EverHEALTHY Colon Cleanse Digest Detox : Lose Weight!!

I don't know about you guys, but I can think of many more pleasant images that one could use to sell a product. In the case of this eBay user, using fear tactics to sell a product will likely result in LOSS of sales.

This eBayer is selling a colon cleanse product which is supposed to remove excess waste from the human body. The seller indicates that the photo of the guy on the left is not actually fat, but all that backed up crap in his system.

Much of this holistic healing stuff is great in theory, but sounds pretty outlandish. If a person was that loaded up with crap, they would likely be having a myriad of health problems, with weight loss being the least of their worries.

Mind you, if everybody just ate properly, we wouldn't be having half of the health problems that we're having now.

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1968 Dodge Charger Facts Features Manual Sales Brochure

Next, filed under "One Man's Trash...", we have Dodge Charger Accessories. Or more appropriately, Dodge Charger memorabilia.

This is something that's truly only for the die hard collector, as it ultimately serves no purpose today, given the actual number of 1968 Dodge Charger RTs on the city streets. Something like this would have been given away for free way back then, and yet the seller is offering it for a starting bid of $9 plus $5.45 s/h.

Panties Vibrator Panty sexy lingerie remote control

What WILL they think of next!
Sure, it's about as useful as putting an eject button on a remote control (considering that you gotta actually get up to remove the disc/tape/whatever), but hey, who woulda thought about it...REMOTE CONTROL PANTIES?!

Just to keep it PG13, this is a piece of sexy lingerie with a built-in and removable...uh...nerve stimulator which can be operated via remote. While they don't show how small the actual device is, the description indicates that it's small enough to be embedded discreetly, so that a woman can have her distraction from her boring work day if so inclined.

Okay, that wasn't part of the sales pitch, but it'd be one possible use for it. My first instinct was that this could be used to spice up the bedroom activities of an adventurous young couple, but hey, whatever works.

TechCraft PTV48 Home Theater Furniture AS-IS

Home Theater Furniture can be had for all sorts of great prices, although with everything, it's always worth doing your research. In this case, the seller has attempted to include as much detail as humanly possible, but you can tell that it's some liquidation company that's selling it because they just don't have the resources or time to go into detail on the individual item. If it were a private seller, they can usually answer all of your questions on the item, but one cannot be guaranteed any sort of customer service if something goes wrong.

Topeka, Kansas 1939 High School Graduation Announcement

Objects of minimal value seem to pop up repeatedly in eBay, once again proving the adage, one man's trash is another man's treasure. Value is largely determined by supply and demand, and while some items may be extremely rare, what if the market for the item simply doesn't exist?

Take this item, for instance, graduation announcements from a high school in 1939. A person who graduated from high school in 1939 would be over eighty years old. Given the average lifespan of most people today, that would mean that the people most likely to benefit from this product would already have passed on by now. An average high school graduating class can number in the hundreds. The number of surviving alumni from Topeka, Kansas 1939?

If I had the spare time, I'd look it up. But, why do I have the distinct suspicion that this was a leftover item from a person's estate?

Topeka, Kansas 1939 High School Graduation Announcement

Objects of minimal value seem to pop up repeatedly in eBay, once again proving the adage, one man's trash is another man's treasure. Value is largely determined by supply and demand, and while some items may be extremely rare, what if the market for the item simply doesn't exist?

Take this item, for instance, graduation announcements from a high school in 1939. A person who graduated from high school in 1939 would be close to a hundred years old. Given the average lifespan of most people, that would mean that the people most likely to benefit from this product would already have passed on by now. An average high school graduating class can number in the hundreds. The number of surviving alumni from Topeka, Kansas 1939?

If I had the spare time, I'd look it up. But, why do I have the distinct suspicion that this was a leftover item from a person's estate?

MOOSE LOG NIGHTSTAND END TABLE CABIN LODGE ANTLERS DEER

Doing some bedroom furniture shopping on eBay? Well, look no further. Okay, if you have any level of class or sense of design, you may probably want to look further. But, if you're fancying yourself a domestic Daniel Boone, take a closer look.

Understandably, as the seller, he/she is going to extol all of the virtues of the product, imagined or not. I thought it was kinda cool how they were able to find a cell phone which looked equally rustic as the table itself.

The seller does recommend that it can be used to store AMMO, though. Looks like the Daniel Boone archetype has been replaced with Cletus from The Simpsons.

KITCHEN SINK PRESS POCKET PINUPS SET

Kitchen sinks? No, kitchen sink. As in Kitchen Sink Press.

Kitchen Sink Press was one of the many casualties of the speculator boom of the mid-90s, where Marvel's acquisition of Heroes World meant that comic book publishers had to go exclusive with one publisher in order to stay afloat. By purchasing a low-level comic book distributor, they forced the other comic book publishers to go with either Diamond or Capital City distributors. Major players DC, Dark Horse, and Image ended up staying with Diamond, whereas Kitchen Sink went with Capital City.

Now, Diamond is the only comic book distributor in town, with a major monopoly. Kitchen Sink is no longer producing comic books...and now their stuff sells on eBay for cheap.

Murray Feiss

Finding things on eBay such as Murray Feiss lighting can yield tons of results, so finding a good match is tough. Prices are extremely variant, which may indicate either a lack of legitimate items on eBay or strong buying power on the part of sellers. It's hard to say, when somebody purports to sell something for 1/3rd of retail price (ie: $25 for a lamp that retails for over $100) while somebody else is selling a wall mirror for $300, it gets a little confusing. Bid with CAUTION, not confidence, folks.

THE ORLEANS HOTEL & CASINO LAS VEGAS $1 2005 ISSUE

So, $1 = $1.99 + $2.25 shipping and handling?

I've never understood the concept of selling souvenirs online, as they are usually supposed to commemorate the time when you were actually there in the Orleans Hotel Las Vegas. (I hate these weird string keyword assignments, I really do.)

I'm guessing that they're attempting to appeal to collectors, but methinks that they're just trying to clean out their apartments and want to make a profit. Hence, the big garage sale that is eBay. Bid away, guys.

Opportunity in Brazil : Registered Consulting Business

Could it be? Use of the words "business opportunity" and it's not spam?

Okay, never mind the fact that eBay probably one of the least secure ways to start ones own business, or get a business from someone else. But, considering the fact that the majority of the uses of the word usually involve some e-document that will supposedly teach you the secrets of successfully running (or ruining) your own business. This is an actual rarity, where they are offering the kind of things necessary for a business, such as office equipment, an actual office, and even insurance.

This will be taking place entirely in Brazil, which is on its way to becoming a major economic power (if not already there), although it's considered a bit of a high-risk and volatile market by many investors. As always, caveat emptor.

However, I do find it amusing that they still offer buyer protection via Paypal. Up to $200 buyer protection. For an item that's $39,999.99, the words "drop in the bucket" come to mind.

FURNITURE PECS CARDS ~ 20 CARDS ~ AUTISM SPEECH DELAY

Language and other skills are tough to learn for most people, let alone people with cognitive and learning disabilities. For them, we language cards to assist in learning.

However, for this particular auction, the seller is marketing flash cards depicting furniture (it doesn't go into specifics, like dining room furniture), and it's a noble thing to do, especially since autistics have a really hard time going through life in general.

The seller is making these from scratch and has touted how high quality the product is,
although I wonder how much we can trust the seller when he/she is selling cards with pictures of "furniture," yet the accompanying image shows a picture of an APPLE.

Dayak Headhunter Head Hunter War Trophy Human Skull 2

You want ugly? eBay has got ugly.

Typically, trophies are highly individualized items, or sometimes quick, cheesy tokens with no special value apart from something that you just put on your shelf. Hunting trophies are slightly different, though, although this goes into the truly cheesy.

Being that you're buying this on the Internet, it's obviously fake and plastic, and it appears to be a mass-produced item, although the seller seems to see this as a "quality item."