Phelps' Bong Pops Up On eBay, Leads to Arrests
The bong's asking price was as high as $100,000. One can only imagine the wondrous things the owner would have purchased if he had only been able to cash in on his most prized asset. All those dreams, however, went out the window when police confiscated the bong in relation to their ongoing witch hunt (oops, we mean investigation). The owner of the bong did get something in return for his bold move: He got arrested, along with all the other people who were at the party. Police tracked down the owner and other party attendees after seeing the eBay listing.
Smooth move buddy! Better luck next time. [From: CBS]
Banned: Stuff You Cant Sell on eBay
Natalie Dylan - Virginity
Last January, Natalie Dylan, a 22-year-old college student from San Diego, was booted off eBay after she tried to auction off her virginity on the site. She has since hosted the auction on the Web site of a Nevada brothel. As of February 6th, the highest reported bid was $3.7 million.
Apex A-600 DVD Player - hidden ability to deactivate Macrovision's copy-protection feature; removed at Macrovision's request
In eBay's early days, lots of folks tried to sell the Apex A-600 DVD player, which had the hidden ability to deactivate Macrovision's copy-protection feature. After some calls from Macrovision headquarters, eBay took the auction down.
Dante Knoxx (musician) - his soul
This past December, UK musician Dante Knoxx failed in his attempt to sell his very soul on eBay. We think that's probably in his music career's best interest, truthfully. Judging from this guy's looks, he doesn't have much soul to spare.
Man Tries to Sell Kidney
The Ur of all banned eBay auctions is the case of an anonymous man who tried to sell his kidney back in 1999. The auction lead to a raging debate about privilege, health and ethics (and a highest bid of $5.7 million) before it was removed from the site.
Kevin Mitnick (Hacker) - Prison Commissary Card
Back in 2000, convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick used eBay to auction off the commissary card he carried during his stay in a Federal prison. After two days, eBay yanked the item, citing their opposition to selling government IDs.
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Woman Selling 4- and 8-year-old kids
In 2007, a 31-year-old mother of two in Benton, Illinois posted an eBay listing, trying to sell her children. While eBay promptly canceled the auction, Benton police found the children to be safe and sound, leaving them in the custody of their still-unidentified mother.
eBay Lottery
Possibly the most ingenuous of all banned eBay auctions was the one held by an anonymous entrepreneur in 2006. Selling 10,000 "tickets," for $2.50 a piece, he promised to give half of the auction's total take to the person with the winning ticket. Apparently no gambling men among them, the folks at eBay took it down.
Mummy
In 2006, 45-year-old Lynn Sterling/a> put a mummified human skeleton up for auction on eBay. The folks at eBay quickly kicked this sale to the curb, though not before a user named Satan's Child placed a bid of $500.
Man Tries to Ditch Cheating Wife on eBay
Last May, more than a little perturbed by his wife's behavior, Paul Osborn took his temper to eBay, where he offered to sell the "adulterous, lying, cheating, bitch, whore" Sharon to the highest bidder. As you might imagine, that auction didn't last too long.
Man Attempts to eBay Himself
In 2007, Michael Hault -- a student at England's prestigious Cambridge University -- went on eBay to sell himself. That's right. Himself. Brilliantly, in defense of eBay's removal of the auction, a company spokeswoman said, "He needs to be clearer what the buyer could expect."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
boogan said 6:00PM on 2-13-2009
Heh he
Dumb Ass
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pam said 12:40PM on 2-14-2009
I suppose too many of his little grey cells went up in smoke.
ray said 8:30PM on 2-13-2009
Hey, nothing else is selling on ebay, it is totally DEAD!
Ebay ticked off tons of buyers and sellers in 2008, so they have all left. Last one please turn out the light!
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jerry said 6:32AM on 2-14-2009
This is a prime example of wasting police funds on a witch hunt for a bunch of misdemeanors. How about spending the money looking for real criminals,
Pot should never have been made illegal. We waste more money on the war on drugs, that could be better used to catch murders, rapist, Child molesters and thief's. We waste more money housing drug users in our jails then all other crimes together.
It should be legalized and taxed. Pot is a billion dollar business and will never go away no matter how hard we try to make it go away. We have been fighting the drug war for decades and are no closer than the day we started to ending it. It is a unwinnable war. We need to stop wasting money on a loosing battle. Legalize it and tax it. We could pay down our national debt in no time.
If not then Cigs and alcohol should be made illegal. They do more harm than all other drugs together.
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Joe said 3:19PM on 2-14-2009
I agree with ya!
garybertz said 7:43AM on 2-14-2009
Phelps seems to be acting very Presidential, i.e. clinton, Bush, and even Obama . How did America ever get to this level of sensational press ? A picture of someone hanging from a bong is actually funny for someone 40-80 years old.
The people from 25- 40 have small children at stake, so goes the press.
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greatgoog3 said 7:26AM on 2-14-2009
Since when do the cops launch investigations into a party that already happened in which people may have been smoking pot? I think a lot of people may want to erase their MySpace accounts if this is the start of a new trend....
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Tom said 7:29AM on 2-14-2009
I don't know where to begin. Legalize it and tax it,yes. Leave Phelps alone, yes. Waisting tax money on hunting down kids doing bong hits....give me a break. What a joke, the cops should be arrested for waisting tax money on this. Phelps is a national hero and world hero. So the guy is a bit goofy. Who isn't??? OK I could ramble on about the state of our planet but why? All you peeps know how f-uped it is. Later and have a great weekend!!
MOT
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JoEllen said 11:14AM on 2-14-2009
Well Said!
Shell said 7:43PM on 2-14-2009
Tom - I think you meant WASTED. Just in case you need to use the word again, best you know how to spell it. I liked your comments though. Leave Phelps alone. He screwed up - who hasn't! So, let's move on and figure out how to get this country moving again. Don't you think?
A Fox said 7:29AM on 2-14-2009
Bongs are sold everywhere these days!!! You can't even walk into a gas station without seeing glass pipes for sale on the counter---being sold for the use of "tobacco" products...so tell me, how can you be arrsested for somethin that happened yesterday? People at the party were arrested? Was there a police report because something illegal happened at that party and someone was harmed in some way? I'm getting scarred now.....are my crazy days of college going to come back and haunt me all these years laters cause of a party I had been at? Oh wait.....I'm just your average tax paying American,they'll onlt screw me at the pumps, the grocery store and oh yeah, cutting back on Education for our children!!!!!! I guess sometimes you should be thankful for not being a "super-human" able to win 8 gold medals in 1 Olympics-----Don't fret Michael Phelps, your still "golden" in my book!!!!!
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jaelin said 7:33AM on 2-14-2009
Idiot
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Simzee said 8:08AM on 2-14-2009
Get 3 million weed smokers, take picture, get aressted & over burden the jammed jails.
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kushlover said 8:50AM on 2-14-2009
not a bad idea,however if you have ever done any time in jail i doubt youd be anxious to go for it again.its a crying shame they still lock people up for harmless weed when the pharm companies create more junkies every year than street dealers probably.
Celesta said 8:04AM on 2-14-2009
Why are they arresting this guy. Like someone already stated, you can buy bongs at any flea market and a lot of othere places! Plus, why didnt Michael get arrested if they are arresting others for something done a while back?? Cuz once again, he is a celeb?? NOT RIGHT!!
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Billybrw said 8:29AM on 2-14-2009
This is whats going to happen when you let a freakin idiot hillbilly do your sheriffs job. Its hard to believe there are still places in America where the rocks are smarter than the people in any local southern community.
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Dr.Matt Brown said 9:46AM on 2-14-2009
Hey Billy, I agree with most of what you said....except the stereotype of "Southern folk"...I happen to be one, as well as being a doctor. I actually became a doctor so I could afford to wear shoes and marry outside my "redneck family"
Dr. Matt Brown
Anna said 10:42AM on 2-14-2009
Billybrw -
I think there are very few of us in our "local southern community" who are proud of our sheriff at this point in time.
In fact, he has made us fodder for the same sterio typical "hillbilly, dumber than rocks" name calling that seems to arise every time South Carolinians make the national news.
Funny though, isn't it, that both of us Southern folk who replied to you know how to punctuate?
You know, just sayin'.
Richard said 1:48PM on 2-14-2009
Dr. Matt Brown, I agree with you, that jerk Billybrw, made us all sound cumb, well the truth is I would rather be in a place in the south where the rocks are smarter than the people than to be in a damn yankee place or maybe worst, in California. I have been to them all and moved back home when I finished serving my country for 37 years, someone had to make up for jerks like Billy who can only put other people down, so glad you could get become a doctor and wear shoes and not marry in the family as people like Billy know the rest of us do.