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I understand why someone may want to buy an empty pen box as her/his box may have been damaged or (s)he may have bought a pen/pencil without a box and I understand why someone may buy a broken vintage pen/pencil for spare parts, but, this is ridiculous: someone is selling a ripped/torn LL Bean paper bag into which one's purchase was put when shopping at an LL Bean Store.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LL-Bean-Outdoor-Specialties-Store-Shopping-Retail-Green-Gift-Bag-Medium-Tote-/321449791812?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ad7e69144

 

This auction with starting price of $0.25 and Buy It Now price of $0.99 for a ripped/torn paper bag is a wasteful, ridiculous eBay listing. What is even more ridiculous is that the seller is charging $4.75 for shipping this ripped/torn paper bag! Oh, (s)he will ship this ripped/torn paper bag worldwide!

 

What can this seller hope to gain???? Why sell a silly paper bag and then have to pay eBay fees and PayPal fees? It just makes no sense to me!

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This is me speechless.

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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Just as there are some nuts who collect fountainpens, there are people who collect advertisement bags.

 

As a kid I used to collect cigarbands, match-boxes, advertisement-pins, advertisement key-chains, and of course stamps, among others.

 

After her death it appeared my mother had a collection of book-marks, fancy hairpins, lady's fans, among others.

 

I saw a program a few months ago about a guy collecting mustard jars/bottles.

 

 

So, why not bags like these.

 

D.ick

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Maybe it's some kid of secret coded message for the Green Lantern or Batman, or Batsh_t.

"History Teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives." Abba Eban

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We better add a Marquette University ballpoint pen to your purchase of four sticky notes.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marquette-University-Golden-Eagles-Bic-Blue-Yellow-Silver-Pen-NCAA-Collectible-/321449369725?pt=US_NCAA_Fan_Shop&hash=item4ad7e0207d

 

LOL! It seems that this seller has all sorts of junk! Amazing!

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Does anybody remember "Ghost in a Jar" from a few years back? That spawned all sorts of ridiculousness.

 

-Drew

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I remember some media attention for the sale of an air guitar for $ 47.000 a few years back.

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Does anybody remember "Ghost in a Jar" from a few years back? That spawned all sorts of ridiculousness.

 

-Drew

I never heard about "Ghost in a Jar". I just looked up "Ghost in a Jar" on Google and I see that I have some reading to do! As you may imagine, I am shaking my head in dismay right now.

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I remember some media attention for the sale of an air guitar for $ 47.000 a few years back.

Amazing! I googled this too -- more reading for me! I am surprised that no one has sold frogs on eBay claiming that if you kiss the frog that it will turn into a prince. Hmm, maybe I should google that too! How about some magic beans too! -- sarcasm intended and head still shaking in dismay --

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I'm really tempted to buy the Bean bag but I already have a ripped bag from Williams-Sonoma and a Yankee Candle votive carrier. At some point I have to reign myself in and stop with all the excess.

Chris

 

Carpe Stylum!

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Air guitars, ghosts, atmosphere, etc... Around 2000-2002, eBay was fuuuuull of that kind of stuff. They ended up finally having to make a rule against it... which is why, now, I guess you get all the left over bs type stuff.

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Does anybody remember "Ghost in a Jar" from a few years back? That spawned all sorts of ridiculousness.

 

-Drew

The 1970's was the [ pet rock ] Buy a rock and keep warm and watered.

I did not have to buy one, I could just go to the railroad tracks and pick up all the rocks I could.

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That is what we older people should start selling Vintage Pet Rocks :lticaptd:

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yeah, well, it's not only e-bay that offers questionable items. This is what happens with too much automation on Amazon...

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yeah, well, it's not only e-bay that offers questionable items. This is what happens with too much automation on Amazon...

:lticaptd:

 

 

D.ick

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I hope the used ones are waaaay less expensive.

Breathe. Take one step at a time. Don't sweat the small stuff. You're not getting older, you are only moving through time. Be calm and positive.

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