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Why Paying 6 Bucks For A 5 Dollar Gift Card?

December 16, 2005 at 7:22 pm · Filed under Yuna

An eBay seller tried to unload his/her 5 dollar Starbucks gift card. Starting bid was 99 cents. Reasonable right?

Well, check out the winning bid here, ’cause I can’t figure out why…

If someone is smart enough to figure out how eBay works, you’d think he/she can count…

The next time I am going to place this following Ad on eBay:

An empty Christmas gift box nicely wrapped with my toilet paper. The color of the wrapping exactly matches with the beautiful falling snow! Starting bid 99 cents plus $4.95 shipping. I wonder what’s gonna happen…