Piece of Glass Staircase From Apple Store Auctioned Off on Ebay
February 23rd, 2010
In a ridiculous attempt to cash in on fanboyism, eBay seller heylookitskibbe tried to auction off a piece of the spiral glass staircase from the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. One glass stair. Check that: one cracked glass stair. The starting bid: $200 (USD). The buy it now price: $2500. Surely no one would take up the offer!
But of course, the house that Steve Jobs built has its zealots: two people actually placed bids, at $250 and $300, for the stair. But for some reason heylookitskibbe ended the auction prematurely.
I guess it’s not too outrageous to assume that someone did buy the damned thing outside of eBay. It’s worth noting though that the seller claims that the 250-lb. glass stair is originally worth $10,000. I don’t know how much a cracked one is worth though.
[via TUAW]
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I love how there’s a whole story up there about how it was broken by some idiot who dropped a Snapple bottle on it. Like that’s supposed to make it worth more than any other broken piece of glass. Now people are going to go around to Apple stores dropping bowling balls on the stairs while their buddy waits underneath to collect the spoils for eBay profit.
Hmmm…A broken stair? I think i’ll pass. I guess that’s the kind of junk you see on ebay which is why i don’t use them in the first place. I’ll stick with Sellbits.com. Much Better!