Homer Simpson glue lookalike fetches $235,000 on eBay

Published time: January 31, 2012 10:37
Edited time: January 31, 2012 14:37
Homer Simpson glue lookalike sells for $235,000 on eBay

It appears that some fans of the Simpson’s TV series may have more money than sense. A piece of glue said to be shaped like the character Homer Simpson has sold for $235,000 on the eBay auction website.

The lump of glue is about 1cm tall and the owner Chris Herbert described the item as “a true to life likeness of Homer Simpson's head made naturally by an overflowing tube of glue… It does have Homer's trademark bald head, big eyes and grinning mouth.”

Now Chris is offering the tube of glue that spawned ‘Homer Simpson’ in another auction.

For those who feel cheated, that they didn’t get a chance to bid on Homer, another eBay seller is offering a similar lump of glue said to resemble Homer’s wife Marge. The bidding on this effigy is currently at a much more affordable price of $30.  

There is no indication the winning bidder is going to fork up for the small piece of glue.

Comments (8)

Anonymous user 21.05.2013 13:54

it doesn't even really look like him... you wasted your money soz

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Glue goo (unregistered) 13.08.2012 15:18

That glue looks like a weiner spooged out homers face

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George513 31.01.2012 16:50

$50 says the winning bidder does not pay.

I imagine there are unemployed handymen right now trying to create tiny molds to make their $150,000 celebrity look-alike.

A nyway, as far as buying/saving $ and eBay goes:

If you send the seller a question about an item, find another of their listings, and send the question from that item page, rather than from the one that you actually want. This will add a little bit of work for the seller, if they want to add the question/answer to the item description page that you are actually interested in.

If you see an item that you want listed in auction format, send the seller a message asking if they will accept $x to end the auction early and sell the item to you. May be telling them that they would not have to wait as long to get their money (they would probably know that, but it still might help). If that does not work, use a sniping service such as Bidball.com to bid for you. It'll bid in the last few seconds, helping you to save money and avoid shill bidding.

Use a site like Ebuyersedge.com to set up saved searches. You'd get an e-mail whenever a match is listed. Especially good for "Buy It Now"s priced right.

If the item that you are looking for is difficult to spell, try a misspelling search site like Typojoe.com to hopefully find some deals with items that have main keywords misspelled in the title. Other interested buyers might never see them. Then, if the item is listed an auction format, after a few days of no bids (hopefully anyway) send the seller and offer to end the auction early and sell the item to you. They may worry that no one is interested, and take whatever they can get.

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