Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Woman Auctions Father's Ghost on eBay
Yahoo! News ^ | 12-04-2004 | AP

Posted on 12/04/2004 4:58:25 PM PST by steveo

HOBART, Ind. - A woman's effort to assuage her 6-year-old son's fears of his grandfather's ghost by selling it on eBay has drawn more than 34 bids with a top offer of $78.

Mary Anderson said she placed her father's "ghost" on the online auction site after her son, Collin, said he was afraid the ghost would return someday. Anderson said Collin has avoided going anywhere in the house alone since his grandfather died last year.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ghost
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-76 next last
To: steveo
Please help my 6 year old son find peace. In an effort to quell his fears, I am auctioning the ghost of my father (his grandfather). The winner will receive his well-used cane. I would like to ask you to write a letter after you've received the cane (and the ghost) to my son letting him know that he's there with you and you're getting along great. It is my hope that this will put an end to his restless nights. Thank you all for your help and heartfelt interest.

If this woman was only interested in her son's emotional well being, then she would simply have a friend write to the kid and say that her father's ghost was now living with them. Instead, she's exploiting her son's fears, and turning the situation into an opportunity to make some money. Based on the bidding, there's a lot of gullible people out there.

21 posted on 12/04/2004 5:31:03 PM PST by GreenHornet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: the invisib1e hand

Here's a link to Weird Al Yankovic's ebay song.

Friend of mine who sent me this once said, "I'm convinced you can sell anything on ebay".

http://www.erikasfriends.com/for_net/lj/song_for_you.htm


22 posted on 12/04/2004 5:50:55 PM PST by planekT
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: GreenHornet
i agree - by acting as if there is a ghost she is validating the kids irrational fear

I would have told my kid that Grandpa was in heaven and the Bible tells us the gap between us and the spirit world cant be spanned (luke 16:26) and dropped it at that

If he persisted I would suggest he pray to Christ, so He could pass a message along

23 posted on 12/04/2004 5:54:25 PM PST by Revelation 911 (basted with a solution of not more than 5% bacon fat and sodium nitrite to retain juicyness)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: SilentServiceCPOWife

My son played with "Dick and Ditto". They lived outside in the tree.


24 posted on 12/04/2004 5:55:38 PM PST by bonfire
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Revelation 911

Let the kid read some Hamlet:

I am thy father's spirit,
Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night,
And for the day confined to fast in fires,
Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature
Are burnt and purged away. But that I am forbid
To tell the secrets of my prison-house,
I could a tale unfold whose lightest word
Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,
Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres,
Thy knotted and combined locks to part
And each particular hair to stand on end,
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine:
But this eternal blazon must not be
To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list!
If thou didst ever thy dear father love--


25 posted on 12/04/2004 5:59:15 PM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: bonfire

"Shipping costs: US $5.00 - US Postal Service Priority Mail® (within United States) "

What exactly is being shipped ?


26 posted on 12/04/2004 6:00:30 PM PST by traumer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: bonfire

Susie seemed to come and go at will, while Itsy was always with my daughter. He was the nice imaginary friend. Susie was a brat.


27 posted on 12/04/2004 6:00:49 PM PST by SilentServiceCPOWife (In the smiling twilight of the new political morning, the unwashed told their betters to shove it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: bonfire

"Shipping costs: US $5.00 - US Postal Service Priority Mail® (within United States) "

What exactly is being shipped ?


28 posted on 12/04/2004 6:00:58 PM PST by traumer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: streetrepair

$680


29 posted on 12/04/2004 6:01:03 PM PST by Guillermo (It's the 99% of Mohammedans that make the other 1% look bad.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: traumer

The well worn cane and a bunch o' crap.


30 posted on 12/04/2004 6:01:54 PM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: steveo
My Grandmas ghost haunts my grandfather's apartment right now as we speak.

No, she aint for sale.

31 posted on 12/04/2004 6:08:18 PM PST by lowbridge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SilentServiceCPOWife

Dick and Ditto were always together. Our son tells us now (he's 24) that they were bad! (btw, my son is STILL wierd!!)


32 posted on 12/04/2004 6:08:25 PM PST by bonfire
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: Eaker; pax_et_bonum; Flyer; humblegunner; Xenalyte; stevie_d_64; thackney; dix; ...

Ghost & assuage ping.


33 posted on 12/04/2004 6:10:49 PM PST by TheMom (Hell yeah!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: steveo

What's the SH charage?

;)


34 posted on 12/04/2004 6:12:22 PM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: steveo
There's not a ghost of a chance that I would ever bid on something like this.
35 posted on 12/04/2004 6:13:46 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (This space for rant)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: traumer

The cane. And it's my guess that the bidder is going to "stiff" her.


36 posted on 12/04/2004 6:18:59 PM PST by stevio (Let Freedom Ring!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: stevio

Only in America... That's why the world hates us (US)


37 posted on 12/04/2004 6:21:15 PM PST by traumer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: Revelation 911

Your suggestion is much better than mine.


38 posted on 12/04/2004 6:27:44 PM PST by GreenHornet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: steveo

but if you are intending to buy this as a gift for a loved one at Christmas, HOW does one wrap it?


39 posted on 12/04/2004 6:36:10 PM PST by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kirkwood

Kirkwood wrote:


If ebay lets her sell this, I know where I'm going to get rid of some ghosts from my past.





Heck.

I've got some skeltons in my closet that I'm willing to part with for cheap!

Not to mention the bats in my belfry or the toys in my attic!



:-)


40 posted on 12/04/2004 6:39:25 PM PST by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-76 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson