$207.00 for Coke Can, Ebay is my new God...

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2004-03-10 05:02am

For thoes who havent seen or heard about this , check it out.

Possessed Coke Can

I now worship at the altar of Ebay.......

Psycho Smiley · Post by **Psycho Smiley** » 2004-03-10 07:41am

OK, as of now it's up to $1,025! That's insane!

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-03-10 09:00am

E-bay is full of weird people with weird offers. And even more weird people that are willing to pay for the things the former have to offer.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-03-10 09:53am

Damn, I wish I'd thought of that scam first.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-03-10 09:54am

what a sad place we occupy

Psycho Smiley · Post by **Psycho Smiley** » 2004-03-10 02:26pm

Psycho Smiley wrote:OK, as of now it's up to $1,025! That's insane!

I guess the bid was recalled, or something.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-03-10 02:57pm

Jon wrote:what a sad place we occupy

I don't know. If a Coke can can make someone happy then we must have the happiest species in the Universe.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-03-10 05:35pm

That is, without a doubt, the crappiest product I have yet seen offered. The fact that it's being sold at a 40,000% markup from a FULL can of Coke strikes me as being ludicrous. Everyone who has made a serious bid on that item should be summarily executed. The person offering that item should be questioned to determine his mental competency to stand trial against a stalk of broccoli. This is the most useless thing ever.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-03-10 05:37pm

Master of Ossus wrote:That is, without a doubt, the crappiest product I have yet seen offered. The fact that it's being sold at a 40,000% markup from a FULL can of Coke strikes me as being ludicrous. Everyone who has made a serious bid on that item should be summarily executed. The person offering that item should be questioned to determine his mental competency to stand trial against a stalk of broccoli. This is the most useless thing ever.

Yet, the guy offerring would make quite a lot of money considering the cost.

That actually seems rather smart to me. Even if it is taking advantage of people's stupidity.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-03-10 06:21pm

This is the coolest scam EVER.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-03-10 06:25pm

This guy deserves a fucking award, not condemnation. He's a freaking genius.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-03-10 06:30pm

I need to figure out how to make stupid shit like that, and sell it.

h0rus · Post by **h0rus** » 2004-03-10 07:35pm

Uh Newsflash morons. It's a fucking joke.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-03-10 07:40pm

h0rus wrote:Uh Newsflash morons. It's a fucking joke.

No shit, sherlock.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-03-10 07:40pm

neoolong wrote: Yet, the guy offerring would make quite a lot of money considering the cost.

That actually seems rather smart to me. Even if it is taking advantage of people's stupidity.

True. If he actually makes any money off of it, he will be a criminal genius. The can is totally worthless--I believe the going rate is a nickel, yet he's making thousands of times what the thing is actually worth simply by attributing it with vaguely defined and completely anecdotal properties. I can't believe anyone's dumb enough to fall for it.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-03-10 07:47pm

Joe wrote:
h0rus wrote:Uh Newsflash morons. It's a fucking joke.
No shit, sherlock.

He means that even the people bidding on it is part of the joke. No one in these kind of auctions takes them seriously, much to eBay's annoyance.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-03-10 07:55pm

Master of Ossus wrote:
neoolong wrote: Yet, the guy offerring would make quite a lot of money considering the cost.

That actually seems rather smart to me. Even if it is taking advantage of people's stupidity.
True. If he actually makes any money off of it, he will be a criminal genius. The can is totally worthless--I believe the going rate is a nickel, yet he's making thousands of times what the thing is actually worth simply by attributing it with vaguely defined and completely anecdotal properties. I can't believe anyone's dumb enough to fall for it.

It looks like he is using stuff like "likely" and "I believe" in order to keep from making a legally false claim.

And people can be quite dumb. It doesn't take money to just post an auction I believe, so its not like its costing him anything to just put it up.

But at this point, its doubtful that most joke auctions work anymore.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2004-03-10 10:39pm

Some kids at a game message board I go to were the ones that shot the bidding price up to over $1,000.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-03-10 11:29pm

I know someone who off loaded a literal bag of trash on E-Bay for 50 bucks. But this is even better

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-03-10 11:42pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I need to figure out how to make stupid shit like that, and sell it.

Put a coke can in a freezer and it'll blow open the way that one did. Wait for it to melt, empty it out, write the marketing jingo and you're set.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-03-11 12:01am

There was a guy that managed to sell a Playstation 2 cardboard box (NOT the console, just the box it came in) for something like $400.

If there's one thing in critically short supply amongst the stupid people, it's fucking reading comprehension.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-03-11 12:23am

You can also push down on the lid hole with an unsharpened pencil to cause it to crack, then use dental floss to pull it back up

Or heat it up slowly and eventually it will crack open

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-03-11 03:34am

The buyer of this coke can deserves a darwin award.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-03-11 04:25am

evilcat4000 wrote:The buyer of this coke can deserves a darwin award.

What's a darwin award? Official recognition of stupidity?

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-03-11 05:03am

Comosicus wrote:
evilcat4000 wrote:The buyer of this coke can deserves a darwin award.
What's a darwin award? Official recognition of stupidity?

An award for those people who did all of us a favor and removed themselves from the gene pool.

The buyer would be deserving of a Darwin award if he managed to cut his penis off with the little aluminum tab...