Toy Bender

I’ve been watching a lot of items on eBay lately and I ran across one that was sheer madness. A Batman toy collector was attempting to sell his vast collection of 63 Batman figures with a starting bid of 40 bucks. The real kicker here was that he had set the buy it now price for 999.99.

I understand setting a “Buy it Now” high in the hopes of some rich guy buying your item at a higher price than you might otherwise get, but why set it so ludicrously high that no one will ever pay anything close to that amount? As my roommate Shawn said, “He’d be lucky if he gets 62 dollars for them.” And Shawn was dead on because the auction expired with no bidders.

To make this even more hilariously bad, the seller had no pictures of any of the figures. Instead he wrote this:

This is a MEGA auction for my complete Batman Collection. I dis not post individual pics of each item however I am giving a detailed description.

I completely agree. Why would I even want to see what I was purchasing when instead I can have a huge block of text that’s almost impossible to read? His statement was followed with this enormous chunk of text:

I have perfect feedback and am trustworthy. Please ask any questions before purchasing. All are in mint condition unless noted. 1. Batman Garden of Evil (Batman, Robin and Posion Ivy Figure) K Mart exclusive 2. The Batman Catwoman Comic Con Figure Green Jade 3. The Batman Penguin First Issue Figure 4. The Batman Batcave Playset 42″ Tall 5. The Batman Bruce to Batman Figure 6. The Batman Bane Figure 7. The Batman Firefly Figure 8. Batman TAS Bruce Wayne Figure 9. Batman Adv. Creeper Figure 10. Batman TAS Killer Croc 11. Batman TAS Mr. Freeze 12. The Batman Man Bat Figure 13. The Batman Selina Kyle Figure 14. The Batman Ultimate Defender Batman 15. Batman Returns Catwoman Figure 16.Batman & Robin Jungle Venom Poison Ivy 17. Batman TAS Penguin Figure (Eng / French Card) 18. Batman Adv. Ras Al Ghul 19. The Batman Riddler Figure Diamond Exclusive 20. Batman Adv. Mad Hatter 21. Batman Adv. Crime Solver Nightwing 22. Batman Adv. Crime Fighter Robin 23. Batman Adv. Detective Batman 24. Batman Adv. Force Shield Nightwing 25. Mask of Phantasm - Phantasm Figure 26. Mask of Phantasm - Decoy Batman 27. Mask of Phantasm - Total Armor Batman 28. Mask of Phantasm- Jet Pack Joker 29. Batman TAS - Bane 30. Batman TAS - Riddler (Eng / Fr Card) 31. Batman TAS - Riddler Figure 32. and 33. Batman TAS Catwoman (2 figures) 34. Batman TAS Two Face Fgure 35. Batman TAS Two Face Figure ( Eng / French Card) 36. Adv. of Batman Harley Quinn Figure 37. Mask of Phantasm Phantasm Figure (yes another one) 38. Batman TAS Man Bat 39. Batman Duo Force Batgirl Figure 40. Batman TAS Dick Grayson 41. Batman TAS Poison Ivy 42. Batman Combat Belt Batman 43. Batman Penguin Figure (MINT MINT) RARE and yes another one 44. Batman TAS Clayface 45. Batman Robin with yellow glider 46. Batman TAS Scarecrow 47. Batman Adv. Mad Hatter Figure 48. The Batman 3 pk (Clayface Ventriloquist and Zipline Batman 49. The Batman 3 pk (Mr. Freeze Poison Ivy and Criminal Capture Batman 50. Batman TAS Turbojet Batman (Figure card is not mint and is coming off the card) 51. The Batman Batgirl 52. The Batman Killer Croc 53. The Batman Crazy Cut Up Joker 54. The Batman Metal Head (box is in fair condition) 55. The Batman Ice Blast Mr. Freeze 56. The Batman Temblor 57. The Batman Riddler (second issue) 58. The Batman Clayface (ethan head variant super RARE) 59. The Batman Shadow Tek Killer Croc 60. The Batman Shadow Tek Killer Moth 61. The Batman Hammer Strike Joker 62. The Batman Mr. Freeze 63. Softcover book of Batman TAS by Paul Dini (In used condition but excellent condition)

This guy should be a part of the an elite eBay team so he could show other sellers exactly how not to run an auction. I say make your greatest weakness your most powerful strength. That’s why I use my less than incredible nerd powers for the benefit of the world.

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