A whale of an auction ...

Nic Name • Jan 22, 2002 2:29 pm
Image

on ebay, where there are more pics.
dave • Jan 22, 2002 2:50 pm
The minimum bid increment is $100. It's going to take forever to get to the $350,000 that the guy is looking for. At least he can sell it elsewhere if the reserve isn't met.

It definitely is an impressive looking specimen though. I just have nothing to do with it. :)
jeni • Jan 22, 2002 6:13 pm
paul said that he saw that on some site that said "who would buy that?"

i think that's pretty cool. not something i'd buy for my living room, definitely, but if i were a marine biologist or something, it would probably appeal to me.
JonTabor • Jan 22, 2002 7:05 pm
How do they ship this? Will FedEx handle that? And, uh, I wonder if he accepts PayPal??
jaguar • Jan 22, 2002 7:32 pm
get a large main room
remove any rooms above it
hang it form the ceiling with skylights above, look pretty cool.
sleemanj • Jan 23, 2002 4:52 am
Originally posted by JonTabor
How do they ship this? Will FedEx handle that? And, uh, I wonder if he accepts PayPal??


I'm sure fedex would handle it, of course paying for the entire boeing 727 most likely wouldn't be what you would call, affordable.
jaguar • Jan 23, 2002 6:59 am
you'd ship/truck it in a standard 40foot container but it'd still be pretty dman expensive
Nic Name • Jan 23, 2002 8:19 am
The description of this exhibit on ebay says that the display was designed to be disassembled for relocation.
dave • Jan 23, 2002 9:51 am
Jaguar is the slashdot reader that never reads the articles. :)
jennofay • Jan 23, 2002 10:21 am
well. i know what we could do with all the extra space we will be acquiring in the basement.

*cough*

or not.

this is one of those things that you have to market towards a very specific audience. a very specific wealthy audience.

good luck to the guy though. woner what he will do with all the extra room when he gets rid of that thing. and i wonder how he got it to begin with. its christmas morning and grandma and grandpa come over with a big box, and hes cursed with the damn thing for the next thirty years? heh. (maybe i should actually go and read the info at ebay, eh?)
jennofay • Jan 23, 2002 10:25 am
well there we go, questions answered.

he specializes in shrunken heads... suddenly this all makes more sense to me.
Nic Name • Jan 23, 2002 10:31 am
verbatim has an interesting signature.

i don't know why I thought of that. :)
dave • Jan 23, 2002 10:54 am
Jenni is also the slashdot reader who doesn't read articles.

It's all covered in the links, honey :)
jennofay • Jan 23, 2002 11:01 am
i went back and said that. and i said that i was going to read. and now i know and i am a better person for it. thank you. jeez, critics.
blowmeetheclown • Jan 24, 2002 9:20 am
George: The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to return soap at a deli! I got about fifty-feet out and then suddenly the great beast appeared before me. I tell ya he was ten stories high if he was a foot. As if sensing my presence he gave out a big bellow. I said, "Easy big fella!" And then as I watched him struggling I realized something was obstructing his breathing. From where I was standing I could see directly into the eye of the great fish!

Jerry: Mammal.

George: Whatever.