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Tries to sell all his possessions in EBay but fails…

Posted by andrew on October 1st, 2005

And guess how much he could fetch if the deal goes through? More than GBP 22 000! (GBP means Great Britain Pounds…if you’re curious :P )

The bid started at GBP 1, and within 10 days, it shot up to that amount. Impressive? Guess not, the winning bidder pulled out the very last minute; 30 seconds before the bid closed.

Mr Hartwright, a web designer who lives with his parents in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, put his possessions up for sale to try to clear his debts and make a fresh start. The eBay page had more than 233,500 hits and attracted 135 bids, which soared from £1 to the final £22,100 in just 10 days. The final offer was made by a bidder known by the user identity nickyb25082092.

Source: The Independent

You can sell almost everything in EBay, it seems.



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Alex from Australia
Posted on:
October 1st, 2005 at 12:02 pm

wow, i’d pretend to be broke and hopefully the aussies will pity on me. but hey, i’m onliy an asian :)

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andrew from United Kingdom
Posted on:
October 1st, 2005 at 12:33 pm

Maybe the asians in Australia will pity you and start bidding on your possessions…who knows? You want to try? :P Do let me know…:)

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Alex from Australia
Posted on:
October 1st, 2005 at 1:46 pm

hehe but possessions only. other parts made of flesh not included in package :)
yeah man, melb is like full of asians everywhere.

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andrew from United Kingdom
Posted on:
October 1st, 2005 at 10:45 pm

*lol* I do hope that no flesh is involved as part of the sales… :D
You’re a Malaysian right? It’s good then…to have asians around you…you won’t feel too much of homesickness. :) Good for you…

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Alex from Australia
Posted on:
October 2nd, 2005 at 4:56 am

yeah man. i’m from sarawak. and i find a lot of em here, especially from sibu. :)

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andrew from United Kingdom
Posted on:
October 8th, 2005 at 1:31 pm

Leave some for me, Alex… :P