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The Grilled Cheese Madonna and 99 Other of the Weirdest, Wackiest, Most Famous eBay Auctions Ever

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I heard about this book and originally intended to make it a gift for a friend but I ended up keeping it for myself. We have been passing it around the family and everyone is getting some pretty good laughs out of it. It's funny how a book about Ebay auctions is so hard to put down, particularly by the non-Ebayers in the family. I highly recommend this book to keep around the house / gift for anyone / or for those in love with modern pop culture.

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.

I found out about this book from someone posting a link to it on my website! When I saw that I knew I just had to have my own copy! I bought it on Amazon, And started to read it as soon as it arrived. I love the book! I think Mr. Cihlar did a brilliant job to show the true eBay celebs and not the "self-Proclaimed" wanna-be's! It's awesome that Mr. Cihlar put together ORIGINAL auctions that were first brought to eBay by the original sellers. The funny part was that so many have copied each of these auction ACTING like they were the first one to think of it! What a crazy world we live in! I have been selling on eBay since 1997 and have seen many sellers call themselves EBAY CELEBRATIES. The title came from THEM giving that title to themselves! Begging for members to watch them, to notice them to buy stupid items from them. This status was not earned , it was created by the sellers. Knowing all this I felt it was a pure pleasure to read about the REAL EBAY CELEBRITIES that created auctions with original ideas!!! I highly recommend this book! Blessings, Danna .. <>< .. .

If you are looking for the great American novel this is not it,,,,but if you are looking for a fun read with wry humor that comments on pop culture this is it. It is much more than just a rehash of famous ebay auctions,,,nice commentary and insight with a touch of humor. You will enjoy this whether you are an ebay addict or have never looked at it.

I recently got this book as a gift and absolutely loved it. You will never beleive some of the crazy things that people have sold on eBay. I found the book to be well written and full of interesting information about the world's largest auction site. I continue to share these unbelievable stories with my friends & they always get a big laugh out of them. I highly recommend buying the book for yourself or as a gift. Enjoy!

What a wild book. I recommend it for anyone who has ever laughed or been surprised at a news story (hello Britney's pregnancy test!) about something being sold on eBay. You don't have to be an eBay fanatic to enjoy these stories (I've never bought anything on it myself) of what people won't sell, and better yet, who buys them and why. This is a VH1 special waiting to happen!

I received this book as a gift a couple of days ago and havn't had a chance to read more than a few pages myself due to the fact that it's always in someone elses hands!! It's the ultimate coffee table book if there ever was one! I just ordered 10 of them as future gifts for friends and colleagues- perfect present to have on hand for any occasion! A lotta fun!!

I just picked up this book this week and read through it immediately. The stories in this book were interesting and amusing and will make for great conversation starters. I had heard about a couple of the sales that are talked about here on the news or in email forwards before and they were more amusing the second time around. I am not an ebay addict, i have bought & sold fewer than 10 things there over the years so you don't have to be consumed with ebay, as some people i know are, to enjoy this hilarious book.

This was a quick read of quirky eBay auctions. This book was part eBay users manual on how to create infamous auctions and part catalogue of some of the strangest items ever put up for sale on the website. It got a bit redundant after a while when it seemed that all these notorious auctions were pulled before the final sale due to controversy or questions of legitimacy or ethics. I'm not an eBay user, but I'm sure anyone who is part of that community will really enjoy this book.