He's Selling the Earth!

Greetings from Ajax! How's it going, eh? We made it...though we're still fighting the 11 hour (now 12 hour) time difference. Grab yourself a coffee and a virtual treat before you're owned by the Japanese. Yup...you heard right.

We see crazy and bizarre items auctioned off on sites like eBay or Yahoo Auctions, every day, but this is the first time someone actually thought about selling our planet. The starting price was a measly ¥69 ($0.86), but since the auction went viral, the price has surged to  ¥9,889,899,888 ($123,000,000). I still think it’s a bargain.

I know, this might seem like a joke to you, but it’s apparently no laughing matter to the seller. In the product description, it’s mentioned the Earth was bestowed upon the seller by God, who appeared to him in a dream. And since these are tough times, he decided to sell it to the highest bidder and improve his financial status. He lists our planet as “authentic” and warns bidders there is a “no return” policy on the item. So if you end up placing a bid and wind up owning the Earth and its inhabitants, you’re kind of stuck with us.

You might feel tempted to post a prank bid on this, but the seller instructs all potential buyers to include a message expressing there serious intention to buy planet Earth, otherwise he will consider it a prank bid. And if there are too many prank bids he threatens to close the auction and start over at ¥69. In fact, he already did that once already, so please, be careful.

So, like...why does he think he owns the Earth, eh? God said he does, huh? Anyone could say that. You can't sell what you don't own! Where's his deed of ownership? I'd want to see that before I put in a bid - not that I'm planning on doing so. Too many weird people living here - you and I excepted, of course. 

Gotta go! I'm running on battery here because I've got the wrong plug on my adapter. Have to stop at The Source tomorrow and pick one up. Meanwhile, nap time coming up before the jet lag catches me nodding off at the computer.

See ya, eh!

Bob (Z.z.z.z.z.z.z)