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Appalling auction
Bay News 9 ^ | January 31, 2005 | Chris Hawes

Posted on 01/31/2006 7:01:30 PM PST by amdgmary

A local hospice wants to know who is trying to sell Terri Schiavo's hospital gown on eBay.

The eBay listing claims the gown was owned by Schiavo, the Clearwater woman who died 13 days after being removed from a feeding tube last year after a long court battle.

Most people watched the saga of Schiavo's life and death and saw families hurting. But somewhere in America, one person watched and saw the chance to make a buck.

The listing popped up on eBay Monday with the title, "Terri Schiavo's hospital gown."

The seller claims the gown was worn by Schiavo during the years she lived with severe brain damage. The description goes on to add: "The winner of this macabre auction will also receive the feeding tube that was Schiavo's lifeline during her final days."

The listing was removed from eBay Tuesday morning, but by then hundreds of people had seen it.

"When I first heard about this this morning ... so incredibly tacky," said David Gibbs, the attorney for Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler.

Gibbs said he's concerned by the seller's claim the gown was first bought from an employee at Woodside Hospice House in Pinellas Park, where Schiavo passed away last March.

"We will definitely want to know the origin of something like that and we're glad it's been removed from eBay," Louise Cleary of Hospice said. "Any employee who did anything to violate the privacy of our patients and the policies regarding patients would be dismissed. It's just not tolerated."

Some good news in the upsetting story is that eBay reported no one bid on the items.

George Felos, the attorney for Schiavo's guardian, her husband Michael Schiavo, said his first impression is that the sale was a hoax. But it's already proven painful for the Schindlers.

"It's just an added level of hurt for a family that dearly loves Terri," Gibbs said.

Felos said he will wait to see what Hospice does before making his next move.


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KEYWORDS: ebay; euthanasia; florida; hatefulchristians; hospice; terripalooza; terrischiavo; thepassionoftheterri
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1 posted on 01/31/2006 7:01:33 PM PST by amdgmary
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No doubt Ebay yanked it double-plus quick.


2 posted on 01/31/2006 7:04:09 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: 8mmMauser; BykrBayb; TheSarce; russesjunjee; Ohioan from Florida; cyn; tutstar; Halls; Sun; ...

Ping. Ebay listed Terri's nightgown and feeding tube for sale on their site. The items were later removed from ebay.


3 posted on 01/31/2006 7:05:41 PM PST by amdgmary
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Ebay removed this item from their site.

4 posted on 01/31/2006 7:07:11 PM PST by amdgmary
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>> "Any employee who did anything to violate the privacy of our patients and the policies regarding patients would be dismissed. It's just not tolerated."

It is, however, perfectly acceptable to kill one of our patients if you clear it with Judge Greer.

5 posted on 01/31/2006 7:08:40 PM PST by T'wit (You wonder why there is so little news on Sunday mornings? The leftist news fakers are asleep.)
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Ebay This listing (#7741425981) has been removed or is no longer vailable.


6 posted on 01/31/2006 7:10:06 PM PST by amdgmary
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To: amdgmary

Michael?


7 posted on 01/31/2006 7:10:59 PM PST by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: amdgmary

Info on this very sick ebay seller:

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=teyla13&iid=


8 posted on 01/31/2006 7:11:30 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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I hope Ebay suspends the seller's account. This person is twisted!


9 posted on 01/31/2006 7:18:50 PM PST by amdgmary
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"It is, however, perfectly acceptable to kill one of our patients if you clear it with Judge Greer."

You got it!

10 posted on 01/31/2006 7:23:34 PM PST by amdgmary
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To: PetroniusMaximus; amdgmary

I found the following by continuing on the link PM provided. The formatting isn't so great, but if you follow each piece according to the heading, you can figure out that this eBayer is probably from the Tampa area. I doubt it would take much work to actually track this person down, if someone at Woodside really wanted to. I expect very little follow up on their part.

eBay Member User ID History
The box below contains the User IDs that this member has used on eBay.
User ID Effective Date End Date
teyla13 Aug-02-03 Present
*******@tampabay.rr.com Mar-09-00 Aug-02-03
eBay hides parts of User IDs with "*" to protect member privacy.


11 posted on 01/31/2006 7:28:19 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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There was an earlier thread about this today for any who are interested.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1568837/posts


12 posted on 01/31/2006 7:30:33 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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"There was an earlier thread about this today for any who are interested."

Thank you!

13 posted on 01/31/2006 7:35:51 PM PST by amdgmary
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To: Ohioan from Florida

Could be an interesting thread. They're talking about putting Ted Kennedy's liver on Ebay, if anyone needs a doorstop.


14 posted on 01/31/2006 7:44:46 PM PST by T'wit (You wonder why there is so little news on Sunday mornings? The leftist news fakers are asleep.)
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I saw those posts. I must admit I was a bit surprised to see people who claim to be "over" Terri posting there. I wonder why they follow a topic so closely if they had really "moved on". Rusty drapes come to mind.


15 posted on 01/31/2006 7:48:50 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: amdgmary

Completely revolting. People complain about us discussing her murder, and some turd tries to sell her nightgown and feeding tube?!??


16 posted on 01/31/2006 8:03:19 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl ("The Less You Have...The More They'll Take"- bf)
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To: T'wit
Could be an interesting thread. They're talking about putting Ted Kennedy's liver on Ebay, if anyone needs a doorstop.

How about a shot put??? No wait, that's my liver....

17 posted on 01/31/2006 8:07:29 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl ("The Less You Have...The More They'll Take"- bf)
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To: amdgmary

Some people are clearly sick in the head!!


18 posted on 01/31/2006 8:17:23 PM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping List Freepmail me if you want on or off this ping list.)
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To: Nightshift

ping...


19 posted on 01/31/2006 8:17:48 PM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping List Freepmail me if you want on or off this ping list.)
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>> How about a shot put???

That made me laugh out loud, just the image of it -- there it goes, 61 feet, a new Harvard record! They could give him a shot glass as a trophy :-)

20 posted on 01/31/2006 8:21:08 PM PST by T'wit (You wonder why there is so little news on Sunday mornings? The leftist news fakers are asleep.)
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