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Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

not.a.sock.puppet — Thu, 08 May 2014 04:06:06 GMT

An eBay ad offering the sale of a sperm whale carcass from the western Newfoundland community of Cape St. George was pulled Monday afternoon after the online auction site learned the town was trying to sell a marine mammal.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sperm-whale-carcass-ad-yanked-from-ebay-site-1.2632645

Mayor Peter Fenwick told CBC News the town wasn't looking to make a big profit on the carcass, and just wanted to get rid of the whale.

He said the town council held a meeting and came up with the idea to advertise the carcass on eBay and see what happened.

According to Fenwick, bidding started at 99 cents and had climbed to $2,000 before the town took the ad down after receiving a request from eBay, which does not allow the sale of marine mammals on its website.

Take a long time for that to rot away, ay!

Re: Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

katymatey* — Thu, 08 May 2014 05:04:38 GMT

Did anyone tell ebay it's DEAD?

Re: Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

not.a.sock.puppet — Thu, 08 May 2014 05:11:17 GMT

Had a few good bids on it ay love?

Re: Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

love*today — Thu, 08 May 2014 05:20:25 GMT

Bids got up to $2000! lol and they just wanted to get rid of it!!

Council meetings must be held at the pub 😄

Re: Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

gkam2 — Thu, 08 May 2014 05:33:57 GMT

Bu**er, every time a dead whale comes up, I miss it.

Re: Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

serendipityricho — Thu, 08 May 2014 05:36:57 GMT

Was it--Pick up only or----Freepost...........................Richo.

Re: Sperm Whale Carcass Offered On Ebay

not.a.sock.puppet — Thu, 08 May 2014 06:05:09 GMT

Big item like that'd hafta go by seamail, ay mate.