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Mon, Oct. 17, 2005
eBay bidders head for rehab
Lizzy Graham Forget Kate's cocaine addiction - that's sooo last season, darling.
The in thing at the moment is to check into the Priory rehab clinic for help getting over your eBay addiction.
"Addicts fear it is taking over their lives as they spend hours glued to their computers," reports the Daily Star.
"Addiction expert," David Nott, is wheeled out to shed some light on the bizarre claims.
"Many are recovering drug or alcohol addicts looking for another way to get their high. They are looking for a buzz and there's a rush of adrenaline when someone posts their last bid and waits to see if someone out bids them." But at a reported £500 a night, the Priory must be more expensive than most eBay addictions. False logic if you ask us. The classic signs of addiction include a broken mouse, caused by clicking the 'refresh' button 23 times a second, hurling random abuse at the inanimate computer screen, and being able to recite your credit card number on request at speed. Rushing to the letterbox to collect the post every morning is also common.
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Tue, Dec. 21, 2004
Unclaimed treasures sell for $16,180 on eBay
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A state collection of abandoned treasures sold on eBay for $16,180 after a weeklong auction. Bidding for the items that included jewelry, silverware, pocket watches and antique currency ended Monday at noon. The state treasury department put items from 20 forgotten safe-deposit boxes on the Web site Dec. 13. The highest bid was $3,151.01 for a gold pocket watch purchased by a bidder in Israel, the department said. That offer was one of about 500 bids on the 20 Kentucky items, which were auctioned after sitting unclaimed in a state vault for three years and at banks for at least seven years. Overall, the items sold for about 75 percent of their appraised value of $25,000, which was more than expected, Treasurer Jonathan Miller said. The online auction was a first for the state treasury, which had previously sold unclaimed property at a live auction in Frankfort. The proceeds, which tallied about $14,000 after fees were deducted, will help secure the state's affordable prepaid college tuition program, Miller said.
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