- eBAY is short for founder Pierre Omidyar's company "ECHOBAY"
- The first item sold on eBAY was a broken laser pointer; price was $14.83
- In 2012, eBAY generated sales of $175 Billion
- The most expensive items sold on eBAY:
1909 Honus Wagner Baseball card; price was $1.2 Million
The town of Albert Texas was sold $2.5 Million
Lunch With Warren Buffett cost $2.6 Million
Gulfstream II private jet was sold $4.9 Million
Frank Mulders's GIGAYACHT was sold $168 Million
- Things you cannot sell on eBAY:
Human body parts
Enriched Uranium
Ivory
Nazi Memorabilia
Cuban Cigars
Souls, Ghosts or similar intangibles
- Handbags sell every 3 seconds!
- Women's clothing sells every 5 seconds!
- Men's clothing sells every 2 minutes
- Weirdest things sold on eBAY:
cornflakes shaped like illinois, $1,350
The original Hollywood sign, $450,400
Elvis Presley's backwash, $450
William Shatner's Kidney Stone, $75,000
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