Ebay: ¡¡ REAL ABSINTHE FROM FRANCE !!

[Wild Bill Turkey]

Found on ebay...¿Too Good to be True?

[Derrick]

Item Specifics:

 

Condition: New

Brand : Budweiser

Vessel Type : Insulators

Era : Modern (1900-Now)

Vessel Use : Fruits

 

WTF?

[jcbphd]

eBay has strict policies on the sale of alcohol. All of these conditions must be adhered to:

 

· The value of the item is in the collectible container, not its contents.

 

· The container has not been opened and any incidental contents are not intended for consumption.

 

· The item is not available at any retail outlet, and the container has a value that substantially exceeds the current retail price of the alcohol in the container.

 

I fail to see how this listing is not in violation of all of these policies.

[Absomphe]

Found on ebay...¿Too Good to be True?

 

Eye, eye, Cap'n!

[Pan Buh]

I was hoping maybe they'd offer free shipping to Europe.

[cocktailchronicles]

Hold on -- this one's been "distilled in the fabled Loire Balley of France" --

 

How green was that balley?

[Wild Bill Turkey]

Drink enough of it and you get that special "Balley High".

[Gwydion Stone]

Ouch.

 

I thought it was stupid when people tried to sell absinthe on ebay that you could get cheaper online. Selling what you can buy here??? I'll laugh my ass off if this guy has to sell that thing for 30 bucks and shipping.

[OMG_Bill]

Somebody's going to be pissed very soon. Neener neener neener!

 

It's up to $81 now.

[Absomphe]

A bidding war between Mike, and the Mechanic?

 

Is it ebay, or is it VH1?

[fée époussetée]

They say that there is a sucker born every minute

 

they must all bid on ebay I guess.

 

$81 plus 30 for the shipping that we get free for our $61.99 bottles

[dakini_painter]

Remember, the value of the collectible container is worth more than the alcohol contents inside.

 

 

And there's 3 more days left to bid!

[Wild Bill Turkey]

Auction Cancelled.

 

But you can still bid on a DVD set of the first season of Grey's Anatomy. So there's that...

[jcbphd]

Good work, to whomever was instrumental in shutting that one down.

[Gwydion Stone]

I reported the auction and sent messages to the bidders.

[fée époussetée]

I did the very same

 

I was only able to contact one user before ebay blocked my contact abilities. Oh well!

[TheSixthRing]

You're a good man, Hiram.

 

Et tu, fee. Hillsboro? I was born there.

[Wild Bill Turkey]

étoufée?

[fée époussetée]

Et tu, fee. Hillsboro? I was born there.

 

I can't say the same.. I hail from the Seattle/Tacoma area. I suppose its all the same though, we are all born with webbed toes!

[baubel]

Innsmouth?

 

 

There's a Hillsboro here in NM. They are more Lovecraftian down there than any town should be.

[Absomphe]

I reported the auction and sent messages to the bidders.

 

Killjoy.

 

I was gonna go $175.

[Fixedspiral]

Here's another...

 

...well it might as well be. Maybe I should start selling $60 bottles of Lucid for more than twice that on ebay...

[Mat B.]

Ah, another wonderful e-trend to help commodify everything. Years ago I saw a man selling a coconut shell full of chest hair. It had got one bid. The tragedy of e-commerce.

[Pan Buh]

Caveat emptor. When queried the seller could not produce authenticating documentation that the coconut shell was in fact filled with chest hair. I took my business elsewhere.

[Mat B.]

Pan you just made my day. My co-workers have no idea right now.

[Absomphe]

My favorite was the ancient mummified rat.

 

It went for quite a bit, as I recall.

 

They couldn't fool me concerning its age, though.

 

I'd already eaten its cousin's legs at KFC, and that meat was too fresh to be archaic, unless it was Rahtzi, the legendary Ice Rat.

[Trid]

Here's another...

 

...well it might as well be. Maybe I should start selling $60 bottles of Lucid for more than twice that on ebay...

 

Holy crap...as of this post, it's up to $125

 

Idjits...all of 'em.

[AlyssaDyane]

I am so tempted to send a message to the two bidders who are bidding hot and heavy on it.

[Brian Robinson]

It should be done by someone. Along with a report to ebay themselves regarding the violation of the terms.

[AlyssaDyane]

Well, I reported it.