(courtesy: FReeper "inkling")
Posted on 03/19/2008 6:26:13 AM PDT by indcons
CHICAGO - Two sisters from Virginia who are selling a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois on eBay say the online auction Web site canceled their listing.
"Something really dramatic just happened with our corn flake," Melissa McIntire, 23, of Chesapeake, Va., said Tuesday, explaining that the sisters received an e-mail from eBay saying the state-shaped cereal was in violation of the site's food policy.
But the flake is back. The sisters say the Land of Lincoln twin they discovered in a box of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes is still available after all.
McIntire and her 15-year-old sister Emily said they've relisted the flake on eBay, but this time they're auctioning a coupon redeemable for it, instead of the cereal itself. Bidding early Wednesday was at $116.11.
Copycat items have popped up on eBay, including corn flakes shaped like Hawaii and Virginia. There's also a potato chip shaped like Florida, and Illinois corn flake paraphernalia, including T-shirts and buttons.
A telephone message left with San Jose, Calif.-based eBay Inc. after business hours on Tuesday was not immediately returned.
Bidding on the 2-inch-by-1 3/8-inch flake was to end Thursday.
(courtesy: FReeper "inkling")
I didn’t realize Illinois was so mountainous.
My daughter is holding on to a corn curl in the shape of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus. Ebay potential?
/mark
Wow... I'm sitting on a gold mine here... I have a whole stack of 3x5 cards in the shape of Colorado!!
I inherited a dried chicken breast bone that looks like Jesus on the cross. Don’t have a clue what to do with it, but don’t have the heart to throw it away, much less sell it, LOL!
LOL! I love it!
I’m often befuddled by these folks that inspect their food items so closely. I must be a pig that eats to fast!
LOL...you too?
I decided that it is not that I am a pig, it is just that I like my cereal crunchy so I don’t give it time to sit in the milk for inspection.
Why go through Ebay? Do you believe in the old barter system? If so, I could trade you some wonderful Ukrainian property right in the scenic middle of downtown Pripyat.
Good one!
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