Weekend with four Aussie blokes auctioned on eBay
An offer of beer, sausages and a chat with four Aussie blokes has set off a bidding frenzy on the Australian eBay online auction site.
Their pitch is simple – an offer of no-questions-asked camaraderie.
“We’ll be your best mates – instantly!” they say. “You won’t have to try and impress us. We don’t even care who you are. And you’ll get to experience the thrills and spills of hanging out with four good blokes in a relaxing, sun-filled environment.”
Included in the winning bid is a bit of food, some drink and some conversation, but not much else.
“We won’t fly you here. Heck, we won’t even pay for your bus fare,” they say in their eBay message. “What we WILL do is guarantee you some beers, some snags (sausages), some good conversation and a hell of a lot of laughs.”
By today, there had been 101 bids for the weekend in inner-city Sydney and with more than three days left, the price already had soared to 60,130 Australian dollars (€37,320).
The four Aussie blokes did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking an interview but in a written response to questions, eBay.com.au said the listing was attracting some not entirely serious bids.
“The humorous nature of this particular listing and the significant media coverage it has received has resulted in some overexcited bidders treating it in the same vein as the listing itself,” the company said. “The seller is cancelling those bids that are not serious and is urging the public to only make a bid if they are a serious buyer.”
The men also say they may be visited during the weekend by an international guest and offer the tantalising possibility it may be somebody famous.
“Will it be a celebrity? Maybe,” they say. “What about a sporting legend? It could be.”
