eBayer auctions ad space on corpse

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08-07-2005, 05:55 AM,

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eBayer auctions ad space on corpse

Hmmm....why are average selling prices much higher on Amazon than on eBay...could it possibly be because Amazon isn't full of shit like this:

Quote:He's not dead yet, but one day Andrew Beutin will depart this life for a place free of the fiscal woes which beset this corporal plane.

In the meantime, he's looking to raise a quick $10k by auctioning advertising space on his own dead body. Here's the pitch:

Yet another story from the Register ;D : Smile

...I like the URL too.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/05/...vertising/

"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"

"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site.
best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011

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