This guy is sitting on a gold mine...

[davethebirdman]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280393746084&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123

I thought he'd put it on as a joke but alas he is quite serious....

Hope he manages to find someone. I have a few I could sell on...

Dave

[loman4ec]

Wow what an idiot. I sent him a message and referenced an auction of an old straight sided bottle for $175. Like 1953 was the first batch of Coke bottles to be made. I wonder if he is just seeing how many people send him nasty messages.

[memorylane]

someone needs to put on the same bottle for .99 starting bid and email him the link. Are people that dumb?

[davethebirdman]

I got another reply from him:

Yeah I know but it's a bit of craic, I know there's no way that it is worth anywhere in that region but it means so much to me. There might be a rich American who will buy it (hopefully) & this will pay for the wedding that I could never have.

So come on guys he's bank on ya.... Get your Credit Cards out and help him have the wedding he's always dreamed of...

[dr galaga]

I never knew that the 1950's were the "early 19th century"! 

[RC kid]

Crazy thing is, had he put a little more thought into it, he might be able to pull off a scam like the one he is now attempting to perpetrate. It is like fishing for a sucker. And if someone lowballs him and he agrees to a much lower price, he still makes out.

Kind of like all of those crack pot emails we get after placing adds on Craigslist. You know the ones I am talking about, the one's where someone agrees to your asking price and wants to send you a certified check, and they ask us to "just call my assistant", or " please contact my shipper". And they never mention the item by name because that would require a more individualistic approach to their con, which they don't have time for, because they are responding to every item that is over a certain price and appears to be easily shipped.

No more honesty, what a shame.