There's a new site that I quite liked the idea of, www.lastminute-auction.com where, basically, this search bot crawls over ebay looking for things that have less than an hour to go and are priced at less than a buck. That's a neat idea for buyers--the sellers might not be so thrilled, however, as that means they have to either a, start the price higher, b, set a reserve, or c, do what this POS scam artist is doing which is sell a crappy little MP3 player for $.98 and hope they get a bid with no reserve. Why, you might ask, would they want to sell their amazing electronic hunk of junk for less than a dollar? Well, that's because apparently, the shipping/handling and insurance costs a total of $80.
My guess is that this is a really kick ass piece of hardware that is, unfortunately, being shipped from Mars. Hey, they have to meet expenses, right? A Martian has the right to earn a little scratch too, no?
