Ebay jokes - Page 3

Christophe · 05-18-2003, 02:35 AM

For sale on the web :

"Russian McDonald’s Hamburger Restaurant “Medal”

Approximately 2in x 2in, thin, light weight, gilt aluminum, red and blue enameled medal suspended from a red enameled pin back suspension device, bearing the Russian word “Mockba” (Moscow).
Front depicts McDonalds “Golden Arches,” (in red enamel), when closely looked it appears to be a clown face. Tiny red star and hammer & sickle on lower front.
Overall very Soviet looking. Produced in Russia, in the early 1990’s when McDonald’s was getting a foothold there.
Maker marked on backside. Front has very light scratches from handling.
A very unusual Russian souvenir. Excellent. $24.00"

Bon appétit !

Ch.

Nota Bene · 05-18-2003, 01:04 PM

Christophe,

Thanks, I really needed a goood laugh today

It's one of those that they make for tourists, same as MCLenin souvenirs. They cost only couple of cents in Moscow.

Alexei

Christophe · 05-25-2003, 05:12 PM

Seen on the Web (not e-Bay) :

250 Years of Leningrad becoming 50 Years of October Revolution !!

Ch.

HuliganRS · 05-28-2003, 03:07 PM

Seller Desc: You are bidding on what I believe to be a WWII Russian straw Hat that was purchased from an Estate Sale.

yolkin · 05-28-2003, 05:30 PM

I am not sure whether they screwed up the hat or the badge?

vikingraider1 · 05-28-2003, 06:17 PM

That is truly funny...I know the secret now...just add a Soviet cap badge to anything I want to sell and hey pretsto it is Soviet
...now where is that old West Ham shirt...?

Dave · 05-30-2003, 03:09 PM

It's not really funny, but it is on eBay, and is just sad...

I sold a nice husband and wife award group not too long ago. It was small, but the awards were there. What was also nice was that a few of the jubilee medals were there, a picture of the happy couple, and the husband's Communist Party ID book.

What's sick is that the seller split off the jubilee medals and their documents (as well as his Victory Over Germany medal with doc) and his Communist Party ID, and is selling that alone there on eBay!

Maybe I'm nuts, but I HATE to see a group get split up like that. I've offered to repurchase the group from the guy, just so he keeps it all together, but haven't heard from him yet.

I know that when someone purchases a group they can do whatever they please with it, but considering that the group has already been so far and is still together, it just doesn't make sense to split it up. I'm sure the next guy who owns the group would probably really like to have the jubilee medals with the orders.

Oh well, just venting- thanks for listening!

--Dave

Nota Bene · 05-30-2003, 05:02 PM

Dave,

I think I know this group, makes me real

Alexei

Tal Inbar · 05-30-2003, 08:10 PM

"YOU YOU ARE BIDDING ON VERY VERY RARE RUSSIAN STALIN RED ARMY AWARD ZIPPO LIGHTER. THE LIGHTER IS BRAND NEW, NEVER BEEN USED OR FIRED. THIS LIGHTER IS IN PERFECT CONDITION, IT IS EXTREMELY RARE."

Believe it or not, there IS a stupid who is bidding on it for....

$62.49 (!!) and there are two more days!
Hurry up.................

Dave · 05-31-2003, 08:29 AM

As a resolution to my above story...

The seller of the group on eBay and I corresponded, and he explained to me why he was doing what he was doing- he only collects orders and the group wasn't complete to begin with. That was understandable, but we had a good discussion and he agreed to keep everything together, more out of a favor to me than anything else. I appreciate him doing that, and respect him for that.

Until next time...

--Dave

05-28-2003, 05:30 PM	#25
yolkin Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Chicago Age: 46 Posts: 206	WOW I am not sure whether they screwed up the hat or the badge? __________________ Soviet Union is the only country with an unpredictable ... past!

05-28-2003, 06:17 PM	#26
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	That is truly funny...I know the secret now...just add a Soviet cap badge to anything I want to sell and hey pretsto it is Soviet ...now where is that old West Ham shirt...? __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

05-30-2003, 03:09 PM	#27
Dave Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Age: 49 Posts: 700	Most Reprehensible Thus Far... It's not really funny, but it is on eBay, and is just sad... I sold a nice husband and wife award group not too long ago. It was small, but the awards were there. What was also nice was that a few of the jubilee medals were there, a picture of the happy couple, and the husband's Communist Party ID book. What's sick is that the seller split off the jubilee medals and their documents (as well as his Victory Over Germany medal with doc) and his Communist Party ID, and is selling that alone there on eBay! Maybe I'm nuts, but I HATE to see a group get split up like that. I've offered to repurchase the group from the guy, just so he keeps it all together, but haven't heard from him yet. I know that when someone purchases a group they can do whatever they please with it, but considering that the group has already been so far and is still together, it just doesn't make sense to split it up. I'm sure the next guy who owns the group would probably really like to have the jubilee medals with the orders. Oh well, just venting- thanks for listening! --Dave

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05-18-2003, 01:04 PM	#22
Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Christophe, Thanks, I really needed a goood laugh today It's one of those that they make for tourists, same as MCLenin souvenirs. They cost only couple of cents in Moscow. Alexei

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Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Dave, I think I know this group, makes me real Alexei

05-31-2003, 08:29 AM	#30
Dave Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Age: 49 Posts: 700	As a resolution to my above story... The seller of the group on eBay and I corresponded, and he explained to me why he was doing what he was doing- he only collects orders and the group wasn't complete to begin with. That was understandable, but we had a good discussion and he agreed to keep everything together, more out of a favor to me than anything else. I appreciate him doing that, and respect him for that. Until next time... --Dave

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