You can buy used flip flops on eBay for $7.99. We don't recommend it, despite the fact that they are from "a smoke-free home."
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tip of the iceberg, really:
www.disturbingauctions.com/daily/
oh, theyre just rainbows. thats what they look like when theyre worn in. plus, you just have to break em and send em in. new free pair. yay lifetime guarantee!
My grilfriend sold used flipflops on ebay. Although they were very lightly used, got them and after a few days didn't like them. They sold.
@danger the pirate: I thought Rainbow doesn't cover normal wear and tear, just defects like a blown out thong.
Wow. I thought the picture here was merely for humorous illustration. I didn't think they were the actual flip-flops. Yeesh.
I prefer using good old fashioned Good Will to dispose of my old thongs
Considering the first thing sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer, I guess there really is a market for anything!
egads...that's absolutely criminal.
Used flip-flops! Now with complimentary plantar wart for FREE!!!!
Eeewwwww! I've seen the most disgusting ads for used shoes on ebay. I kid not, reading like,
"Very well thrashed flip flops"
See for yourself. They have the same for the nastiest tennis shoes you've ever seen. Sort of what bums wear. These are sold to weird people with nasty shoe fetishes.
You can buy used ANYTHING on E-Bay, some of which I wouldn't dare mention.
But just because you can, that's by no means saying that you SHOULD.
I once tried selling dirty socks on Ebay (I was bored... and felt like experimenting). They were removed, since they are considered "used underwear", the sale of which is forbidden by Ebay. I also tried selling a week old half eaten Little Ceasars pizza, which was also removed without explanation.
I'm guessing that these kinds of things (auctions for used footwear) are common and appeal to your everyday, run-of-the-mill foot/women's shoe fetishist.
Who ever said Consumerist has useless stories...
unfortunately, they only have one.
That's as pointless as taking a hamster to the vet -- some things in life are made to be disposable.
@Radi0logy: Haha now anyone who asks "Why s ths n Cnsmrst??" We can just link to this one and say "Hey, atleast its not this one."
@eccsame: Yep, this registered high on the freakmeter to me also...
Remember some folks reading these blogs were not old enough to be online back in 1990s when Ebay was exploding and had all manner of used and unwashed apparrel from head to toe listed for auction.
lol.. "Happy Bidding"
Should I blow out candles, too?
So gross. $7.00 for used ones or get some brand new ones at WalMart for $3.00. I guess you pay extra for the funk.
If I remember right, you can't even donate used footwear to Salvation Army due to hygiene issues. At the one I went to they wouldn't take them.
@meechybee: That's uncool - if you love the animal, it's worth a trip to the vet. I've got 4 rats that I treat as if they were cats or dogs. Animals are not disposable.
@HIV 2 Elway: When you said "blown out thong", I pictured a fat man in a Speedo. THAT's going to take a while to forget...
I don't get it can't you buy cheapy flip flops like that brand new at the store for less than that and their not full of 3 sedimentary layers of some unknown persons toejam? -Brain malfunction-
I love shopping eBay (usually) but there have been times I've fallen out of love with the concept when I've seen what's for sale there. Years ago, I saw that people actually sold homemade treats on eBay, like cookies or whoopie pies or whatever.
One particular listing showed a kid holding a plate of the particular treat that was offered for auction. This kid really looked funny, in an "unfortunate genetic syndrome" kind of way.
The idea of purchasing food that a stranger had baked in her home grossed me out as much as the idea of buying used sex toys. Or underwear.
Ick. I don't know if eBay now restricts the sale of food. I hope so.
@jfielder23: eBay's strict on food sales. The lady who sold the Indiana corn flake a while back had it pulled-she was able to successfully relist by auctioning a coupon redeemable for said flake.
I think what's worse is buying a used wetsuit from Craigslist. I remember seeing an ad for one while looking for a new surfboard, and it said something like "new, barely used MT 3/2 wetsuit, only peed in once!"
Why s ths n Cnsmrst?
Slf-dsmvwl FTW!
In all seriousness...there's some nasty stuff on eBay. Wasn't it a few years ago that some guy was selling his toenail collection?
@meechybee: I took my canary to the vet. poor thing was at deaths door and couldn't make it over threshold. PETS are NOT disposable.
At one time I read an article (probably on Consumerist) where used socks were going for big dollars on eBay for folks with that kind of fetish. Willing to always make some extra cash I was tempted to empty out the socks drawer....but then I couldn't bring myself about to do it.
Those thongs were as bad as some shoe's I've seen. At least there was truth in advertising here.
Someone should bid like a half a million dollars just for the lulz.
@3skr1mad0r: I worked in admin at a charity, it costs a fortune every year to get rid of stuff that people donate thinking they're still useful. Stuff like cooking pots with food burned into them, shoes held together with duct tape, used (and not washed) underwear..... Very scary when we had to help out with donations at the store. Please please please if you're going to donate, remember the basic rule. If you wouldnt give it to your mom or your best friend, please don't donate it, you end up costing the charity instead of helping them
You know ebay user gus2323, if you don't give me a used pair of flip-flops, I could totally trash your seller rating.
@BWoodle: When mine look like THAT, I like to use the good old fashioned TRASH CAN to dispose of them!
That is it, the next cold I get, I am going to save all of the used tissues I collect, call them "Virus Antibody Tissues" and pay gor my kid's college education!
@Ausoleil: Actually, they've banned some of the classics. I knew an amiable lady who made a nice pile of change back when you could still sell used underwear.
@Telekinesis123: Not all flip flops are cheap. I have some amazingly comfortable ones that I am going to mourn for when the eventually wear out. However, the pair in the article does look like a plain old cheap pair.
What is worse, the nasty sandals or the high shipping price of the sandals? $7.00? Really?
There's a community of foot fetish buyers on ebay. A girl can make a killing with her stinky very small or very large shoes.
*headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*