Wednesday, March 10, 2004

From the eBay Files

1. "'Claytons' girlfriends offered on eBay"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1038319.htm>

2. "Man auctions wife on internet"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_804636.html>

3. "German women promise party oomph after Internet auction"
   <http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/ah/Qlifestyle-germany.RaeN_DNA.html>

4. "Latest e-sign of lousy job market"
   <http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,57472,00.html>
"a group of writers, editors and producers formerly employed at a ZDNet website
 geared toward IT managers are auctioning their talents on eBay"

5. "Soul for sale on eBay"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_844462.html>

6. "Area man pulls eBay auction for his vote"
   <http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2435761>

7. Sites that list unusual eBay items
   * Ain't Capitalism Grand? The Weird eBay Auctions Warehouse
   <http://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/>
   * Who Would Buy That? (auction oddities from all over the web)
   <http://www.whowouldbuythat.com/>
   * The Strangest - Weirdest - Funniest - Most Bizarre eBay auctions EVER!
   <http://www.dotcomscotland.co.uk/weirdsites/ebayauctions.htm>
   * Webshots Community - Weird Ebay items
   <http://community.webshots.com/album/3671602SBjnqQJIBz/2>