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January 16, 2005
No sense of humor? Buy one on ebay!
If you remember, I was ebaying a U2 Edition iPod and it got bought. Well, the asshat who won the auction never paid me (thanks for nothing, Jay Augstine, 222 N Ocala Rd, Apt 211, Tallahassee, FL 32304). So, I decided to relist the item.
A friend (hi, Hal!) suggested I spice up the ad to differentiate it from all the other U2 iPods up for sale by stating that it was possessed by my dead grandmother or something. It sounded like an interesting idea -- entertaining, at least -- so I put up the following item description:
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This haunted iPod is possessed by my dead grandmother.
 Somehow, I think her spirit is now inhabiting the iPod because I can hear songs coming from the box! The box has never been opened, but if you hold your ear up to it, you can hear some of my gramma's favorite songs (like "Highway to Hell" and "Born To Be Wild") emanating from the white iPod earbuds inside.
I think she would have liked the red and black design of this U2 Edition iPod -- those were the colors she painted her Harley last year.
I'm selling this iPod to help pay for funeral costs -- she requested to be buried with her bike and that was expensive. This item is brand new in the box, never opened, and still shrink-wrapped!! If you have any questions, please email me and I'll be happy to answer them. Capacity: 20GB (roughly 5,000 songs) Shipping NOTE: This iPod isn't really haunted, but it is brand new, unopened (still shrink-wrapped) and otherwise exactly as described. |
Now, what's really funny is this email I got from someone who saw the listing:
"Why would you say it was haunted and waste all your time and our time (people reading it all) just to say at the end that it isn't haunted?"
Dear girl, I hear that you can buy a sense of humor on ebay...why don't you look into that? Or, as I said in my reply, were you actually surprised and disappointed that this iPod wasn't, in fact, haunted? I'm not sure which is sadder.
p.s. No, that's not really my grandmother.
Comments
Take a look at some of your pages. You're using a dark color background with black text and blue links. The black colored text is hard to read against the blue background and the blue colored links can not be seen at all on the blue background. The rule for colors is: for dark background color use light text color. For light background color use dark text color.
Posted by: Michelle at February 15, 2005 12:56 PM
Michelle, what browser are you using? I tested the site in both Firefox and IE and it looks fine to me (black & blue text on white background).
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at February 15, 2005 3:16 PM
Michelle, I figured out what you were talking about. The page you saw was an old archive from GearBits' original installation. It was referencing an incorrect CSS template, so it looked pretty bad (my apologies). It's been since fixed, but I'd suggest you use the new site layout -- just go to http://www.gearbits.com (or click the logo in the top left) and browse/search from there. Sorry for the trouble...thanks for letting me know.
Posted by: craigf at February 17, 2005 10:58 PM
Someone at this address: J. Bird, 222 N Ocala Rd, Apt 211, Tallahassee, FL 32304 tried to buy an item from me on ebay also! his address was unconfirmed by paypal and they said he may be usisng a stolen credit card, so i returned the payment and relisted the item. (Paypal could not guarantee seller protection so i did not want to take a chance).
Posted by: Chris at April 6, 2005 5:13 PM
I think that is awesome. VERY funny. some people ...or alot of people have no sense of humor! I would love to see more fun ads like yours on Ebay! If everyone loved and no body lied if every one cared and nobody cried if everyone shared and swallowed there pride we'de see the the day when nobody died! love it!
Posted by: Genie at August 13, 2006 9:48 AM