<p>haHa...MarteL is being soLd on eBay! It's hilarious that the highest bid is already $75,000. I wonder if someone will really have to pay! That would be funny.</p>
<p>Here's the link:
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5569529369%5B/url%5D">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5569529369</a></p>
<p>It's bizarre that Rice University hasn't taken action yet, nor has eBay.</p>
<p>I doubt the University would do anything since it's a Willy Week jack; as far as pranks being pulled goes, this one's pretty harmless.</p>
<p>I'm the current high bidder!</p>
<p>This is too funny. Hope ebay doesn't make the seller pay the comission-- its usually a percent of the selling price!!</p>
<p>I doubt the auction will make it to completion before getting pulled.</p>
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<p>I do not think so; I have auctioned numerous items on eBay and have only had to pay the listing fee plus advertising options, such as using templates, multiple listing meta-tags, 9+ pictures, and so forth.</p>
<p>Actually, eBay charges what is called a FVF, or Final Value Fee, which, like our income tax system, is a progressive scale percentage fee on the final value of the item. For a $100,000.00 item, it usually falls around $6,000.00. I don't believe Weiss can afford that, but I could be wrong :-)</p>
<p>I did not know that; I have auctioned items at 1,000$+ and have never been charged an FVF; perhaps it just applies to items that sell for a significant sum...?</p>
<p>Regardless, whoever foots the bill is going to real upset.</p>
<p>Go take a look at your Seller's Account invoice or history. They appear without you knowing about it.</p>