New Zealand not for sale: eBayMay 12, 2006
AN Australian man has failed in his bid to sell New Zealand for a bargain-basement price on eBay.
The South Pacific country was described by the eBay man as having "very ordinary weather" and bidding opened at one cent.A generous bid of $3000 had been entered by the time the eBay realised the problem and stepped in to say New Zealand was not for sale, the Associated Press reported.
More than 22 bids were received before eBay - which describes itself as selling "mostly household items" - pulled the plug.
"Clearly New Zealand is not for sale," eBay Australia spokesman Daniel Feiler was quoted as saying.
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