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The Grilled Cheese Madonna and 99 Other of the Weirdest, Wackiest, Most Famous eBay...
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by Christopher Cihlar
Sales Rank: 918682
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$4.95
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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Broadway May 9, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076792374X
ISBN-13: 978-0767923743
Product Dimensions:
7.3 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
Product Description
For sale:
The state of West Virginia
Britney Spears’s Pregnancy Test
A Spare Kidney
Bob Dylan’s Childhood Home
The World’s Longest French Fry
Black Betsy
The Meaning of Life
There is only one place you can get all of these under one roof. In addition to being one of the world’s largest retailers, eBay is also home of some of the most notorious, creative, and just plain weird items to ever hit the virtual auction block.
This comic celebration of the spirit of free enterprise brings together the full stories of one hundred of the most hilarious eBay auctions ever. From the “Ghost in a Jar” auction that recorded more than a million page views, to the woman who auctioned off her virginity before eBay shut her page down, to the saintly grilled cheese sandwich said to portray the face of the Virgin Mary and contain special powers, to the man who modeled his ex-wife’s wedding dress, sold it for more than three times its original purchase price, and received several marriage proposals to boot, this book chronicles the listings that have made the site such an integral—and entertaining—part of our culture. The Grilled Cheese Madonna is a salute to capitalism in its most ridiculous form.
About The Author
Chrisptoher Cihlar was born in Northampton, MA. He holds a Ph.D. and a M.S. from Cornell University and a B.A. from Georgetown University. He was formerly employed by the not for profit that runs eBay's charity giving function MissionFish. He currently resides in Kensington, Maryland with his wife Kalinka and their one year old son Shay.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Frankly I read this book - a gift from a semi-warped friend - expecting some cheap thrills and a few laughs. I got plenty of both. However, I didn't expect such a well-written, insightful look into just why these crazy auctions "work." Moreover, author Chris Cihlar has put some creative energy and novel thought into modern American promotion, and in doing so gave me some new ways to think about my own future marketing of "normal stuff" on eBay. But the book is mostly a lot of fun to read and there's enough substance to read it more than once - especially if you like to laugh out loud. P.T. Barnum would have loved this one. I can't wait to see the movie.
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The Grilled Cheese Madonna and 99 Other of the Weirdest, Wackiest, Most Famous eBay...
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