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		<title>Banana: Reprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richie G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an idea that I might be able to salvage some of my old posts thanks to Google&#8217;s Caching system, and I came across the infamous Ebay Banana stuff, but stuff I haven&#8217;t seen yet&#8230; until now that is. It would appear that while a lot of pepople over here thought the Banana was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had an idea that I might be able to salvage some of my old posts thanks to Google&#8217;s Caching system, and I came across the infamous Ebay Banana stuff, but stuff I haven&#8217;t seen yet&#8230; until now that is.  It would appear that while a lot of pepople over here thought the Banana was funny, a lot of people were really taking the piss&#8230; Observe these forum posts:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.driverheaven.net/archive/index.php/t-34706.html">DriverHeaven.net</a>: where I am referred to as &#8216;A Stupid Brit&#8217;, where &#8216;renovation&#8217; reveals himself as the guy who went to pay £30,000 for the Banana, &#8216;MIG-31&#8242; implys he&#8217;s bought two things off eBay without paying, and British irony seems to be lost on these people.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pcabusers.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-32045.html">PCA Forums</a>: which looks to be the same site, where the original SS Blog post was quoted, the potential buyer gives a sarcastic apology, and informs us that this was reported to eBay before the high price appeared.</li>
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<p>However, a few important points are made here &#8211; well, one &#8211; and that is that the Ebay Banana would have cost me in listing fees, especially should it have gone through at £30,100.  I&#8217;m not sure how much I would have owed Ebay had that have happened, but even so it is a good point they have there.</p>
<p>Still, I got my fifteen minutes of fame out of it.</p>
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