Tag: AUCTIONS

Transactions on Craigslist might begin anonymously, with both users safely shielded by the warm comfort of their computer screens, but when it comes time to actually make the deal, human contact -- and the anxiety it entails -- invariably come into the equation. You may do your best to sniff out the person on the other end of the deal -- and try your hardest to convince them that you're not a ...

At a recent online auction in New Zealand, two glass vials containing neon blue liquid sold for $1,983. Oh, and they also contained ghosts. As we reported a few days ago, an anonymous person originally placed the two vials up for auction last week, claiming they contained the souls of an old man and a little girl, both of whom used to live in the sellers' current house. Now, after the winning ...

eBay has revealed a new pricing scheme for U.S. auctioneers that claims different listing fees from frequent and occasional sellers. "eBay Every Day" does away with upfront listing fees (for auctions only, not Buy It Now), and instead charges 9-percent of the final sale price, up to $50. The plan is limited to those sellers who post 100 or fewer listings per month. However, power sellers will ...

Okay Mac and/or art lovers... prepare to make your ultimate wet-tech dream come true. An Andy Warhol serigraph is currently up for auction at O'Gallerie in Portland, Oregon. This signed silkscreen print, which is expected to fetch between $20-30,000, was commissioned by Apple's first COO Del Yocam, and would surely be the prized piece of any tech aficionado's collection. We know we're in a ...

Consumers buying gadgets and games sometimes discover questionable, and even illegal, items hidden in the packaging or sitting dormant in the device's memory. One eBay shopper, going by the name Lillian, recently noticed illicit material on a supposedly new cell phone, according to The Consumerist. Lillian purchased her Verizon phone from a reputably reliable eBay source with almost impeccable ...

Have you ever wanted to own an intangible piece of rock memorabilia? Well, you have until February 9th to bid on the area code 201 version of the famous Tommy Tutone phone number. And it'll only cost you a few thousand bucks! Yes, you can have the privilege of getting random phone calls from random pranksters who listen to the '80s song about a guy who finds a girl's number on a bathroom wall. ...

As newspapers continue to struggle with the tough realities of the Internet age and the media economy, things aren't exactly looking good for the printed news industry. But, yesterday there was an unexpected ray of sunshine left for those still in print: Newspapers nationwide saw a surge in sales as voters sought out something to commemorate this historic election. Many papers in New York, San ...

Those unlocked 1st gen iPhones are going for a surprisingly high chunk of change on eBay, but that's nothing compared to the prices people are willing to pay for the new iPhone 3G. Unboxed and supposedly unlocked varieties (though we haven't heard of any functioning unlocking tools) are fetching prices well in excess of $1,000 for the 16 GB variety. Even the 8 GB iPhone is going for $800-$900. ...

You might not be aware of it, but your old iPhone is worth a considerable sum of money. Some questionably honest businesses are even making a profit by buying up used first generation iPhones from unsuspecting American customers and reselling them at a hefty profit. One such shop was passing around fliers outside of an Apple retail outlet offering the full price of a 3G upgrade ($199 for an 8 ...

Sooo. We blogged last week about how Kate Moss lost a hair extension and a philanthropic paparazzo decided to auction it off on eBay. This was all for the kids, of course, claimed the pap. To keep them off drugs. We waited anxiously all 4th of July weekend to see how the auction would turn out. Last time we checked, the stakes were not so high, peaking at around 40 bucks. But the bids are in, ...

For months, we've been following the tale of Ian Usher, an Australian man who decided to put all his worldly possessions online for sale. The auction, which started a week ago, closed yesterday. Usher's life went for a rather disappointing sum of just $380,286. That's less than his house alone was worth! Also included in the auction was his motorcycle, car, jet ski, and a whole cadre of friends. ...

Remember when eBay was all about getting tickets to sold-out Radiohead concerts and Superbowls and stuff? Now you can get lots of gross and unnecessary things on there, like this Kate Moss hair extension, which the supermodel "shed" in Germany while fleeing the paparazzi. The victorious hair-finder, (fashion equivalent of the guy who catches a fly ball in his beer at a Yankees game) is ...

Sick of your tired, boring life? Want a new one? Well, you're in luck, because as it turns out, there's a burgeoning market for the trading of lives. No, we're not talking about underground slave labor. We're talking about people selling their possessions, friends, and even jobs online -- that's right, their whole lives. The latest 'life,' that of Ian Usher's, is going up for auction on eBay ...

The Internet has provided many ways for shaming those who have wronged you, and we thought we'd seen them all. That is, until Paul Osborn decided to auction off his "adulterous, lying, cheating, bitch, whore" of a wife on eBay (his words). Paul found out that his wife and mother of his children, Sharon, was having an affair with a co-worker. His response was to throw her out of the house and ...

When we were growing up, Wet Seal made inexpensive clothing for the bad girls. At least that's what our sisters told us. So what happens when bad-girl Britney Spears puts on one of their jackets, and someone else gets his hands on it? It sells for over $1,400 on eBay. The jacket, described as the one she wore while "shopping at Ralph's one evening in LA," still has Britney's "pleasant smell in ...