AN Australian larrikin has failed in his bid to sell New Zealand for a bargain-basement price on eBay.
The country was described in the ad as having "very ordinary weather" and bidding opened at one cent.
A generous bid of $3000 had been entered by the time the eBay realised the problem and stepped in to say New Zealand was not for sale, the Associated Press reported.
More than 22 bids were received before eBay, which describes itself as selling "mostly household items", pulled the plug.
"Clearly New Zealand is not for sale," eBay Australia spokesman Daniel Feiler was quoted as saying.
"It is mostly household items we have for sale, but there are the occasional quirky items put up," Mr Feiler said.
"We have a look at them and if they are OK we leave them, but if it is something that can't be sold, we take them off."
2 comments:
does that mean i dont get my $3,000 back?
Yeah ,sorry,but you can have 3 NZ sheep as compensation
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