Awesome eBay find

[vintagetoppsguy]

How would you like to be the winner of this auction?

http://now.msn.com/now/0216-ebay-safe-sold.aspx

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120852095560

[D. Bergin]

Headline of the article says 26K

Feedback says 6K

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Headline of the article says 26K

Feedback says 6K

Interesting. The more I think about it, I wonder if the story is true. Maybe it's a way to launder money? The buyer simply says he "found" it. Either way, if I was the buyer I would have kept my mouth shut. Now you can bet the IRS will be paying him a visit. I sure wouldn't have mentioned it in the feedback.

[Jason]

The "I thought it was empty" doesnt seem right to me.If I have a locked safe in my possession legally no way its going before I check the contents.Fishy indeed.

[D. Bergin]

You can bet the realized prices of "locked safes" on Ebay, just went up for the next month or two.

[RobertGT]

Good job calling BS on this story.

Original TV news story has been updated with the following:

MEMPHIS, TN -

(WMC-TV) - UPDATE: The seller has added a new comment to his feedback page claiming that the buyer never found any money:

"He was playing a practical joke the safe was empty there wasnt any money in it."

Typical shoddy reporting by TV news. Just throw it out there as legitimate news without verifying a thing - so it goes viral around the world before the story is ever exposed as a joke. Hmmm...maybe next time wait until you see the cash before running a story. Sheesh

[Wymers Auction]

If he starts selling more safes you can bet it is a setup!!!

[Leon]

I dunno....story just sounds fishy. If the buyer did find the 26k, and I were he, I wouldn't give any money back. The seller said "no more and no less".....As some had said, the positive feedback should suffice.