eBay insanity

I would guess that all the high bids were just people joking around, especially when it got way up in the thousands. The view count on that auction was WAY high so I suspect the info about it had traveled quite widely. Why the people doing the joke bidding would risk their eBay reputation on such nonsense, or why the auction lister would do so, I have no clue. Not all the participants were new members signed up for that purpose - even the lister had considerable feedback. -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Freiherr Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:50 PM To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: eBay insanity Yes, saw that here, too (around December 2000), and a version in French showing adhesive tape for a similar purpose. What makes me wonder is, why do people bid high $$$ on this nonsense - or are they going to sue him for not including the phone from the picture? (I didn't see a note like "cell phone not included"...) Andreas Chad Fernandez wrote: -- Andreas Freiherr Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany http://www.vishay.com