Glass Stair from Apple Store up for Sale on eBay
Posted By Kaushik On February 22, 2010 @ 9:48 am In Humor | No Comments
The internet is a giant collection of the odd, the strange and the completely weird (not to mention the WTF-inducing). That being said, eBay [1] is the place where random oddities [2] are auctioned off on a daily basis. In the past, shrunken heads, lawn-mowed grass and even a subliminal message maker (!) have been sold on this website; though many of these claims are debatable. Nevertheless, a current listing spotted by Gizmodo [3] has a giant cracked glass stair [4] from an Apple store [5] up for sale.
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eBay user heylookitskibbs [7] picked it upafter the store replaced it. Why? Because he figured that one day he will be able to sell it on eBay for a whopping $2500.
It’s from Apple Fifth Ave. in NYC. They have a huge spiral staircase you can see here: http://images.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/images/fifthavenue_gallery_image4.jpgThey [8] replaced it with a new one after a customer dropped a snapple bottle on it and cracked it. I picked it up before it could be thrown out over a year ago, figuring it’s a collectible. When these are new, they cost 10K to buy from the German glass-makers. So, since it’s cracked I figure it’s worth at least $2500, considering the steps are all custom ordered.
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Can’t pay $2500? Well, the starting bid is $700, so you can get it for less via the auction. Happy buying!
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[1] eBay: http://ebay.com/
[2] random oddities: http://everythingelse.shop.ebay.com/Weird-Stuff-/1466/i.html
[3] spotted by Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5476997/broken-step-from-apples-new-york-store-on-sale-at-ebay-for-2500?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)&utm_content=Google+Reader
[4] giant cracked glass stair: http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Glass-Stair-From-Apple-Fifth-Ave-Spiral-Staircase_W0QQitemZ110497982754QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19ba316922
[5] Apple store: http://www.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/
[6] Image: http://cdn2.techie-buzz.com/images/postimg/GlassStairfromAppleStoreupforSaleoneBay_11D66/image.png
[7] heylookitskibbs: http://myworld.ebay.com/heylookitskibbe/
[8] http://images.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/images/fifthavenue_gallery_image4.jpgThey: http://images.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/images/fifthavenue_gallery_image4.jpgThey
[9] Image: http://cdn2.techie-buzz.com/images/postimg/GlassStairfromAppleStoreupforSaleoneBay_11D66/image_3.png
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