eBay has become infamous for weird and wacky auctions. In this article, we will look at some of the zaniest and then discuss the practical lesson we can take away. First, let’s stimulate some ideas and look at some crazy listings:
In late 2004, Mary Anderson used eBay to sell her father’s ghost. Her father had recently died and Mary’s young son Colin was afraid that his grandfather’s ghost was haunting their house. When it got to the point that Colin could no longer sleep at night and to allay her son’s fears, Mary decided to auction the ghost off on eBay. As eBay requires you to sell something physical, the high bidder would receive her father’s old cane as well as the ghost’. She stipulated in the listing that the winning bidder would have to write her son and reassure him that his grandfather’s ghost was safe and well. There were 132 bids in the auction and the winning bidder paid a final price of $65’000 (Goldenpalace.com was the high bidder they are an online casino that has achieved notoriety for their wacky eBay purchases). Mary has said that she will put the money in a college fund for Colin, who is presumably...
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