People paid how much???

[sstormwatch]

And now for something that makes me go WTF!!!

$10,000 for THIS????!!!!

Be sure to read the comments to the seller further down.

I am stunned, truely.

Comments

[decembertyger]

speechless

[heatermcca]

This is related to an Internet meme wherein a person sends a drawing of a spider in a prankish attempt to pay a utility bill. I think if you look up "seven legged spider" you should be able to find the account.

[sstormwatch]

Ah, found an article. Still, makes no sense, and I guess that's the point.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=667093

[myladyswardrobe]

I read the email correspondence that the ebay sale linked to (is it all genuine I wonder?).

Assuming it is genuine, why would anyone email an illustration to someone and then ask them to email it BACK? Why not look in their sent folder for the email they originally sent.

Surely someone who can use email is not so stupid as that? (this is what makes me think the whole thing is a bit of a set up to get a high price for a rather stupid drawing.)

[sstormwatch]

Yeah, there is something fishy smelling here, and I am not sure what it is exactly. But I do know some people who use email, who haven't a clue what they can do with their email. Very tech illiterate.

[love3angle]

There seem to be varying reports of whether this was done by a guy in Australia or David Thorne in LA, but the email exchange just seems like someone trying to be amusing and sarcastic. I do not believe for a second that he did not know how absurd it was to ask for the drawing back.