I got ripped off because of Obama

[sr71blackbird]

Well, it was not his fault per se, but here is what happened. When he won the nomination, some guy where I work gave me the NY Times. I had heard that people were going crazy for them and selling them on eBay, so I told him I will put it up and we can split what we get for it. I am kinda new to sellin shit on eBay, so I put it up with a starting bid of $5 and a buy it now for $40. No one bought it, but there were a few bids and it finally sold for $10. It cost me $3 to ship it. Woooo
So, the day after innaguration he gives me another paper. I decide to just auction it. I put a starting bid of $5.
It ended up selling for $5.50! I got ripped! I am pissed!

[~Katja~]

how did you get ripped off? you got the paper for free, sold it for 5.50 + S&H ... makes a 5.50 profit for you in my book

[GreatAmericanZero]

Obama! Obama! Obama to yo' mama!

Obama! Obama! Obama to yo' mama!

[MacVittie]

carnies and rubes my friend, carnies and rubes

[walking joint]

someone actually bought it for $10..its not like a rare baseball card...there are thousands of them.

[sailor]

how did you get ripped off? you got the paper for free, sold it for 5.50 + S&H ... makes a 5.50 profit for you in my book

$2.50

[epo]

Obama made you sell garbage on the interwebz?

[sr71blackbird]

I got ripped off for underselling Obama related items. Better?

[instrument]

Not really.

[epo]

So a market in a recession provided you with a profit by selling garbage with the new President's picture on it.

Greedy bastard.

[sailor]

So a market in a recession provided you with a profit by selling garbage with the new President's picture on it.

Greedy bastard.

ah, but how much time did he spend on it and how much is his time worth?

[lleeder]

ah, but how much time did he spend on it and how much is his time worth?

He could have killed eight dogs in that same amount of time.

[Snoogans]

people are buying copies of the newspaper on ebay? ITS FUCKIN 50 CENTS. Just go buy a paper. Why did they just decide not to buy it that day?

[robot artist]

Obama president NAAAAAHHH!!!

[sailor]

people are buying copies of the newspaper on ebay? ITS FUCKIN 50 CENTS. Just go buy a paper. Why did they just decide not to buy it that day?

i tried the morning after the election and everything in soho was sold out by 9 am when i got there.

[SatCam]

people are buying copies of the newspaper on ebay? ITS FUCKIN 50 CENTS. Just go buy a paper. Why did they just decide not to buy it that day?

Have you bought a NYT in the last 15 years? The thing costs half my damn paycheck on sundays