I thought people forged money, not toys.

BASEagle · October 24, 2003 6:40AM

I didn't know she was having an affair, either.

More ebay humor to brighten your day.

Mike

kamehameha00 · October 24, 2003 6:47AM

Had fun reading that

RGL · October 24, 2003 7:10AM

Gads, that is funny ... excuse we while I change my britches.

mgoodm3 · October 24, 2003 7:16AM

Good auction. Entertaining. Hard to know if he's being level or not. I guess you just take that chance if you bid. I don't know why any body would collect something a stupid as a stuffed animal, when they could be collecting coins.

XpipedreamR · October 24, 2003 7:20AM

You should hear what the beanie baby collectors say about us!

islemangu · October 24, 2003 7:29AM

Look at the hit counter on that auction 250,000!!! Whats the highest hit counter total on an awesome coin auction????maybe 1,000

Are we that much in the minority? or am I missing something

coppercoins · October 24, 2003 7:29AM

From day one that I heard of these things I knew it would be a passing fad, just like the cabbage patch crap. A bunch of people got raped hard on these things, and now they are trying to cut their losses. Millions and millions of these things are out there without good homes, and there's not a wise soul on earth who would pay more than a couple of bucks each for them at best. My kid has a few of them (without the damn tags) that we bought for him over time, and they now sit in his closet. A shame that there was a fake market created around these things and all the naive non-collectors of the country took it hook, line, and sinker.

As for the guy selling them - he started then at $10 - what more can I say? All he wanted was to get rid of them, and I don't blame him.

mercurynut · October 24, 2003 8:40AM

lordmarcovan · October 24, 2003 8:45AM

That's a hoot.

I have to agree with him about the sheer absurdity of fake plush toys.

I actually own one- an owl. (I collect owls on the side- sssh!)

A quarter-million hits? Geez!

He must have homepage featured that, and then everybody linked to it because it's so damn funny. In three years or so, I am barely coming up on 5,000 hits on my eBay page!

flaminio · October 24, 2003 8:49AM

For a quarter million hits, he must've been /.'d or fark'd or something. Just being passed around message boards is usually good for a few thousand, but you need some serious exposure to get that many.

danny72170 · October 24, 2003 9:16AM

I've found something strange (or maybe not). In the list of bidders, one bidder is listed as "not a registered user." Shouldn't those bid be voided? Not that it matters now that he has been outbid but might have made a difference.

EvilMCT · October 24, 2003 9:31AM

Work sucked today. I needed that, thank you.

Ken

braddick · October 24, 2003 1:48PM

What is funny is I believe this guy knows EXACTLY what he is doing ("smoke free home..." He even has the lingo down.) and is selling $2. commons with two Beanies that would be worth $2,500.00 collectively if genuine (they're NOT!).
He is selling a counterfeit Humphrey (camel) (check the eyes. Even a novice would spot it as a fake) and the blue Peanut (elephant) is a replica in a plastic box that appears to be a "True Blue Beans" authenicated holder but isn't.

No, this guy is swarmy and collected in his thoughts and deed. It's an interesting spin on selling counterfeits but nonetheless that is exactly what he is doing even while pretending not to know what he is doing.

As a side note, one of the reasons Beanie Baby collecting died a painful death as a collectible (although some of the early ones are still valuable) is due to the large amount of counterfeits and fakes that flooded the market. Coin related: I see that happening with us too, in some areas. Trade dollars for example.

I thought people forged money, not toys.

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