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- primehifi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+88I bet that same item would sell for about $18.99 now................. just with $99 flat rate shipping.
- Dweller99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+70I find it somehow fitting that the first item sold on Ebay was defective.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+62This content was stolen from http://ask.yahoo.com/20060928.html copied and pasted then post to digg... tsk, tsk, tsk
- TomFrost, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39@Everyone bitching about "wearedevo"
The block button is for getting rid of spammers so you can read a topic without interruption. Apparently I'd already hit the button on wearedevo before, because all I see here are 562389jkl45 people bitching about a guy they could have just clicked 'block' on and forgotten about. So now instead of being spam free, everyone who already clicked blocked gets it just as bad from you. Kinda makes that little button pointless for us, eh? - syl1985, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34being an obnoxious little *****
- bevans, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31"What else would you use a laser pointer for?"
You could use a few of them to scare the ***** out of the Boston Police Department. - slapded, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29The very first item sold on eBay was Omidyar's broken laser pointer for $13.83. Astonished, he contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers
- punkrockxtian, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30@ wearedevo
How dumb do you think we are? Seriously... - revolvingcur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Actually, this year, he's the 32nd richest in America, with a net worth of about $7.7 billion. Maybe do some research next time.
- kaddar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I wonder how much an authentic "first item sold on eBay" would go for on eBay?
- intense321, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Hey, does anybody know how I can get an Xbox 360 for free?
- econoar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15After listing fees and paypal fees, Pierre broke even on the transaction.
- bevans, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17@intense321
Yeah, but you will need to drink deadly amounts of water and hold your.....oops, wrong system, sorry. - nayr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Ask woz.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"a broken laser pointer he had originally bought as a cat toy"
What else would you use a laser pointer for? - groceryheist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13@wearedevo
Hell yes I just blocked you! - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8And the first feedback comment ever left was:
LASER POINTER WAS BROKEN. BAD SELLER!!! AVOID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - skywake, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@wearedevo
no... you are just trying to spam...
:o - nmeadata, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Sell broken laser pointer.=>profit
let others sell broken laser pointers=>profit
=>billionaire.
How many times has someone said I wish I thought of that. - jragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I die a little inside when I see how much eBay's idea was worth, because I had a similar (but not similar enough) idea.
My idea was to get every single classified ad newspaper in America shipped to me, then I'd manually go through the ads, find matches (this person is selling a car! This person needs a car! Woo!) then I'd charge money to set them up with each other.
This was in July of 1994. If only I had figured out the internet component, had money, and my idea wasn't stupid, I too could be a billionaire. - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I don't know about the "stupid" element. Back then, add the words "over/on the internet" to any idea and venture capitalists would line up to throw cash at it. All you had to do then was keep things running until the premature IPO, then grab your "f*ck you money" and run. Maybe you wouldn't be a billionaire, but at least you'd have a nice wad of cash for your (not entirely) crazy idea.
- Br0wn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4to think now they sell towns on it.
- FSUCHEEF, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7What he forgot to say was that this was actually the second auction the first one ended with a request to mail the laser pointer to Nigeria.
- Wonderkind, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5He swindled his first customer, and no doubt he'll swindle his last.
- blankman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I don't think that's true. I read the book "The Perfect Store: Inside Ebay" and it says that the site had some people bidding on each others items, and Omydar maintained it as a hobby (called AuctionWeb at the time), but he didn't think the site would make it. When his laser pointer broke, he put it up for sale thinking it would sell for a few dollars (it cost $40 at the time). He checked on it a few days later and the bids were up to $17. It was then that he realized that Ebay was something that could really get big. I don't remember reading that it was the first item sold though. I think a few people were buying and selling on it before.
- DietMountainDew, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4My first thing was my Nvidia Geforce 5700 Ultra, sold it for $70.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I can't find it, but I recall a story where someone was in Russia for business or such. From his hotel room he saw four men sitting in a car, so for kicks, he directed his pointer into the car. As soon as someone noticed the dot, *boom* (well, not literally "boom,") the men bolted off in four directions.
- DenDen, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6"Pierre made history when he sold eBay's first item -- a broken laser pointer he had originally bought as a cat toy."
...and ebay has been nothing but broken ***** and scams ever since. - LordSnooze, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4BTW...the story about his fiancée trading PEZ candy dispensers was a popular myth.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3According to my notes, a Game & Watch game that only went for $10.50. I remember there was another listed just two days after mine and that guy got over $20 for his. :(
- BigPapi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3He's given a lot of money to Tufts and charity. His wife is a philanthropist. He's one of the richest billionaires in the world. Try thinking before you post next time so you don't look like a toolbag.
- VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2A better question would be, "What the hell does 'ebay' MEAN?"
- muffinmanpoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Good on you.
- jtrost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2his story aside, I just spent an hour reading this website. It's great, I only wish they would better document their sources.
- s0nicfreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2it is named after the Echo Bay Technology Group...
- hobbers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I bid on an item near its ending for around $125. Someone sniped it at the last second and got it for $130. The next day I bid on the same item from another seller for $120, and I won.
- kronzdigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2what will be the last?
- sarge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2still can't get that stupid pointer working!!! f'ing rippoff
- aaronm67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1oh cool, thanks, I've never paid attention to that side. Thanks :)
- HappyScrappy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would have guessed "eBay's integrity"
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2See the little stop sign after your name and when you posted - thats the block button.
- zonk3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I always heard it was his wife buying/selling beanie babies.
- waffle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wrote a review of AuctionWeb in 1997. "AuctionWeb is like a trip to Las Vegas: never bid more than you can afford to lose."
- muffinmanpoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Shelves in a store are called "bays" to retail-types, so "eBay" follows the trend of attaching "e" (for electronic?) to words to make them "internety".
Like email, eBusiness, eThis, and eThat. - tower31, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Started out selling ***** and continue to this day.....
- abalith, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Thanx a lot for the info. I dont get it.
- djskyler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0blankman is correct that this story is incorrect. The laser pointer was the first item Pierre personally sold on AuctionWeb, but the site had already been active with other auctions. I personally heard this from Pierre at his "fireside chat" at eBay Live 2005.
- hunterwildua, on 10/19/2008, -0/+0Wow, the cool things you can find on eBay these days.
Here's my favorite eBay search site, http://www.NoAuctionBids.com
I check there first before I buy anything on eBay. You can find eBay
auctions that are ending soon, but have zero bids. Now that's how to
find some bargains. - valiko75, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1a broken site "www.ebay.com"
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