bid? The seller says he'll take cashier's checks. Besides, do you know anyone whose credit limit lets him charge fifty big ones?

I'm putting this auction on my eBay watch list, 'cuz I want to see what happens after the end of the auction, see if the buyer comes through with payment. Winning buyers sometimes don't pay up, as I learned all too well last year. You can get kicked off eBay for non-payment, but it still happens. I'll keep y'all posted how this turns out. I'm betting the seller cancels the auction before the end and claims that the police raided him and took his film.

As near as I can tell, the current top bidder is a legitimate person (although using a sock puppet or getting your buddies to artificially - and illegally - bid up your item is not unknown), and the seller also appears to be legitimate. Seller seems to like to buy a lot of high-end (Hasselblad, Nikon) camera accessories. That's good - I'm sick of seeing cruddy, grainy film of crashed aliens.

NOTE: Don't try to contact the bidders to ask them what they're thinking, are they out of their minds, what planet are they from, etc. I'm almost certain it could be considered harrassment under eBay's policies.

[BPSCG]

Originally posted by tim
"It is impossible to underestimate the average intelligence of the American people".
Yes it is. I know someone who claims all Americans are idiots. Clearly, he "underestimates the average intelligence of the American people". Popular mis-quotation of H.L. Menckens's line, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."

[UnrepentantSinner]

Originally posted by BPSCG
Why would they have to have a valid credit card to place the bid? The seller says he'll take cashier's checks. Besides, do you know anyone whose credit limit lets him charge fifty big ones?


Because of this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3240500436
To place a bid of US $15,000.00 or more, you'll need to provide a valid credit card or complete the ID Verify process ($5).

It's eBay's rule, not the sellers. Hell, from what I see the seller could take piles of cow manure for payment, but in order to place a bid for over U.S.$15k they apparently have to be a known entity.

[c0rbin]

Lest you think I'm getting at you lot to the left of the Atlantic

Are you looking at a map or lying face down in it and floating north?

:p

[BPSCG]

Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner


Because of this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3240500436


It's eBay's rule, not the sellers. Hell, from what I see the seller could take piles of cow manure for payment, but in order to place a bid for over U.S.$15k they apparently have to be a known entity.
Okay. I guess that narrows down the pool of potential U.S. bidders to about 200 million...

[tracer]

At one point on eBay, there were bids as high as 99 million dollars for Ghost in a Jar.

[BPSCG]

Originally posted by UnrepentantSinner


Because of this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3240500436


It's eBay's rule, not the sellers. Hell, from what I see the seller could take piles of cow manure for payment, but in order to place a bid for over U.S.$15k they apparently have to be a known entity.
Okay. I guess that narrows down the pool of potential U.S. bidders to about 200 million...

[Renfield]

Originally posted by BPSCG

Why would they have to have a valid credit card to place the bid? The seller says he'll take cashier's checks. Besides, do you know anyone whose credit limit lets him charge fifty big ones?



Bill Gates, Warren Buffet?

[kerfer]

Originally posted by BPSCG

Why would they have to have a valid credit card to place the bid? The seller says he'll take cashier's checks. Besides, do you know anyone whose credit limit lets him charge fifty big ones?


Hmm...yes, I do.

I carry one card with a limit like that all that time.

[Charlie in Dayton]

Originally posted by kerfer


Hmm...yes, I do.

I carry one card with a limit like that all that time.

But do you dare USE it? :eek:

[BPSCG]

Too bad. I checked eBay this am and it looks like the thing got yanked.

The item you requested ( 3240500436 ) is invalid, still pending, or no longer in our database. Please check the number and try again. If this message persists, the item has either not started and is not yet available for viewing, or has expired and is no longer available.
Somehow, I didn't think a phony UFO/alien film was going to be sold sight-unseen for $50,000.

[RonSceptic]

I wonder if anyone ever tried to sell a crop circle on e-bay? Or how about some bent stalks from a 'real' crop circle. No doubt some gullible fools would pay good money for such items.

Let's see, a pack of stalks in a jiffy bag. Should be worth €50 a throw. Methinks an unlimited supply is there for the picking from any nearby field.

Yup. Can't fail. Mega wealth here I come!:D

[tracer]

RonSceptic: I think the "crystal power" folks already had that idea 20 years ago. Anyone who can sell a 10-cent lump of quartz for 15 dollars has a huuuuuuge profit margin.

[BTox]

Originally posted by kerfer


Hmm...yes, I do.

I carry one card with a limit like that all that time.

Yeah, having a card with a 50K limit is no big deal, however carrying a 50K balance and having the means to pay it off within the billing cycle, now that's a bit more impressive!

[RonSceptic]

Originally posted by tracer
RonSceptic: I think the "crystal power" folks already had that idea 20 years ago. Anyone who can sell a 10-cent lump of quartz for 15 dollars has a huuuuuuge profit margin.

True. But once you have a cabinet full of healing crystals, a few ears of alien energised corn is an absolute must for the serious believer. Helps to maintain a strong aura I would imagine, particularly when ones bio rhythm chart is out of sync.

Also, by application of Homeopathic logic, they may also protect you from alien abduction. Providing of course that the astrological situation is favourable, and that Mars is not in Uranus.

They might also be useful in dowsing for alien artifacts.

Did I leave anything out? Let's see. Oh yes. Finally, they will protect you from blinding by Paul Bethke. (But only on a Thursday)

I think that just about covers it.

Available now for just $50, plus post and packing.:cool:

[kerfer]

Originally posted by RonSceptic


True. But once you have a cabinet full of healing crystals, a few ears of alien energised corn is an absolute must for the serious believer. Helps to maintain a strong aura I would imagine, particularly when ones bio rhythm chart is out of sync.
:roll:
Also, by application of Homeopathic logic, they may also protect you from alien abduction.
So does this mean then, that instead of selling the actual corn stalks, you will just sell sugar cubes doped with a drop of water from a beaker that was in the same county with one of these stalks?
That's very clever...it'll cut down on your costs, and drive your profits through the roof!
Providing of course that the astrological situation is favourable, and that Mars is not in Uranus.

;)
That'd really hurt.

[RonSceptic]

Originally posted by kerfer

:roll:
[B]
So does this mean then, that instead of selling the actual corn stalks, you will just sell sugar cubes doped with a drop of water from a beaker that was in the same county with one of these stalks?
That's very clever...it'll cut down on your costs, and drive your profits through the roof!
[B]
;)
That'd really hurt.

Good idea, I will reseach that with due parapsychological vigor.


Thirty seconds later......

OK. Done that. Yes suger cubes is a go.


Now, do you want one or not? There are in limited supply you know.

[BPSCG]

Originally posted by RonSceptic
There are in limited supply you know.
Do you know of anything that is not "in limited supply"?;)

[RonSceptic]

Originally posted by BPSCG

Do you know of anything that is not "in limited supply"?;)

Yes. The propensity for gullibility amoung those that believe in crop circles, dowsing, mediums, and the tooth fairy.