My eBay Project.

July 2, 2008 - Posted by Tiff

I just remembered selling ludicrously bland things on Ebay last year and making money out of them. And by ludicrously bland things, I mean t-shirts, and by t-shirts, I mean plain white t-shirts that have already been worn by me.

I also noticed that my things tend to sell if I’m in the picture (duh), so I’m thinking, man, if I just hold a Styrofoam cup of paper clips and a used travel size shampoo and conditioner, and then post it on ebay, would anyone bid on it?

To quench my perpetual thirst for answers, I decided to google “weirdest ebay items” and found out that, and I shit you not, some belly button lint is currently up for bid for $170.00 so far.

So yes, I’ve come to the conclusion that someone, at least one person, in this wacked out world we live in, will purchase my Styrofoam cup of paper clips and used travel size shampoo and conditioner. I may not get a lot of money out of it, but somebody will actually use their time to bid on MY piece of junk, and of course, little money is better than no money.

But I’ve got a better idea. When I’m done selling my real stuff (stuff that a lot of people would want to buy), I’m going to take a picture of myself putting gum in my mouth, chewing it, taking it out and putting into a Ziploc bag…because you know why? I’m going to sell it on Ebay. I swear.

I’d just love for someone to purchase MY used gum. Honestly, who the hell can say, “Yeah, I sold my used gum for five bucks on eBay..pfff.”

I’d like to be that person.

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10 Comments

  1. Katy says:

    Ebay is hilarious! What about a Mother Theresa chicken nugget?
    http://www.weirdebay.com/

    LOL

    ... on July July 2nd, 2008
  2. Stacy says:

    I bid $.05 for your gum.

    ... on July July 2nd, 2008
  3. linda says:

    i’ll preach that. at least 1 person in this whole world will buy; love; stalk; whatever. kinda like there is 1 person for everyone. :)) hehe

    ... on July July 2nd, 2008
  4. Leanne says:

    I was thinking of ebaying some of my clothes, but my dad was like “NOOO!” he said that you had to pay to register and stuff… i don’t trust him. what is the process of signing up? and what if you put an item up and then you decided you didn’t want to sell it anymore can you just take it away?

    yeh i’ve heard from funny stuff being sold on there. i remember i was watching the ellen degeneres show last year and she bought a potato chip with a smiley face on it :DD and she got a twisties chip shaped as a gun for free xD

    ... on July July 3rd, 2008
  5. Tiffany says:

    LOL @ Antique high-end belly button lint. And HAHAH @ it being in this guys family for years. This cracks me up, and to think there are actually bids on it. Crazy. I’ve seen weird stuff on there before - potato chips, this guy just recently sold his entire life & lifestyle on there, and etc. I can’t remember what else I saw in particular, but yeah.

    Oh man, you should so do that bubble gum thing and sell it. That’d be extremely funny to be watching people buy.

    ... on July July 3rd, 2008
  6. Finch says:

    “I also noticed that my things tend to sell if I’m in the picture (duh)”.. that is because you are the reincarnation of queen nefertiti ;) you smartass you

    ... on July July 3rd, 2008
  7. sarah says:

    $.50 for tiff’s gum.

    ... on July July 4th, 2008
  8. Crystal says:

    OMG, that lint went up to over $300?! Haha. Tell me if your stuff makes some money, sounds like a good idea to make some fast cash.

    ... on July July 8th, 2008
  9. Helga says:

    I’d do that gum shtick…but that would never sell on ebay.ph :(

    ... on July July 8th, 2008
  10. J says:

    Please do the gum thing. I thought about selling panties before, but I dunno if that’s even allowed on Ebay.

    ... on July July 9th, 2008

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