nursers Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4146756343#ebayphotohosting The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 LOL! "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61Pbass Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 That's hilarious!!! What's really amazing is that as of right now the bid on the dress is up to $20,700... Later.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherri Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hrm. I still haven't sold my wedding dress. Maybe I should come up with a dramatic story like this ... www.metalblues.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 That was rich, thanks for posting. -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F7sound - Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Did you see the bid was up to $750,100.00!!!? Is that a joke? It doesn't look like it. This looks like something TheWewus would be responsible for creating. Michael Oster F7 Sound and Vision ReGurgiTron - maybe I should start wearing wedding dresses! Michael Oster F7 Sound and Vision http://www.F7sound.com http://www.regurgitron.com http://www.LaptopNoise.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F7sound - Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Did someone "retract" a bit cuz now the dress is only going for $24,900! What loser would retract such a generous offer? Michael Oster F7 Sound and Vision ReGurgiTron - worth it\'s weight in fried electronic components. Michael Oster F7 Sound and Vision http://www.F7sound.com http://www.regurgitron.com http://www.LaptopNoise.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franknputer Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Link-jacker!! The fox is ticking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBBPaul Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I got this in an email yesterday. The first time I looked, the counter said 88000 hits, now it's over 3 million. I need to come up with stories for the stuff I sell. Our new and improved website Today's sample tune: Lonesome One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 That guy sounds like he went to the Mercenary Audio School of Creative Writing. Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 That dress, along with his creative writing is going to earn him a pretty penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Well, with a little more than 2 hours left, the bid is down to $15,100, so I assume he found more idiots who bid without thinking, "This is real. I'm really going to owe this guy thousands if nobody outbids me." Still, I'd take $15,100 for a used, $1,200 Wedding dress! It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 That picture is a photoshopped avatar waiting to happen! Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Oh man... that's one of the funniest things I've seen in ages. I hope the guy gets hired as a sitcom writer! Kinda reminds me of a classified ad I saw once: "Wedding dress for sale, excellent condition, worn once by mistake." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Mah D-I-V-O-R-C-E becamed final t'dayah... Now, that's funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Originally posted by Curve Dominant: That guy sounds like he went to the Mercenary Audio School of Creative Writing.I thought that it had a familiar, self-aggrandizing tone to it. Now, I understand why. The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 My favorite line: There was this one woman who wrote, "You should have covered your tattoos. People will be able to recognize you, like on Americas Most Wanted." HELLO!!! Im a guy selling a dress. Im not wanted for war crimes. That, folks, is comedy. - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Winning bid: US $3,850.00 Ended: Apr-28-04 15:37:01 PDT Start time: Apr-23-04 15:37:01 PDT History: 113 bids (US $1.00 starting bid) Obviously, and figuring it's a real deal, the guy threw out all the chaff. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 That guy sounds like he went to the Mercenary Audio School of Creative Writing. Hilarious. Fletcher isn't recently divorced, is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Keelan Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Here's a follow-up: http://www.nbc10.com/news/3245813/detail.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 I predict Ebay will have a reality show next fall. Real items with a story. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 I'm hoping the dress looked better on the EX! But at size 12? I....dunno.... Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted April 30, 2004 Author Share Posted April 30, 2004 I knew I'd post a cool link eventually The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyt Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Good idea matter! Like antique roadshow only with crazy stories like this guy's. Now there's some intelectual property! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noneverstuck Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Oh, the pang of disillusionment--it's fiction! On eBay, wedding dress for success "It was satire," Star said Thursday when asked if the story behind the auction of his ex-wife's wedding dress was true. "Let's just say it was satire." Deef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Keelan Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Is there nothing sacred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Well, it's not exactly fiction from what it sounds like. He just exaggerated or modified certain details for the sake of a good laugh/story. Which I pretty much expected was the case anyway. The basic facts seem to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug osborne Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 There's a great eBay story that was on This American Life, that I think you can listen to at This American Life . A guy wrote a good tale about his crappy router table on the eBay auction, and ended up getting a half-million hits. Desperate Measures, 4/16/04, Episode 263, Act Three. The Router Less Taken. A man tries to unload a piece of junk he bought by selling it on eBay ... not by concealing its many terrible properties ... but by bragging about them. Which gets results. (8 minutes) Doug Osborne Music on Bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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