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July 06, 2005
A Master Salesman Tries His Craft on eBay
I was surfing eBay the other night looking for...well, I wasn't really looking for anything. Somehow I managed to stumble across an auction for an old Donald Pleasance movie entitled Puma Man. (Pleasance was perfect as Dr. Loomis in the Halloween films.) As of this writing, the film has received zero bids. After reading the seller's disclaimer, you'll know why. Please tell me that the guy was drunk when he wrote the following. Otherwise our educational system is in even worse shape than I thought!
PLEASE READ THE BELOW SALES TERMS DON'T BUY IF YOU DON'T AGREE
These all came from a video store owned by a family member that went out of business , some have cases almost all don't there are a lot of them !!! I only play them for a little bit to make sure they play some don't have vhs faces , the really old ones the glue seems to fall off if its in the case I'll TRY TO LOOK FOR IT and try to make sure you get it , they almost all have stickers for rental either security or 3 day rental they are all old movies hardly any new stuff. Some of these have no labels at all and I have to play them to see whats on the tape so those will have masking tape across the front to identify them. There is no guaruntee on this stuff which is why the starting bid is so low , I'm only making sure they play for about 5-10 minutes.My living room is swallowed up by u-haul box hell right now with no ryhme or reason to the contents of the boxes so don't email asking for particular titles I'm entering them as I get time.This lady collected movies from everywhere !! Ebay , internet , yard sales , people off the street , theres some trash (exercise hunting videos) and there some really weird stuff I couldn't even find info for !!Some of this stuff is like " Wow they made a movie about this??" check the other stuff and enjoy , I'm relying heavily on IMBD for movie plots and other info and recomend you also check there to find out more info.
So I get a video that may not play for more than five or ten minutes and that video is labeled with a piece of masking tape? For this, you charge a minimum of $10.99 ($5 for shipping and a minimum bid of $5.99)??? In the words of a former high school dean, "Good luck, buddy."
Comments
Maybe this is less of an eBay auction and more of a performance art piece or a social experiment.
Posted by: The Attractive Nuisance at July 6, 2005 08:47 PM
It's because of things like this that I'm not a betting man. I mean, some people can do and say really stupid things. You’ve got women lining up to marry prisoners who’ll never again see the life of day (is there something I’m missing about those conjugal visits?), male football players, female football players, cheerleaders, and really inconsiderate and grammatically challenged assistant principals. And that’s even without leaving thinkingfool.com. I have either less cash than the thinking fool or less of a desire to give my money to those people with no brains and no qualms. Why should I give my money to those who should not be procreating? Unless the money goes to the noble goal of eliminating them from the gene pool, I find it just counterproductive.
Posted by: NYU Jew at July 6, 2005 11:35 PM
NYU Jew,
Lest you fret, I wouldn't purchase anything from the eBay guy even if I got the item for free!
Posted by: fool at July 6, 2005 11:54 PM
Thoughts that come to mind:
1) Did he knock over a Blockbuster?
2) Is he just copying tapes onto VHS blanks and selling them?
3) Did you know that in Canada when you buy a blank VHS tape, a royalty gets paid to the Motion Picture Association of America? (I learned that today.)
4) I don't know who this "attractive nuisance" is, but she's funny.
Posted by: Marshall at July 7, 2005 01:26 AM
