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Item from the future on sale at ebay
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Posted By:
Myst
Mar 03, 2005
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The weird ebay sales have gotten pretty ridiculous lately, but I thought this one deserved a spot here in the Museum of Hoaxes forum.
Current bid: US $340.00
Time left: 9 days
10-day listing, Ends Mar-12-05 22:02:10 PST
I am from the future. Item number: 5562742387
You are bidding on a chance to add one line of dialog to any character in my screenplay. Since I am trying to sell the screenplay, I must approve the dialog. You obviously get to read the screenplay.
It has nothing to do with the future list. Since I am from the future, I already know who will win this auction. Your ingenious line brought my script to the next level and made you 1 Million dollars in royalties alone. A Plush doll with your likeness turns into the national icon for Brazil.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5562742387&isPrinterFriendly=1
I have a screen shot I will post later, I need to stitch it together. It was too funny to not capture the whole page including the questions from other buyers.
Update:
Screenshot of auction, click on thumbnail to view. This is a rather large file, sorry, any smaller and no one would be able to read it!
<a href="http://img3.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc266&image=cd9_ebay.jpg" target=_blank>http://img3.imagevenue.com/loc266/th_cd9_ebay.jpg</a>
Category: eBay; Replies: 7 |
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The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 | 10:35 PM
If he already knows who will win the auction and what line of dialogue will be submitted, why does he need to approve it first?
I also want to see if this <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5562742387">direct link to the auction</a> works. The software that runs the forum automatically turns urls into active links, but for some reason it gets confused by urls with question marks in them. |
Myst
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 | 11:10 PM
Thanks, Alex. I wasn't sure how to do a direct link when I posted this.
I will get the screen shot put together this weekend. I have to head off to dreamland pretty soon and tomorrow I need to go out of town.
I think future visitors might get a kick out of it, and of course by then the auction will be gone. |
Myst
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 | 11:15 PM
The current bid on this has got to be a hoax!
Current bid: US $25,100.00 |
Sharruma
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 01:29 AM
There are three kinds of people in the world
Clever people
Stupid people
People who bid on ebay |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 07:28 AM
They removed it, I was really wanting to see that!! |
Nick
in Merrie Olde Englande
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 | 10:10 AM
no, there are five types of people
Clever people
Stupid people
People who bid on ebay
People who can't count |
Myst
Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 | 05:14 PM
There you go, Stephen, now you can read it! :cheese: |
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Note: This thread is located in the Old Forum of the Museum of Hoaxes.
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