Au Revoir Voice Changer...

In the last couple of weeks, Der Forkmeister got really attached to his Voice Changer. Hence his initial reluctance to taking part in the next Ebay challenge to sell the item. Besides, selling a surprising item on Ebay is fairly straightforward. But selling at a profit... forget it!

Given the difficulty of the challenge, a strategy was soon devised to breach the rules of fair play. These were based on an alliance with Eyedent by which he would bid for the voice changer to inflate the final price. Did it work? Disappointment was in the air up until the last 5 minutes of the auction, since Eyedent was still the highest bidder. What would an eye dent do with a voice changer? Claim allowances?? But then, when hope was almost lost, a new bidder hit the marketplace and offered £5.50 for the item, just 1 minute before the end of the auction (auction num. 160098273530). This was obviously the last bid, and the buyer will soon enjoy 10 new voices with which to sing La Macarena.

Der Forkmeister was quite pleased after having successfully sold the Voice Changer. He did not make a profit -£5.50 was still far below the £10.50 he had originally paid for the item-, but his losses had substantially diminished. But, huh! Soon after the sale, he received an invoice from MrEbay detailing all the charges for the sale. These included 15p gallery fee, 15p insertion fee, 75p bold listing fee, 29p final value fee, and everything times 2 for having mistakenly listed the item in 2 categories! All these events led to a shameful outcome: Der Forkmeister should go back to his origins as a fork bender. There's no glory in Ebay.