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West Virginia auctioned off on E-Bay
"By Tuesday evening, with five days to go in the sale of item number 2372779353, "Entire State of West Virginia," bidders had bumped the ante up to just $1 short of $100 million.
"As an eBay consumer myself ... that's a heck of a bargain!" joked Amy Shuler Goodwin, spokeswoman for Gov. Bob Wise, who's projecting a $120 million deficit for fiscal 2005.
The seller, identified only as "fishstuffnthings," did not immediately respond to e-mails late Tuesday. Nor did "nosnam1488," who was the high bidder. "
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My favorite part was this :
"But for "fishstuffnthings," it was fun while it lasted, despite some misspellings:
"I, as emperor of West Virginia, have been appointed as steward of this sale," he wrote. "You are bidding on the ENTIRE STATE of West Virginia. Please note that this auction does not come with governing rites, nor the inhabitants of said property. You also may not change the state flag, bird, or so on. This is merely for bragging rights, or to hang a sign in your garage that says, 'I own West Virginia.' Also please note, you will have every right to succeed from the union, but that has been tried in the past without much success. I am also willing to relinquish the seat of 'Emperor' FOR FREE!" "
ORIGINAL STORY HERE
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tasadar24
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Date: January 15, 2004 @ 5:56 PM
But this is America is it not? I could put up a sign 'I own West Virginia.' anyways...
but besides that, there are some really weird people on EBay. |
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CodeWarrior
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Date: January 15, 2004 @ 6:03 PM
the funny thing is apparently, even if you could actually BUY WV for 100 million, with the state's deficit...you'd be 20 million in the hole ! |
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captdunsel
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Date: January 15, 2004 @ 9:18 PM
I wish someone would have told me this was a joke before I bid 80 million... :) |
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NiceGuy2003
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Date: January 15, 2004 @ 10:05 PM
I'd like to own West Virginia. I'd immediately sell it to Virginia and go home a laughin. |
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independentm...
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Date: January 16, 2004 @ 8:40 AM
If he copyrighted or got a patent on it first he mighta got away with it.
Shmoo
:) |
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