Daniel85

Less than a week in business and I'm already relying on eBay for most of my posts. Shame, shame, shame.

Anyway, check this out:

Batman Logo Cheerio 

If you read the item description, the seller fucking lied. The item title says it's a Cheerio, but it's actually a Nutri Grain. (What's the spelling of Nutri Grain anyway? One word? Hyphenated?) Now, as a longtime eBay user, I know that sellers often throw misleading words into the item titles to attract attention (like 'rare' for comics that had print runs of several million only ten short years ago, or 'awesome' for Pete Murray CDs), but come on- Cheerios? Do they really think 'cheerios' is a big search term on the eBay? Probably better off going with something more general, like 'cereal'.

And they're charging $6.00 for postage, which is ridiculous. You could wrap this in some bubble wrap and put it in a $0.60 envelope, for sure. I guess the seller is just trying to pad some profit, cos he knows that if he does actually manage to sell this, it'll only be for the starting price of 99 cents. Surely there aren't two people in this world stupid enough to bid on a vague approximation of the Batman logo in cereal form? 

This caught my eye as I cruised eBay this morning:

THE PHANTOM - 15 Inch HANDPAINTED PLATTER BY MONKEYS 

As it turns out, 'Monkeys' is Monkeys of Melbourne, maker of terribly tacky platters and, I can only assume, mugs.

Now, if the platter had actually been painted by monkeys, I would have been all over this auction, but without primate involvement I think I'll pass.