eBay spokesman says the online auction site will not remove an Indiana woman's listing of her late father's cane -- which may or may not include his ghost -- because the woman can deliver what she's selling.

Hani Durzy, an eBay spokesman, said today that Mary Anderson's listing makes it clear that she is selling her late father's metal walking cane, not his ghost.

Her listing states that she is selling the cane as part of a ploy to dispel her 6-year-old's fear that her grandfather's ghost is haunting the Hobart residence they shared until he died last year, Durzy said.

"Really what she's done is she's augmented her description with a personal story that people might find funny, some people might find touching ... . She tells the story of how, 'I've told my son that I will sell his cane and then his ghost will go away with the cane,"' he said.

"If a buyer chooses to believe or not believe that a ghost comes along with the cane that's entirely up to the buyer. As far as we're concerned this is a transaction that's offering a cane, which she can deliver."

As of today, Anderson's listing had attracted 72 bids, with the top one for $487. The auction was scheduled to end Monday.

In a description titled "This isn't a joke," Anderson told the story of Collin's fear:

"Ever since my father died my 5 year old son has been afraid to go anywhere in the house alone whether it be day or night! I always thought it was just normal kid fears until a few months ago he told me why he was so scared. He told me 'Grandpa died here, and he was mean. His ghost is still around here!"'

Lest the boy's fears scare off potential bidders, Anderson said of her father, also named Collin, "My dad was the sweetest most caring man you'd ever meet."

The proceeds from the auction will go to the youngster "to buy himself something special," Anderson later added in a revision.

A woman who answered the telephone today at a residential listing in Hobart for a Mary Anderson said it was the wrong telephone number.

Durzy said that in the past San Jose, Calif.-based eBay Inc. has pulled numerous listings which the seller could not possibly deliver, such as someone who once posted a listing in which the individual offered their soul to the highest bidder.

If Anderson had offered up her father's "ghost" or some other intangible for which delivery of the item could never be verified, then the company would have removed that listing, if it had known about it.

"It's a serious marketplace and we don't allow to list thing where delivery can't be confirmed. The buyer doesn't necessarily know they're getting what they paid for," he said.

I FORGET TO EDIT IT IS GRANDPA GHOST CANE

LOOK AT THE AUCTION

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5539709069&rd=1

My dad had that same cane when he pulled his achilles tendon.

$6,600.00 for that thing!!!! Not for even $5 would I pay for it, ghost or no ghost

Why are people so weird they would pay $6.600?

(new avatar firehouse? )

...Rick

It is actually 7,300 dollars

4 HOURS TO GO

They're propably upping their own bids:

User ID Bid Amount Date of bid

4billlewis ( 14) US $11,299.00 Dec-06-04 07:50:59 PST
card-ace ( 177) US $11,199.00 Dec-06-04 08:12:36 PST
4billlewis ( 14) US $11,000.00 Dec-06-04 07:39:36 PST
porsche3649 ( 682) US $10,999.00 Dec-06-04 07:43:40 PST
porsche3649 ( 682) US $10,500.00 Dec-06-04 07:43:15 PST
928darren ( 0 ) US $10,000.00 Dec-06-04 04:00:59 PST
4billlewis ( 14) US $9,900.00 Dec-06-04 07:38:58 PST
4billlewis ( 14) US $9,100.00 Dec-06-04 07:38:46 PST
4billlewis ( 14) US $8,800.00 Dec-06-04 07:38:35 PST
4billlewis ( 14) US $8,200.00 Dec-06-04 07:38:26 PST
4billlewis ( 14) US $8,000.00 Dec-06-04 07:38:18 PST

Otherwise why would this 4billewis up the bid if he was already the last one to make an offer? He went from $8k to $9.9k on his own, doesn't make sence!!!

I guess that's the way we simple folk can get rid of our things on ebay... Just claim we are getting rid of something because a ghost is haunting us... Then we can sell everyday things for unrealistic prices and move into that $13 million ebay house that SouTHerNGurL posted a while back.

Who is palying around!!!

maybe All Get paid Forum member are bidding outgerous Bid?

I post the link in here

The Auction only 6k. Now it up to 14 million dollars bids?

Does it work for husbands stuff too....or maybe we can work a deal out. I'll keep the husbands stuff thats possibly haunted and sell him instead, could be a better deal

I would imagine some of those bids were legit just to be kind. Although 65,000 must be some kind of joke.

I guess They Became Famous.

I saw them on Tv on Today on Nbc

They Family are richer than ever.

Ebay has a thing where you put the highest amount you are willing to pay in, if someone outbids your bid ebay will just go above them and it wil be you that will be put on the list again but at a higher price, example, the bids at 1.00 so I want to bid and am not willing to go over 25.00 so ebay puts my name up at 2.00 and someone bids 3.00 well they dont even go on the list because ebay automatically puts me up for 4.00 and they get a screen saying that they have been outbid. Itsa a rather cool thing so you dont have to stay by your computer non stop and it lets you give the highest you are willing to bid. Altho I must say this is a crazy price for a cane.

LOL I didnt say the high bid was for real just explaining how they can show the same person bidding in a row

Thanks for the explanation, I'm not much of a ebayer so I'm not that familiar with the way it works