What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen being sold on EBay?

A paddle game, and a chair, and a remote control, and matches, and a thermos.

My ex’s nudes. I totally wasn’t the seller bro

Nothing really, but Weird Al's eBay song was a banger.

This:

Vger interior filming model

If you’ve ever seen Star Trek: The Motion Picture, there’s a scene where Spock goes inside Vger’s memory and mind melds with it. This was the shooting model used during filming. Outside of a matte painting, it looks like a giant grey vulva. Someone had it on Ebay in the early 2000’s for a ridiculously low starting bid, something like 200 bucks. I love the movie so I almost bid on it. Now it fetches tens of thousands.

I legit saw an opened pack of football cards for sale for $9.99 , I was perplexed. Not an opened pack with cards in it, no , just the plastic wrapper.

In the early days of ebay, there was a weird fetish where people would sell something with a reflection - like a polished stainless steel coffee pot.

They would post a picture of it, but the reflection was of the seller in the nude.

It couldn't be a mirror, because that would be too obvious.

It took a moment of looking at the picture to realize "hey, that's a naked chick reflecting in that coffee pot."

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Yes, it was a recognized phenomenon, often dubbed "reflectoporn", where eBay sellers—accidentally or intentionally—captured their nude reflections in shiny items like toaster ovens, mirrors, musical instruments, and computer screens. These images ranged from unintended mishaps to deliberate, sometimes exhibitionist, actions aimed at attracting attention.

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