Battered Wife Asks eBay Bidders to Pay for Home in Exchange for Relationship

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Battered Wife Asks eBay Bidders to Pay for Home in Exchange for Relationship

03-17-2006, 10:50 AM,

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Battered Wife Asks eBay Bidders to Pay for Home in Exchange for Relationship

Quote:People buy and sell just about everything on eBay sometimes offering up something as valuable as themselves.

The latest bizarre episode in the eBay universe is potentially one of the saddest. A Cleveland, Ohio, woman posted an ad asking someone to provide a home for her and her children so that they could escape what the woman described as an abusive husband.

"This relationship can be what you want it to be," the ad read. "It can be casual or friendlier which could lead into marriage if we see fit whatever would benefit my children and of course you and me."...

full article: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1733839&page=1

eBay removed the auction.

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