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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
751 Posts |
It's a fake. Wrong die marriage.
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Valued Member
United States
94 Posts |
Oh that puppy is definitely real. Got to be worth a minimum of atleast $1,000. I'm going to wait until the very end and snipe it  |
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Member
United States
1154 Posts |
oF course its fake. You can make something to loook like that and sell it for 2 grand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1454 Posts |
LOL! Sea Monster. Mermaid. LOL! That is too funny. He is making some money off it though. Original idea if nothing else. At least he isn't asking to have someone's company name or advertisement tatooed on his left cheek, and I don't mean the one on his face.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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You should take a took at some of the other items he's sold. Apparently, he must find interesting stuff on the beach every time he takes a walk....  I also think it's interesting that he has 100% feedback and is getting so much money for this junk. Well, P.T. Barnum was right.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I beleive I would move away from that beach
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Valued Member
 United States
260 Posts |
Where the heck does he live? Right next to a radioactive waste dump? :P
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United States
1154 Posts |
He makes up some good stories.
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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What the heck! That things from China! Definitely fake!  TKC! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1626 Posts |
Boy, that just shattered the Mermaid image I use to know....Maybe that is the body of the Old Sea Hag
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
Hopefully thats the old ugly male mermaid, and thats why the girl mermaid always falls in love with the Human Male  |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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I guess it is a sci fi film prop But I have seen stories sell useless props Like a fake enterprise operating console A dead bike and somebody selling his woes and problems non sastisfaction guaranteed My friend who sold goldcoins for several years on ebay says often people would bid more if you stated the coin was damaged So much more that he considered banging up some coins with an hammer to get the bids  |
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United States
1154 Posts |
People are crazy lol. They will spend hundreds of dollars on a piece of toast with someones "face" on it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
986 Posts |
Didn't a cheeto that looked like Woody Paige from ESPN sell for big bucks?
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Rest in Peace
United States
2684 Posts |
Putting on my wildlife biologist hat, I see that it's eyes are still intact. Once wildlife dies, their eyes are the first thing to go since scavenger species feed first on eyes due to their very high protein content. If the eyes weren't immediately eaten, they decay faster than any other part of the body and, given the deteriorated state of the rest of the body, the eyes should be completely gone leaving only two empty sockets.
I also question the adaptive significance of fins on its head. With such a relatively fragile cervical (neck) column, such large fins would tend to snap the neck during a power turn in the water. There's also a lot of problems with its dentition (teeth) - the only species where I have ever seen ovate dentition such as this is among parasitic blood-suckers such as lamprey eels and invertebrates. While the manufacturer and seller of this creature has a very active imagination, he doesn't have much feel for anatomy. A forensic scientist would have a field day with this specimen.
I noticed he didn't have a return policy. And by a quick check of his previous sales, I notice this isn't the first "sea monster" he's sold. Apparently his buyers go along with his jokes, so don't neg him.
I suppose it is a good thing that this is a home-grown fraud. No sense in sending all the way to China for a counterfeit; costs less shipping.
I hope the buyer enjoys his $1550 (plus shipping) mermaid monster.
Fred
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Posted 07/21/2006 3:21 pm
