I would guess that all the high bids were just people joking around,
especially when it got way up in the thousands. The view count on that
auction was WAY high so I suspect the info about it had traveled quite
widely.
Why the people doing the joke bidding would risk their eBay reputation
on such nonsense, or why the auction lister would do so, I have no clue.
Not all the participants were new members signed up for that purpose -
even the lister had considerable feedback.
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From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Andreas Freiherr
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:50 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: eBay insanity
Yes, saw that here, too (around December 2000), and a version in French
showing adhesive tape for a similar purpose.
What makes me wonder is, why do people bid high $$$ on this nonsense -
or are they going to sue him for not including the phone from the
picture? (I didn't see a note like "cell phone not included"...)
Andreas
Chad Fernandez wrote:
>
> I've actually been emailed a version of that Ebay listing..... I think
> it started out as one of those chain emails, rather than an auction.
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Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany http://www.vishay.com
Received on Thu Jun 06 2002 - 07:35:14 BST