Ebay has been holding a "doorbuster" sale where the first person to find select items "hidden" in Ebay's listing has a chance to purchase that item for $1 which is a good deal considering the items can be a new flatscreen TV or a new corvette.
Apparently some programmers wrote automated scripts to find the deals and effectively won the majority of the doorbusters. However, not all of these scripts were written precisely enough. Per http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/12/ebay-users-say.html
Bids placed by scripting tools are now so widespread that some eBay auction sellers pulled pranks in recent days and began inserting the word "Holiday Doorbusters" into their descriptions so automated tools would be tricked into purchasing them. In one case, a member sold several $1 pictures of his pet with this warning:
"This is picture I took of my cat with my Cannon Powershot Camera after she overheard that people where using scripting to purchase HOLIDAY DOORBUSTERS items on eBay. Not responsible for poor scripting techniques."
This is hilarious! Too bad I didn't think of it!
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That is funny. Serves those automated meanies right.
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