Check out this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=6935903307&rd=1
The title is "LOT OF PS1 GAMES MUST SELL FOUND OUT I HAVE CANCER." There are nine PS1 games, none of which are worth more than a couple bucks, but bidding is up to $66.00 right now with four and a half hours left. Maybe they're sympathy bids.
Disclaimer: I'm not making light of the person having cancer. I just think it's interesting that people would bid that much for those games. I probably wouldn't do it, but it's very generous of them, and quite commendable.
Edit: I just looked at the seller's other auctions to see if there were any big lots she was selling because she "has cancer." In this auction, she has to sell a bunch of sports cards: "I MUST SELL ALL OF MY CARDS AND MY HUSBANDS. WE ARE MOVING TO A SMALLER HOUSE. MY HUSBAND WAS INJURED IN A FARMING ACCIDENT. AND LOST PART OF THE USE OF HIS LEFT ARM."
Either this person has it really rough, or she's milking the sympathy bids, and it's working.
The title is "LOT OF PS1 GAMES MUST SELL FOUND OUT I HAVE CANCER." There are nine PS1 games, none of which are worth more than a couple bucks, but bidding is up to $66.00 right now with four and a half hours left. Maybe they're sympathy bids.
Disclaimer: I'm not making light of the person having cancer. I just think it's interesting that people would bid that much for those games. I probably wouldn't do it, but it's very generous of them, and quite commendable.
Edit: I just looked at the seller's other auctions to see if there were any big lots she was selling because she "has cancer." In this auction, she has to sell a bunch of sports cards: "I MUST SELL ALL OF MY CARDS AND MY HUSBANDS. WE ARE MOVING TO A SMALLER HOUSE. MY HUSBAND WAS INJURED IN A FARMING ACCIDENT. AND LOST PART OF THE USE OF HIS LEFT ARM."
Either this person has it really rough, or she's milking the sympathy bids, and it's working.