Wednesday, June 14, 2006
One-Half Bagel Sells for $100
Cyberspace--One half bagel sold this week on eBay for $100. Well, it was more than half a bagel. Scrambled eggs and bacon were stuffed into the bagel, and there was a side of skillet fries. But it also sold for more than $100. One hundred dollars and ninety-nine cents, to be exact.
There's a misconception that some sickness accompanies eBaying to allow anyone to buy or sell absolutely anything. Sickness it’s not. “Allows” is true. Capitalism at its finest. If there's no market, there's no sale. Almost as incontrovertible as that is the truism if there is no marketing there is no sale.
eBay is a testament to the creativity of promotion geniuses from all walks of life! The same kind of "there is no box" thinking makes sales on street corners and byways of most of the countries in the world. "You have something I want; I have something you want"--It's the original "Let's make a deal."
Resistance? What? You don't want to buy a 10-day old, half-eaten, salmonella-ridden breakfast? You will when someone's finished creatively marketing it!
