Finally, after months of anticipation I have finally had a semi-intelligent thought and decided on the first article to grace the torrid pages of my little whole on the net will be something of interest to everybody, kids, adults and everything in between included. Hence I introduce you all to "Top 6 Stupid Ebay Auctions Of 2004". These are the auctions that have made us laugh, cry, and slap our heads in disbelief that people would sell/but this shit..

6./ Being somwhat topical here is the first auction, the sale of a Starion,

Nothing strange about the sale item, after all, people sell cars on ebay all the time.. The thing that makes this auction unique is the pitch, the pitch for this auction is a wife, who is selling her husbands car (is that even legal? I assume she doesnt have title to it) becasue she is sick of it sitting on the lawn, due to kids, other commitments etc the car is going up for sale. Why she feels the need to show her laundry to the world at large is not revealed, and although at first glance this auction seems quirky and funny we are introduced to this articles first SPITE auction. The spite auction is quite simply something sold out of anger and this mediocre example hangs onto last place purley becasue of its relevance to the rest of the site.

5./ E.T the movie has had many tie-ins over the years, from McDonalds drinks cups and towels to coffe mugs and underwear. But acording to the folk on ebay the newest E.T tie in is nutri grain.

If you have ever wanted to own nutri-grain that looks like E.T you no longer have to buy nutri-grain from the shops, why when you can pay $10 for the example shown above. I'm not sure who started the E.T nutri grain craze but it seems that it's everywhere now, why just today I was sitting in the galley looking at a box of nutri-grain and E.T was staring back.... why won't he let me sell him? remember people, E.T is our friend. This is what I like to call a "food based look-alike" auction, examples of which may look like anything from elvis to the eiffel tower, but very rarely like other foods.

4./ Back in may the world was in uproar, was is Guantanamo bay? Was it global warming? No, it seems Larry Star was selling his ex-wife's wedding dress. The wedding dress itself was quite ordinary but sold for a whooping $3850US and gained him radio interviews, spots on TV, wedding proposals and 15 minutes of international fame.

This is another example of the spite auction, Larry hated his ex wife, he posted the wedding dress up for sale (with pictures of himself wearing it) and was catapulted to fame as his auction was getting 800 hits per second. Later it was revealed that he took several liberties with his description of the sale, there was no sister, there were 2 ex wives, it appears that all he wanted to do was make a quick buck and wear a wedding dress in public.. who's the bigger ass? Larry or the public?

3./ The most profitable auction in this collection would be the Ghost Cane, this auction should be fresh in your minds as it only occured in early December and like some of the other auctions here, gained a huge amount of momentum due to the media, in fact as much momentum as to sell for $65,000 to an online casino. Then again, why wouldn't they buy into something with that much great publicity?

The metal cane in question was said to be haunted by the ghost of a kindly old man, the grandfather to a 6y.o boy who felt that by selling the cane, the ghost would leave also. In fact, the seller never claimed the cane itself was haunted, rather, that it was the 6.y.o who belived this and all that she was selling was the cane, ghost not included.. This is your typical haunted item auction, Im sure there have been thousands of auctions like this beforehand and more to follow (I saw a haunted jewlery box on ebay just the other day).

2./ "The ebay grinch". Just before christmas a Pasadena man put up his childrens' presents up on ebay, a Nindeno DS and a full assortment of games was offered up for auction as his children had misbehaved during xmas and wouldn't stop. After several threats of selling the item on ebay the man acted and offered the items up for auction. Another classic spite auction this one distinguishes itself by it's relevance to events of the time (christmas)....

1./ And the top auction of 2004, the grilled cheese madonna (come on, who didn't see that one coming). It sold for a paltry sum of $28,000 to the same casino that purchased the haunted cane. The grilled cheese sandwich is said to be 10 years old (altho this is as yet un-verified by carbon dating) and in perfect condition other then the bite taken out of the corner.

It became an overnight success story, attracting media and church attention; pulling bidders in from across the world. The hot topic of the pre-christmas season I am sure you will agree the madonna sandwich is something that will be retold to generations untold. "Back in the summer of 2004, there was a sandwich, but not any ordinary sandwich, oh no! this one contained grilled cheese and a little miracle"....

And that brings an end to the first article on here.. I would have reviewed more, there are stupid auctions appearing on ebay every single day, but these are the ones that made 2004 such a memorable year. :)