Mom selling lot of Pokeman cards her kid slipped into the cart

[mego73]

LOOK AT THE PRESENT BID and read the auction. I think they are bidding for the entertainment value of the auction copy.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130144061675&r

[Man of Action]

Mike...now that is pretty funny!! and she's gonna make a pot of money!!

[mego boy CA]

looks like she did make a pot of money. :yes:
oh yeah that is very funny indeed.

[Grendel]

"You haven’t lived until you’ve gone grocery shopping with six kids in tow. I would rather swim, covered in bait, through the English Channel, be a contestant on Fear Factor when they’re having pig brains for lunch, or do fourth grade math than to take my six kids to the grocery store."

"Shipping is FREE on this item. Insurance is optional, but once I drop the package at the post office, it is no longer my responsibility. For example, if my son decides to pour a bottle of glue into the envelope, or my daughter spills a glass of juice on the package, that’s my responsibility and I will fully refund your money. If, however, I take the envelope to the post office and a disgruntled mail carrier sets fire to it, a pack of wild dogs rip into it, or a mail sorting machine shreds it, it’s out of my hands, so you may want to add insurance."

:smiley1:

[toys2cool]

holy crap this thing has been viewed 180,000 times? what the hell?

[theantiquetiger]

Don't give her too much credit for being funny, I read half of her lines in the Erma Bombeck autobiography.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Stuff like this bugs me for one big reason: "Gee; having six kids is stressfull." Then WHY DID YOU HAVE SIX KIDS?!?!?!?!

DUH! The sad part being; she's already reproduced.

Don C.

[Meule]

I bet she made that whole story up and she has 0 kids. A great story helps sales, which she just proved

[Cryptoys]

Hmmmm....

Stuff like this bugs me for one big reason: "Gee; having six kids is stressfull." Then WHY DID YOU HAVE SIX KIDS?!?!?!?!

DUH! The sad part being; she's already reproduced.

Don C.

Right. I am glad someone else thought this.
Don't have 6 kids and complain about how hard 6 kids are. I could have told you that and I only have 2. I can't believe how many people think she is some sort of prophet. She's a moron.

While I am reading it (now who's the moron, I'm the one who read the whole thing.) I am saying this isn't an auction, it's a blog and sure enough she says she has a blog. Stay at home Moms with blogs, great.

Slipped in a box of cards? Do you know how expensive those f'n cards are?! How do you not see that there's an additional $40 on your bill?

Rant over. Jason

[txteach]

A made up story to sell some crap. I can't believe someone actually bid that much.

[Megospidey]

I bet she made that whole story up and she has 0 kids. A great story helps sales, which she just proved


Just what I was thinking. How does a mother of 6 children find the time to write such a lengthy eBay description AND keep a blog???

She is creative..you have to give her that.

[batmanmc]

i think ill try thta and add to my mego auctions about 7 kids dont want to steal her idea totally .:grin:

[Adam West]

Well, I have to give her an A+ for creativity and apparently she has become somewhat of an Ebay celebrity. Look at some of her other auctions including ones that have ended and she has long humorous story with each one. Apparently she does have some kids because they are pictured in an auction of her son wearing a pink tutu.

I have a friend who I dated back in High School but have remained friends over the years who is totally hilarious and has stories like these.

She doesn't have a blog or anything...just a journal or diary that she has kept for the past 10 years or so and has shared a couple of entries with me.

They are really funny and I keep telling her she could make a lot of money if she put all of her entries into a book format. Looks like this Ebay seller is going to beat her to the punch although my friend's stories are every bit as funny and not made up. Of course there is some embellishment in her stories but she just has that type of humor.

[MegoScott]

If you read this woman's blog she's become a huge hit, getting job offers and interview requests. 94,000 hits to her blog yesterday. Wow.

[MegoScott]

Right. I am glad someone else thought this.
Don't have 6 kids and complain about how hard 6 kids are. I could have told you that and I only have 2. I can't believe how many people think she is some sort of prophet. She's a moron.

While I am reading it (now who's the moron, I'm the one who read the whole thing.) I am saying this isn't an auction, it's a blog and sure enough she says she has a blog. Stay at home Moms with blogs, great.

Slipped in a box of cards? Do you know how expensive those f'n cards are?! How do you not see that there's an additional $40 on your bill?

Rant over. Jason

What's wrong with a mom having a blog? My wife is a very active "mommy blogger" and it brings a lot of benefits---keeps people informed, gives a context to express ideas, frustrations, rants. Do you think stay at home mom's don't have anything worthwhile to say?

And who says people don't have a right to complain when the choices they make are hard? If I had six kids I'd complain to---doesn't mean I don't want them or love them and the life, but gee whiz, life is hard, it's fun to complain.

[Hulk]

I applaud her for essentially getting paid $100 in extra profit for her words. That is not only creative, but it is smart. If she can do that with additional auctions, then she is not only smart, she's well paid. Good for her.

[JDeRouen]

I hate auctions like this. I mean, sure, good for her if she can get the money, but the whole thing just seems silly. I've seen empty boxes go for $300, a tube of toothpaste for $80, stuff like that. The people that bid on this stuff... are just nuts. There's a whole weird subculture of eBay, (stuff like a "surprise in a box that could be worth as much as $10,000!" and other things like that) and I don't understand it at all.

[MegoScott]

Well, this obviously touched a nerve in the larger population, she didn't set out to become an internet phenomenon. No one can predict what's going to take off like that.

[Adam West]

This person is articulate, whitty, and clever.

I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't write an amusing book and it become a bestseller. People eat this kind of stuff up because they can relate to it on some level even if it isn't completely true or true at all for that matter.

The person who purchased the set might get some publicity out of it themselves and might even have something that would appreciate in value if the seller does indeed become a popular author that became noticed from this one auction.

Surely, there will be copycats but this particular person has a gift for writing.

If everyone remembers the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese sandwich, there were so many copycats, I died laughing at some of them like the person who took a black magic marker, drew a smily face on a peanut and claimed they found the Virgin Mary on a peanut, or the pope hat Dorito.

A few years ago, a local radio station put on a box of bolts or something stupid to prove that people will buy anything on EBAY. Of course, within an hour of mentioning it on the radio, sure enough the dumb lot was over $200.

I can't knock the seller...I thought the pink leotard auction was pretty funny and she had an opening bid of $.99 with no takers. I bet if she relisted it, it would now sell for over $100...go figure.

[MegoScott]

From her blog:

The person who won the cards was actually a friend of mine! She changed her Ebay ID so I wouldn't recognize her. She has five little ones under the age of eight and her husband is in the military so she often has to go it alone. Now she understands how a grocery trip can drive you to drink. She wanted them for posterity and for the laugh. And yes, she popped a check in the mail so Paypal wouldn't take a cut.

[kresge1]

:clap::clap::clap::clap:

[Cryptoys]

What's wrong with a mom having a blog? My wife is a very active "mommy blogger" and it brings a lot of benefits---keeps people informed, gives a context to express ideas, frustrations, rants. Do you think stay at home mom's don't have anything worthwhile to say?

And who says people don't have a right to complain when the choices they make are hard? If I had six kids I'd complain to---doesn't mean I don't want them or love them and the life, but gee whiz, life is hard, it's fun to complain.

Hey Scott, no worries. I am not trying to bash anyones hobby or fun. For me it's a little different since I work on the computer and don't read blogs or watch videos.
Because I am so different by playing on forums all day. :silly:
Jason