Beyblades eBay Auction

Beyblades eBay Auction

Updated Aug 17, 2018 at 07:58AM EDT by Don.

Added Feb 06, 2011 at 01:26AM EST by Kenneth_W.

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Beyblades Auction Kids (also known as "Auction Kids") refers to two youngsters who appeared in an eBay auction picture in early February 2011. Perhaps due to its funny back-story and candid snapshot of two children on the verge of tears, the eBay auction page instantly went viral across the blogosphere and social networks, gaining over 200,000 pageviews and outlandishly high-price bids within days of submission.

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“We are selling 8 Beyblades, 2 of them light up. As you can tell they are not happy about this! They have been using their bathtub as a 'battle arena' and Beyblades + Bathtub = Destruction!!! With the metal ones they managed to scrape the enamel off the tub, take a chunk of tub out and break off the soap holder. SO if you 'win' this auction, DON’T play with in a bathtub!!! We have recieved a quote of $500.00 to replace the tub, some tiles, and soap holder + labor of course! They had approxamently $125.67 in their piggy banks that will be going to toward the cost. We will use the profit from this auction towards the balance and then it is onto other toys! Good Luck bidding!!! Paypal only.”


Titled "Selling 8 Beyblades to replace destroyed baththub," the auction page was posted on February 5th by eBay user daney21. According to the auction description, the user explains how her two young boys (as depicted in the photo) had caused so much destruction to the bathtub that she forced them to sell the toys to help pay for the damage. In the image attached, the older son appears to be crying alongside his very solemn-looking brother who holds the Beyblades up for the camera in a Ziploc bag.

On February 5th, the photograph started receiving attention quickly, earning an article dedicated to the story on Kotaku. However, initial blog coverage of this quirky eBay episode was rather minuscule in comparison to what was transpiring on 4chan, particularly in the /b/ board. With the photo of the boys just begging to be "shopped," 4chan users began creating several different variations and posting them on the image board.

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Many of the altered photos are made to appear as if things other than the toys are in the Ziploc bag, typically illegal contraband items and other shocking objects for comedic effect (Marijuana, sex toys, severed body parts, and uranium to name a few).


Go My ey Community Customer Suppor Hi, supersmashstar33! (Sign out) Bucks You're Invited! Join eBay Bucks CATEGORIES ▼ FASHION MOTORS DEALS CLASSIFIEDS Back to home page | Listed in category: Toys & Hobbies TV, Movie & Character Toys BeyBlade Add to Watch li Selling 8 Beyblades to Replace DESTROYED Bathtub Seller info daney21 ( 52 Item condition: Used ) Time left 7d 12h (Feb 13, 2011 11:24:51 PST) Bid history: 36 bids Save this seller See other items Current bid: US $999,999.00 LAKE ▼Other item info Your max bid: US S Place bicd Item number: 280625155361 (Enter US $1,000,099.00 or more) GEORGE Item location: Suwanee, GA, United States Add to Watch list. Ships to: United States Buck Join eBay Bucks and earn 2% back on this item, see conditions Payments: PayPal see details $5.00 Expedited Shipping see more services ▼ | See all details Estimated between Thu. Feb. 17 and Fri. Feb. 18) No Returns Accepte Print Report it Shipping: Delivery: Returns: Enlarge eBay Buyer Protection Covers your purchase price plus original shipping Learn more Description Shipping and payments Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing Last updated on 05:29:48 AM PST, Feb 05, 2011 View all revisions Share: Item specifics Conditon Used: An item that has been used previously. See the seller's listing for full details Ages 8+ and description of Read more We are selling 8 Beyblades, 2 of them light up. As vou can tell they are not happy about this! They have been using their bathtub as a·battle arena" and Beyblades + Bathtub = Destruction!! With the metal ones they managed to scrape the enamel off the tub take a hunk of tub out and break off the soap holder. SO if you win this auction DONT play with in a bathtub We have recieved a quote of $500.oo to replace the tub, some tiles, and soap holder labor of course! They had approxamently $125.67 in their piggy banks that will be going to toward the cost. We will use the profit from this auction towards the balance and then it is onto other toys! Good Luck bidding!!! Paypal only.

By the end of the day on February 5th, the auction page had well over 200,000 views. Over the course of that day, several illegitimate bids were placed on the Beyblade toys, some for over $10,000 (USD). The bids in question were removed one by one as they appeared. It is rumored that the poster of the auction herself identified the illegitimate bids. As of February 9th, it still remains unknown whether the creator of the auction is aware of how "popular" their offering and photograph have become.


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Auction Closed

Apparently, an eBay employee or perhaps the auction holder herself became keen that something bizarre was happening with the auction, likely due to the high view count and/or repeated illegitimate bids. As of February 6th, 2011, the auction page now carries the following error message: "This listing (280625155361) has been removed, or this item is not available."

On February 16th, 2011, Know Your Meme received an e-mail from Daney21, the eBay user behind the Beyblades toy auction. In the e-mail, she wrote:

I wanted to let you know that eBay took the listing down beacuse of all the fake bids. We do have the option to relist, it did not violate any eBay codes. But we are undecided if we will, we received several hundred emails in the hours that we had the listing up. Most of the emails were not very nice and not sure if we are willing to deal with that again.

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