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Pyramid of morons: Hoaxee makes eBay cash off of own stupidity

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October 20, 2008, 01:25 PM — 

Say, remember the poor fellow was was duped into buying a Bigfoot corpse for $50,000, only to discover it was an empty ape costume? Well, he's selling it on eBay as some sort of collecter's item of stupidity, with bids currently as high as $200,000. read more...

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Pyramid of morons

Unbeliveable , it must be nice to have that kind of money to just throw away . ait makes you wonder just how theese people earned that kind of mony in the first place !
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