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- Snowcat, on 10/12/2007, -19/+159in auction listing about payment: "NEVER SEND CASH!!!"
Then how is the seller going to send out the auction item....? - CasualAffair, on 10/12/2007, -6/+119YOU CAN TURN ONE JR BACON CHEESEBURGER, INTO TWELVE JUNIOR BACON CHEESEBURGERS!
Together, we can end world hunger. - JavertHolmes, on 10/12/2007, -5/+94"AKA how stupid people are in the world."
The "stupidity" is all relative.
To some people, paying millions for a large yacht when you can get a condo of the same square footage for much less is stupid.
To some people, paying $15 more for a special edition of the same game with a $0.10 action figure and a $0.50 paper poster is stupid.
To some people, standing in line 24 hours to order a game system you'll be able to get three months later is stupid.
To some people, buying certain types of clothes you know will be out of style within a year is stupid.
To some people, paying $200 for an entree that's only marginally better than a $28 one is stupid.
To some people, buying a new car that'll lose 10% of its value as soon as you drive it off the lot versus a car that's a year old is stupid.
Finally, to some people, paying $12 for a bill worth $1 that happens to be symmetrical is stupid.
We're all a bit "stupid" when it comes to purchases revolving around what we enjoy. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+97You do realize that people collect money, right? And that some of the most valuable money is valuable because of DEFECTS in printing, stamping, and ***** like that? Considering that, what makes you think this oddity should be any different in value from every other oddball piece of money with numismatic value?
- Sp4nk, on 10/12/2007, -9/+89Hi. Welcome to the Internet.
- snypa, on 10/12/2007, -2/+70A pub full of very sad people if they found this funny.
- yournamehere, on 10/12/2007, -5/+47the number on the bill is the same if it's upside down.. that's the only 'big deal' about it. might be good for a few laughs at a pub. that's about it.
- fuggo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38I'd pay 11.18 for a bill with a serial number like that.
It'd have to be at least a twenty though. - memetomancer, on 10/12/2007, -4/+38lame. the novelty of the serial number constitutes a 'value added' characteristic. does enjoyment of this novel feature make a person stupid? certainly not. does getting excited and insulting about it on teh intarweb make a person stupid? you betcha!
- skyhighrockets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35You have to admit, its pretty cool that its the same upsidedown and reverse. Not your everyday bill, I'd say.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+36I really don't see the big deal about this. Sure it's stupid to most of us; Because we don't collect currency as some people do.
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29No *****, if he ironed it, he could have gotten $15 at least.
- mutabi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31You would think he would at least straighten those dog ears out!
- lgc90, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26or $600 for an xbox 360 POSTER.
- poopsmith, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25I wonder how many people went thumbing through their wallets after reading this.
- Aliasing, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26It's anagramic and palindromic, reads the same from every direction.
If I'm thinking about this correctly there should be 256 possible $1 bills that do this. Four possible anagramic numbers (0, 1, 8, with 6 and 9 making up 50% of a single digit possible options each), with 4 digits possible, assuming palindromic mirroring. If you assume total number of bills is equal to a total of 99999999 serial numbers; I'm really not sure, but I gather it is less than that amount, which means fewer then 256 which makes it rare if your into that kind of thing. - Spikito, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23well not anyone can do this, its a unique serial number, i myself am a coin collector, on many occasions ive paid more than face value for currency, but its not like ill pay $12 for just any ole dollar bill.
- Aruna, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20It's worth $11.18 to somebody.
- carebearwarrior, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19That's a pretty sweet serial number though. Dunno if it's worth $12 though.
- EXreaction, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Well, not as funny as those morons who bought PSP boxes for over $200...yes, only the box...nothing else...
But I will have to look for something like this in the future...some idiot might buy it... - kalleanka, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20@lsdeath
But he didn't put the joke inside -tags, so it can't possibly be a joke. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Hey, as a coin and currency collector, I *never* leave a cash register without checking my change. You find all kinds of stuff.
One time an ATM was giving me $10 star notes - crisp and IN SEQUENCE! I dumped out my account, went around the corner to the coin shop and sold them for $12 each, redeposited, waited for it to clear, tapped out my account again in $10s (as many tens as I could get per transaction, anyway). That was a wonderful day.
Google "star notes". They're another serial number rarity. - fcuknu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15What dont you get about it? Do you not get the fact that i you turn it over THE SERIAL IS THE SAME. Whoa... sick. Some kind of twilight zone stuff there.
- darkdaedra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Digg took away my [joke] tags because I used HTML brackets. Just digg this comment and my above one down. I will languish in the shame that follows from a witty comment gone awry.
- carbonetc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I took a look at my coin pile and noticed I had a Mercury Dime.
Too bad it's not one of the one's that's worth anything.
Unless someone wants to buy THE dime mentioned on the infamous Digg.com! - Aliasing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I prefer to think it's more like three partially submerged psychics in a precrime lab.
- drizek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9honestly, i would pay a few bucks for that thing. Its pretty cool 12 dollars is hardly a lot of money.
- eberts, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13Winning bid shoulda been $11.11.
- fareed, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9That would be because the people bidding on eBay are the same as the ones on digging on Digg.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Doesn't surprise me people would pay $12 for $1, the government spends 3 cents for 1 cent.
- Theodorant, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Yet 450+ Diggs. Go figure.
- aaron.dunlap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You know, I thought this auction was pretty stupid too, until I saw that he had included a photo of the dollar bill upside down. That pretty much sold me.
- adstretch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6plus shipping...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I used to collect coins. I know that star notes (When that long number has a star at the end of it) are worth a few extra bucks and they're fairly common. I find one about every two weeks. It's not bad though, since you're trading money for money :O.
- Hindu_Wardrobe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I was just thinking about how you could make zillions by selling a dollar on ebay for 90 cents. Stupid people will start bidding, and it'll get to over $1 in no time.
- Aliasing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Reductio ad absurdum
- bdrydyk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm totally with you dude, I hate the idiots who are interested in things I'm not interested in!!
- darkstar949, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5If I recall correctly the serial numbers are reset every so many users based upon the series number, so there are a few bills like that out there. However, you are correct, it is a relative oddity and I would be willing to bet that the equivalent serial number on a much older bill - say late 1800's - would command a significant premium to a collector over the "normal" bill from the 1800's
- NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I thought that said turn $1 Billion into $12. Whoever is on the winning end of that deal, it's not you.
Must be the compounding service fees. - CeilingTiles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Anyone notice the article has more Diggs than the auction does views...
That and isn't it illegal to scan currency? - lcornell, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6P.T. Barnum was right.
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Scroll back, "Aliasing" already did.
- rdotson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I wonder how much my old US Dollar "Silver Certificates" are worth now?
- ElMoselYEE, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4well that was deceiving...in this auction the $1 bill is obviously worth $1. no one is gonna buy this and be like...oh damn i thot it said $100 bill =/
- darkdaedra, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7"But he didn't put the joke inside -tags, so it can't possibly be a joke."
@kalleanka - I fixed your comment. I didn't quite feel like all the subtlety of humor had been lost yet. ;-) - griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hmm, money for sale, never heard of that.
Go to ebay and search for:
Mercury Dime
Buffalo Nickel
Indian Head Penny
Or better yet, still an hour left to get in on an auction for a $500 bill currently selling for $1100
http://tinyurl.com/y5yatz - Kazenodeku, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4As strange as it sounds, those bidders possibly know what they're doing.
I know of quite a few radio shows that have done "dollar contests"- if you have some funky-serial-number dollar bill fitting their description (same upside down, has "XXX" where XXX is the radio station name, has a word, etc), they'll give you a prize. Mostly concert tickets, sure, but worth more than 12 dollars if you want to see it.
Just saying there are possible real reasons for this, as absurd as it is. - MackPrime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3not much
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3damn, wish I saw this earlier, I would've bidded $13. Now have to contact the buyer to buy this rare dollar bill.
- JamesWyatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I just might bid on it & find the Virgin Mary on it, and put it back up on ebay to get profits!
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