Desperate Teens Sell Themselves On eBay

[matcom]

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. --Looking for a little extra spending money, two college-bound teenagers decided to sell a week of their time to the highest bidder on the Internet auction site eBay.

The teens hoped for fortune and adventure, but got neither. When the auction closed Monday, the teens learned the winning bidder -- a St. Joseph resident -- had offered a mere $246.50 for their services.

"I'm kind of disappointed, but it's money," said Chris Pullen, 19, of St. Joseph. "I think it was exciting while it lasted. But it's still money, nothing to be disheartened about."

Pullen said fellow Central High School graduate Chip Davis suggested the idea.

"I was like, 'Dude, that's tight,'" Pullen recalled of his reaction.

Under the heading "Buy us for one week to do those tedious tasks you hate!" the teens posted their pictures on eBay with a minimum bid of $1. Bidding began on July 29.

While the auction was under way, friends asked the teenagers if they worried about who would win their services.

"I didn't care who won," Davis said, "as long as we didn't have to clean someone's sewers or something. That wouldn't be too exciting for a whole week."

But the teens' enthusiasm waned as days passed with no new bids.

"It wasn't too terribly exciting since the winning bid was made four or five days ago," Davis said. "It was anticlimactic at the end."

Davis has e-mailed the teens' future boss, but the details of the work arrangement haven't been reached. Because the teens are headed off to the University of Missouri this weekend, the work week might be split up into seven one-day sessions.

"I don't think I'll do it again," Davis said of the experience.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/08/10/desperate_teens_sell_themselves_on_ebay?mode=PF

[sniffa]

1. pffft!!

:spray:

i eagerLy await the LocaLs picking up on this idea.

[sasquatch]

2. That would only work if you were a hot female

:P

[Fenris]

3. "I was like, 'Dude, that's tight.'"

:rofl:

[ET Awful]

4. Shit . . . if I'd known that, I would have bid and made them move

my apartment.

[sasquatch]

5. Are you moving to a pet friendly place?

[ET Awful]

10. Cat friendly, not dog friendly.

So, yeah, partially pet friendly :)

[Heidi]

6. That's just sad. They're gonna work 40 hours each

at $3.08 per hour? I know times are hard, but they should have gone into this venture with much higher minimum bid.

[Gato Moteado]

7. guess they didn't know about putting in a reserve amount

nt

[Heidi]

9. Some folks have to learn the hard way, I guess.

I hope their "job" isn't counting change or figuring timecards for a business.

[sniffa]

8. oh, and no pics!!?

:wtf: