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Japanese man auctions off planet Earth | The Nation
WE see crazy and bizarre items auctioned off on sites like eBay or Yahoo Auctions, every day, but this is the first time someone actually thought about selling our planet. The starting price was a measly ¥69 ($0.86), but since the auction went viral, the price has surged to ¥9,889,899,888 ($123,000,000). I still think its a bargain.
I know, this might seem like a joke to you, but its apparently no laughing matter to the seller. In the product description, its mentioned the Earth was bestowed upon the seller by God, who appeared to him in a dream. And since these are tough times, he decided to sell it to the highest bidder and improve his financial status. He lists our planet as authentic and warns bidders there is a no return policy on the item. So if you end up placing a bid and wind up owning the Earth and its inhabitants, youre kind of stuck with us.
You might feel tempted to post a prank bid on this, but the seller instructs all potential buyers to include a message expressing their serious intention to buy planet Earth, otherwise he will consider it a prank bid. And if there are too many prank bids he threatens to close the auction and start over at ¥69. In fact, he already did that once already, so please, be careful.
Japanese man auctions off planet Earth | The Nation
WE see crazy and bizarre items auctioned off on sites like eBay or Yahoo Auctions, every day, but this is the first time someone actually thought about selling our planet. The starting price was a measly ¥69 ($0.86), but since the auction went viral, the price has surged to ¥9,889,899,888 ($123,000,000). I still think its a bargain.
I know, this might seem like a joke to you, but its apparently no laughing matter to the seller. In the product description, its mentioned the Earth was bestowed upon the seller by God, who appeared to him in a dream. And since these are tough times, he decided to sell it to the highest bidder and improve his financial status. He lists our planet as authentic and warns bidders there is a no return policy on the item. So if you end up placing a bid and wind up owning the Earth and its inhabitants, youre kind of stuck with us.
You might feel tempted to post a prank bid on this, but the seller instructs all potential buyers to include a message expressing their serious intention to buy planet Earth, otherwise he will consider it a prank bid. And if there are too many prank bids he threatens to close the auction and start over at ¥69. In fact, he already did that once already, so please, be careful.
