Till eBay Do Us Part?

There's nothing you can't find on eBay.

If you think I'm overstating, you obviously haven't gone looking.

For instance...

This morning one can bid on a used pair of Dolce & Gabanna underwear for $9.99. 

Novelty dog poop can be yours for the bargain price of only $2.99!  Buy It Now!

How about two dozen assorted empty watch boxes?  Bidding starts at $3!

Like the water?  This 1910 canoe can be yours for only $2500!  Buyer must pick-up.

In the market for a real stuffed bird?  Someone in the United Kingdom can make your dreams come true!  Bidding begins at GBP 9.99 (roughly $19.47 USD)

No table is comfeet, sorry, complete without a set of red toenailed salt and pepper shakers.  Get in on the bidding for only $4.99!

A Kentucky horsefarm, complete with this house can be snagged for $79,000.  New laminate floors, too!

My point is, it's all out there if you just type it into the search box.

So it came as no surprise to me that for a brief moment in time, this listing was also active:

Yes, a gentleman (I use the term loosely) in the UK was offering his "Adulterous, Lying, Cheating, Bitch Whore" of a wife for auction.  Bidding actually hit £500,100 before Paul, who had indicated in the ebay ad, "please do not bid on her because she is worth sod all" (sod in this instance being loosely translated as nothing), took it down.

(Not that eBay would have allowed it to remain - they have this thing about human trafficking.)

According to Paul, he began suspecting something was up a while back.  “I started checking her emails and I realised the rumours were true. They had been discussing their sex life together and making plans for the future.

“I was absolutely destroyed. I gathered all her stuff in bags and dumped it in the drive.”

Sharon begged to be taken back, which lasted all of two weeks before he was convinced she was at it again with a coworker.

He says, “In a fit of rage I put the advert on eBay. I later took it off because I realised it wasn’t the right thing to do. I was just so angry.”

Well, Sharon's angry now, too.  She and her co-worker have filed a police complaint against Paul for harrassment.  (Paul included both Sharon's and her supposed lover's full names, phone numbers and addresses in the listing.)

Personally, I think it's a tad juvenile to air your dirty laundry on eBay.  Auction it off, fine.  But don't air it...

(Not even kidding - dirty laundry AND Thomas the Tank engine clothes hamper - Bid now!  Starts at $16.99!)

Comments

[Toni]

LOL, when I first looked at the eBay page, I swore it was talking about Sharon Osborn, Ozzy's wife. The funny part is that's how I feel about her. :0)

[Linda L]

I read in our local Chicago news that Drew Peterson has an autographed hat(I think its a hat) on ebay.

[Jamie in WI]

I love Ebay! I am an ebay crack ho! I have gotten all sorts of gems - at awesome prices. Hailey (my almost 5 yr old) was DEVASTATED when Jason went home on AI. She sobbed for 30 minutes! Michelle in IL had called me & we had to hang up because she couldnt hear anything because of her sobs. Anyhooo....I got Hailey a Jason Castro AI T-SHirt from eBay for 17.94. Brand spankin new & sporting the AI logo on the back. Its funny Linda didnt hear her scream when she opened the envelope & pull the shirt out! I was MOM of the year for that one!! =)

Love me some ebay fo sho! =)

[Ame in upstate NY]

Hmmmm....wonder if I could sell my first two ex husbands.....no reserve!!!

[ChickyChick (Kathy)]

That photo looks like shes picken her nose - how rude.

[ginny]

im gonna put myself up on ebay...as a friend...a good friend...cheep but trustworthy...and not intimidating...bids start at 5.00...g.

[Ame in upstate NY]

I'll buy you Ginny!!!!!

[ginny]

well ame...thank you...i do have a fondness for upstate new york...i just dont think i could take another dissapointment in the friend department...i trust too quickly...and i hurt easily...but i have always given better than what ive gotten...i come complete with house and animals...problems and joys...i listen well and im very good at giving advice...much more so than i am at taking it...im just me...gin...so how much you offerin for a good friend???...g.

[Steph]

If you guys think thats funny, try to check out Jay Leno's segment of Sold or Not Sold from e-bay. The stuff he has on there is hilarious and priceless. Here is one for example... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVdLy5CAld0

And this Weird Al Yankovic video is always good for laughs as well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa84e3l5egA&feature=related

[Ame in upstate NY to Ginny]

I am sure you are priceless!!!!! :)

[ginny]

ame thanks...your sweet....g.

[Steph]

If you thought the wife on e-bay was bad....this is even worse!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804721