I know that goes without saying, but here’s a great example of the madness of the mob.
The British Divers Marine Life Rescue are auctioning the watering can that was used to keep the Thames whale[1] wet on Saturday. Now I don’t have a problem with that. All of the money raised will go to the BDMLR and will offset the huge sums of money that they spent on the rescue. That’s all fine.
But how much do you think the auction will raise? As I write this entry they have had 120 bids. And the current winning bid is £9,000. Nine. Thousand. Pounds. For a plastic watering can. Ok, it’s been on the telly a few times, but what are you going to do with it? Put it on the mantlepiece so people can talk about it? Or are you going to stick in the shed and use it as a watering can?
Here’s a link to the auction. I dread to think what it will have reached by now.
[1] And despite what the Sun says, the only place where I’ve heard the whale called “Wally” is on the front page of the Sun.
Update: Ok. People are taking the piss now. It’s currently (Jan 24, 22:30) standing at just over £99,000.
Update: A lot of the larger bids have been withdrawn. It’s currently (Jan 26, 13:30) at just over £10,000.
Well, these kind of auctions are more about drumming up interest in the charity. The auction process is just a way for people to donate and help promote the charity. I really don’t think it represents the bidders estimate of the actual value of the item at all.As for Wally, I’d not heard the name used until I read this post and the ebay question. XFM decided to christen it Steve. Random, but I liked it.
I wish I could be bothered to make a BBC spoof of this too. But I can’t.
It’s £112,000 as I write, but more importantly there is an extra £5 postage to pay.
Hi there,I have got 2 water cans, would they be worth more than £100,000 a piece.Lets see if we can spot the dickhead
Here we go again.Just been on eBay, and some clever bastard is flogging bottled Thames whale water, and guess what? There are 5 sad bastards actually bidding on it and this would be about 2 in the afternoon with just over 9 days to go before the end of sale.There is over a 100 miles of the Thames to play with ( it goes all the way to Gloucestershire )and they want to pay for the water that I wouldn`t even think of playing with let alone drink it.Again it goes to prove just how many intelligent people there really are.Snigger snigger, chortle chortle.I am trying not to laugh ” honest “