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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Celeb / Breaking News Sage Advice Re: Buying That Spangled Glove on E-Bay

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:07 PM

The Better Business Bureau would like to remind you not to be an idiot.

USE CAUTION WHEN BUYING MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORABILIA
Value of Items Could Only Be Sentimental

DuPont, WA — June 30, 2009 — Immediately following the announcement of Michael Jackson’s sudden death, enterprising individuals began selling memorabilia online to take advantage of the increased demand. Better Business Bureau warns that...the currently inflated prices for many items will drop over time.... by the morning following his death almost 20,000 Michael Jackson-related items and memorabilia were for sale on the auction Web site. Items included autographs, gloves, posters, newspapers and even a Cheeto which supposedly predicted the death of the pop star.

...Because the value of collectibles is largely dependent on how rare an item is, mass-produced commemorative items are not likely to appreciate in value.

With regard to celebrity-death-predicting Cheetos, can't we just leave it at caveat emptor? Doesn't the Better Business Bureau have better things to do?

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Fnarf 1
It's pretty hard to top the 60-odd people who bid up a VG+ copy of "Thriller" (40 million copies) to well over a thousand bucks right after he died.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on June 30, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Griffin 2
I want to see the Cheeto.
Posted by Griffin on June 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Will in Seattle 3
Sweet - I'm going to make a mint on that signed MJ CD.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on June 30, 2009 at 1:02 PM
4
Any business that needs to say it's better, isn't.
Posted by bretwalda on June 30, 2009 at 1:35 PM
5
Mmm, this reminds me of those stories of medieval relics of the True Cross. Apparently there were enough in circulation to make up an entire forest. Caveat emptor, indeed.
Posted by arts&letters on June 30, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Reverse Polarity 6
I, for one, am glad the BBB is being so conscientious as to warn me about death-predicting Cheetos.

Thanks, BBB!
Posted by Reverse Polarity on June 30, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Will in Seattle 7
Don't use cheetos with MJ's glove.

Especially the glow in the dark kind.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on June 30, 2009 at 2:02 PM
The Amazing Jim 8
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
Posted by The Amazing Jim http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=100000076496291&ref=profile on June 30, 2009 at 3:46 PM

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