Auctions birth a genre: eBay lit

[mandy]

What a clause with which to start an advertisement: “You are bidding on a mistake.”

It’s straightforward. Deprecating, in a charming way, to both reader and writer. Intriguing enough to propel you through the next four sentences: “We all make mistakes. We date the wrong people for too long. We chew gum with our mouths open. We say inappropriate things in front of grandma.”

Then on to the punchline: “And we buy leather pants.”

So begins a recent online auction listing that allowed humorist and sometime actor Brian Sack to both rid himself of said DKNY thigh-chafers – for $102.50 – and to contribute to a niche genre of Internet self-publishing. No, not the confessional blog. Not the boards at www.falloutboyrock.com.

Let’s call it eBay literature...

full article: http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgaze...488938.htm