Your Strangest Thing

[Zen]

The last post in this thread
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=25597
made me think.
What was the strangest thing you've ever bought off EBay?

I will confess to buying a Spirograph

[snapdragen]

I bought a Scooter Stand for my laptop...OH WAIT!!!! I bought a Hello Kitty Rhinestone Necklace!!!! It's beeyoutifull.




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[Becky]

I just bought a "salsa screen" for my food strainer. It's tomato sauce-making time, and doing it by hand (blanching, peeling, seeding, etc.) is for the birds. However, the puree screen makes sauce that's too thin for my taste, hence the salsa screen.

I'm continually amazed by what you can buy on Ebay.

[OakLeaf]

Five tubs of my favorite hair putty. After it was discontinued, I couldn't find ANYTHING remotely comparable. Some guy in Canada apparently bought up a warehouse full of the remaining stock.

I use it so sparingly that by the time I'm through the five tubs, I'll probably have found the nerve for that buzz cut I keep talking about

[Aggie_Ama]

I have only bought two things and neither were very strange:

Chocolate candy labels for my wedding
Park Tool Toilet Paper Holder (wait that was Craigslist)

How about the strangest thing sold on Craigslist/Ebay? I sold my used kitchen sink. We got a better one free from my uncle, pulled the cheapo builder one out and sold it. I thought it was weird to be able to sell a used sink.

[redrhodie]

I bought a very strange pair of Marimekko pants, black capris with white writing all over them (going in a horizontal direction), for $0.99. So not flattering. I'd have to be another foot tall to carry them off.

They are kind of cool though, so they hang next to my vintage '70s teal ultrasuede shirtdress that I've also never worn. It actually looks good on me, but my lifestyle hasn't seen the right event for this. Not a big disco scene here.

[7rider]

I never bought or sold anything on E-Bay.

How about the strangest thing sold on Craigslist/Ebay?

I sold a 100 amp breaker box once on CL. DH was amazed that anyone would want it. And an old toaster oven that worked fine, but had a broken handle.

I gave away a few things, too: a light post, a broken CD player (kept skipping), a busted shop vac, a busted washing machine. People like to fix up the strangest things. But at least they stayed (temporarily) out of the landfill.

[withm]

Well it might not be the strangest thing, but I got a Cyclops fluid trainer last year for $100. Now at the rate I've been actually using it, it's down to oh maybe $20/ride? OUCH! It's just that I have to move so much furniture to use it - I'd rather bundle up and ride outside. I really need a bigger house.

[dex]

Well it might not be the strangest thing, but I got a Cyclops fluid trainer last year for $100. Now at the rate I've been actually using it, it's down to oh maybe $20/ride? OUCH! It's just that I have to move so much furniture to use it - I'd rather bundle up and ride outside. I really need a bigger house.

That reminds me. I ordered a CyclOps magnetic trainer from eBay last year, but the seller accidentally sent me the Fluid2 instead. Given the weight of the item, they decided it was less hassle to let me keep it than to send it back to them and then send out the right one. Score!

[teigyr]

Dex, you have a gift with being sent the wrong item Maybe I will have you do my ordering for me.

I've bought some Italian movie posters from films by a director named Dario Argento. I have attempted to buy a snow globe with a scene from Fargo in it. I wanted the leg sticking out of the woodchipper because I remember when it was sold with the movie and I didn't get it. D'oh. I still don't have it.

[dex]

Dex, you have a gift with being sent the wrong item Maybe I will have you do my ordering for me.

It's so true! My friends tease me about it quite a bit, actually.

(It happened again today. I came home to find a package of stuff I'd ordered last week from a UK based store. They put an extra set of bottom bracket cups in the package. I'll contact them tomorrow to see what they want to do about it.)

[badgercat]

Making costumes is one of my hobbies, so I've bought a lot of random stuff (wigs, shoes, stockings, other accessories), but on its own none of it is too off-the-wall. Probably the oddest individual item was a cheap red fedora hat that had a blue sequin band and feathers...

...but I ripped the sequins and feathers off, replaced it with a plain black fabric band, wore it with a red trenchcoat, and was Carmen Sandiego for Halloween.