Whats the strangest thing you've ever sold on Ebay?
By acwbagnall
@acwbagnall (39)
Australia
January 10, 2007 4:22pm CST
I was wondering what is some of the strange things people have sold on ebay. I regularly have a clear out and sell a lot of old stuff on ebay to get rid of it rather than throwing it out. Some of the strange things I have sold on ebay include:
1kg of mixed lego blocks
an odd pair of wetsuit gloves in different sizes and different colours
a used pair of flip flops (thongs)
a box of selected feathers and fur (even some I brushed off my cat!) for tying flies for trout fishing!
A skateboard which had to be taken apart and posted to the buyer in italy in 3 seperate parcels because of the postage costs - it cost more to post than the skateboard was worth when new but the buyer insisted he really wanted it!
And many other strange things.
Please note - I have never ripped anyone off on ebay, nor have I tried to. Every item is always listed at $0.99 and no reserve and is accurately described and photographed in the picture. I've had over 100 positive feedbacks and no negative ones and every one of the weird items above ended with positive feedback and happy buyers!
It just shows that one man's trash is another mans treasure!
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@acwbagnall (39)
• Australia
11 Jan 07
I remember seeing someone selling some numbers for an upcoming lottery draw in the UK - they had apparently been predicted by a turkish pschic whilst on holiday. Tbey were selling the numbers on a scrap piece of paper that they were written on by the pschic! It went for some ridiculous price and people actually bid on it. It made the 6 o'clock news!
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@Poofs_that_r_cheesy (291)
• United States
10 Jan 07
I know the strangest thing I saw on there was that stupid Jesus Cheese Sandwhich. I've sold a few Comic Books there that I posted on a whim that got a couple of bids that surprised me. They were pretty off the wall adult titles that are not widely distrubited so I guess there is a market for just about everything there. It is actually the worlds largest Garage Sale in reality...
