Here is something that can be turned into a movie. A tombstone above Marilyn Monroe’s tombstone was put for auction back in August on EBay. “Here is a once in a lifetime and into eternity opportunity to spend your eternal days directly above Marilyn Monroe,” the advert read. The bid started at $500,000 and in days it was already at 2.5 million. Here is the kicker; a bidder from Japan won the auction at 4.5 million! Then the bidder sends EBay an email stating, “I am awfully sorry, but I need to cancel this because of the paying problem.” What? Talk about impulse buying. EBay is just as bad at vetting high ticket item bidders as is the White House these days.
The American widow who put the tombstone on auction is trying to pay her 1.6 million dollar mortgage in Beverly Hills. I guess things are tough for everyone in every income bracket nowadays. Boy the widow must be cursing up a storm. Currently her husband is lying in eternal rest facing down in this tomb, and right on top of Marilyn. Don’t ask me all I know is that her husband wanted to be buried on top of Marilyn, and yes, facing down. Since the bidder from Japan couldn’t come up with the money, the widow is contacting other bidders which came close to winning the bid. Once the tombstone is sold, the widow plans to move her husband elsewhere.
Oh well, sadly for the dearly departed husband, the eternal bliss is now interrupted. Not even the dead can escape the recession.
One Response to “Marilyn Monroe’s Tombstone, Ebay, & The Recession”
I think the recession is far from recovering…