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eBay has no soul
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 16 December 2008
In an act of extreme killjoyness, eBay has blocked a musician from selling his soul to raise funds for his band.
Dante Knoxx of experimental rock band Paradigm put his soul up for auction with the starting price of £25,000.50 and a “buy it now” price of £700,000. Despite having no bids, eBay cancelled the auction with just two hours to go.
Knoxx told The Independent: “You cannot sell anything that is not physical. That includes ghosts, souls and spirits which is funny. I have been refunded but I had 200 people watching it, I’m really disappointed by that. I had lots of emails asking if I was serious and religious groups telling me I couldn’t do that, others wanted to talk about my soul. I had a lot of interest but no actual bidders which is a real shame”.
