A few moments ago the Government's eBay auction for a made-up spandex outfit belonging to a the drummer of a fake band which formed part of a £2.4m campaign by the Health Safety Executive closed.
Until the closing seconds of the auction, someone, coincidentally I'm sure, by the name of "hse-rules" was leading the bidding on £2000. The user had no buying history and just so happened to register the day after I originally wrote about the bizarre use of taxpayers money, and it was then highlighted by the Times.
However, as with all eBay auctions, there is alwasy someone on a keyboard waiting and watching for the last dying seconds to bid. As a result hse-rules was pipped to the post by macmorland with a winning bid of £2050. Like hse-rules, macmorland has no bidding history but registered back in August it seems. I imagine if macmorland is a real person he'll be upset when he finds out he's been conned.
1 comment:
August 2003, dude. Even odder that someone should wait so long, and never bid or sell in over three years.
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