Controversial eBay Fun

Most weeks seem to go by with a normal routine of schoolwork and eBay work and all of the regular tasks of regular folk. However, there are a couple of extraordinary items in the line up that have had our attention this past week.

Norb spent much of this past week, not to mention several weeks before, on a very unusual bit of paper. Blueprints for Three Mile Island. They have been consigned to him to sell on eBay, but you must admit that they fall outside of the normal collectibles or antique piece.

He has spent hours on the phone with the NRC, TMI, and with eBay trying to do the due diligence ahead of time and get clearance before offering them up for auction.

Well, you will never guess where the roadblock is! It is eBay! Gotta love those California types, don'tcha? The NRC gave its permission, but eBay won't. Argh!

Another thing that has been in the works is a chance for someone to get their hands on something that will have a DNA sample and fingerprints from that great guy who was running for first lady, the former President Bill Clinton! Consigned to us was the bottle of water that he drank from at his podium at a speaking engagement a few weeks back. The person in charge of the event carefully removed the water bottle to preserve the fingerprints, and had included a newspaper which had an article covering the event, with a picture of the bottle sitting next to him. He also sent along a letter attesting to the events and what it is.

Maybe we are about 10 years too late, but it seems that there was a time when lots of people were interested in a DNA sample from this man. Who knows, maybe there are one or two people out there who would love to compare with their own privately collected samples.

Even with all of these dramatic consignments, there are still some fun, although less controversial, things that Norb could list without loads of red tape.

"QUIRKY - ECLECTIC "99 Cents" ESTATE SALE ON EBAY"