That pewter #9 isn't that great a deal when you can get a refurbished one on the same site for less than $1500.

Ummm, on what basis did he determine these items were the most expensive? Because they're not in most cases I checked.

Search by catergory with no search terms, arrange by price.... there are many many other items both with and without bids far above his quoted "highest".

oh, you naughty Consumerists! i know since this was posted here, you've gone over to Amazon to cause trouble.

i present Exhibit A (pewter number nine):

"I live at 999 Westinghouse Lane, and would have just bought 3 6s, and turned them upside down... but then I realized that I would STILL have the upside down mark of the beast.

So an item that should have cost $15 each, ended up costing me close to a million dollars.

A small price to pay to prevent my house from being possessed by Satan."

and Exhibit B:

"I live at #105, so my number 9 has proven of no utility whatsoever. I can't believe I sold my three children for this."

Good thing my house number has no 9s in it!

I live at address 7999.... *gulp*

The skin care under grociers points to the chocolate? Well, anyway, there's more expensive stuff out there: La Mer around $1200 for 16 ozs, and La Praire which is a bit more than La Mer.

I don't know why everybody is making fun. It IS the highest single digit. Think about it ....6...7...8...9... Where you gonna go??

Deusfaux: Mostly, I ignored things that were obvious data entry errors or test items (except the exhaust, I couldn't pass that one over), or things that were only available from their program where you can buy used things from individuals, and I skipped the "not currently available" items that sort high but don't actually provide a price. Other than that it was just a case of searching each category and ordering by price.

(But I'm confused about your mention of "bids" -- Amazon, not eBay, right?)

I guess it's time again to update my several year old list of The Most Expensive Things I Could Find on Amazon.

I started the list around 4 years ago, changing the listings as various items go in and out of stock.

I used to always list the biggest single loose diamond on the amazon jewelry section, but it inevitably would go out of stock within 2 weeks.

I always wondered if the various multi-hundred-thousand dollar diamonds were sold to real retail customers or if they were merely put back into distribution.

Hahaha, the product reviews on that house number are the best!

I'm gonna buy one at the local hardware store, then dummy the receipt and return it to amazon.com. No- Wait - I'm gonna buy 1000 of them and do that, and I will rule the world!!!

I was suprised, at first, to see that the JL421 Badonkadonk didn't make the list. I soon realized, however, that it was a bargain compared to that sweet number nine.

In for one!

Er, wait. Crap, this isn't the Fatwallet Hot Deals forum. What did you just make me buy???

I kind of want the "Goddard Replica" selling for $9,999,999. That sounds like a lot, but when you consider the fact that you're saving $2,000,000 (17%), it's a steal! Of course at $0.50 per pound, shipping will cost you $11 trillion.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NL8210/downando...

But lo! the item is no longer available from Ace? Could it be that some poor fool purchased the rare 9? Good thing there are still two left for just $1000. They must be in crappy shape...

i would like to have sole ownership to the #9...almost everything bought in this country ends with the number nine....ie $59.99, $199.99
gasoline $2.50 and 9/10........so nine would be a good number to own.........