Internet for Dummies, Wednesday 10/11, 3rd Period

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Abby greeted the class with a flash from the digital camera she held. "I hope everyone got the handwavy email I sent asking you to bring an item to sell. If not, you've got to pick something that you have on you."

Abby directed each of the students over to a section of the lab that she set up for taking pictures. "Once we've got your pictures uploaded you've got to come up with a good description for your item. You have to balance powerful 'selling words' with not totally lying. It should be fun."

"After you've done that, feel free to shop as you watch the bids roll in."

[ooc: ocd up!]

Comments

Sign in

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Use your ebay handle!

Re: Sign in

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

haha_pie_ny

Pictures

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Come to Abby for pictures and tell her about your item.

Re: Pictures

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac made her way up to Abby, pulling an MP4 player out of her pocket. "Cheap freebie," she said by way of explaination. "It's not even a named make. Still, someone might pay money for it."

Re: Pictures

[notajar]

"I don't really own much of anything," Door says a bit apologetically. "Except the books and clothes and such that I bought when I got here, and I need those." She holds up a stack of CDs about as high as her head. "I do have these, though? They came in the post."

It's about 50,000 free hours of AOL.

Re: Pictures

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy pondered for a while, then slid her bead-bracelet off her arm. She showed it to Abby. "Does this work? It was kind of cheap, but it's really pretty and it's got lots of colours..."

Re: Pictures

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie held up an autographed picture of Lila Cheney. "How much cash would I get for a dead intergalactic rock star?"

Re: Pictures

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

"Uh, I got a t-shirt that John from DawgToy touched?" It was one of his. Dude was kind of grabby.

Re: Pictures

[chasingangela]

Angela held up a green crushed-velvet dress with an empitre waist. "Think someone might buy this as vintage?"

Re: Pictures

[forgottenpants]

Pete came up carrying a battered looking cowboy hat that looked a lot like the one he was wearing on his head, only with no band.

"I've got a hat that belonged to Big Smith, one of the baddest outlaws in the old west. Think it'll sell without the fifty thousand dollars on it?"

Re: Pictures

[greenmagebriar.livejournal.com]

Briar came in with a small tree in a painted pot. "It's to bring in luck and health into the home."

Re: Pictures

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray brought an old coffee mug. On the front, it said 'Mondale 1984.'

"My dad gave it to me," he explained. "It's kind of a collector's item."

Re: Pictures

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie bit her lip, and looked down at herself, then hesitantly put her hands to her ears, where glass bead earrings (http://www.amazingadornments.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/EARMB_small.jpg) dangled. "I didn't check my e-mail last night. Do you think these will sell?" she asked worriedly. "They're from 1914?"

Re: Pictures

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"It's a camel." He set the camel figurine on the table.

Sell!

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Put up your item description!

Stylish Bead Bracelet

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

as worn by Lindsay Lohan, Keira Knightly and Sienna Miller! Strong colours make you stand out from the crowd! Get the new IT thing before all your friends do!

Buffy cheer_cutie wondered if maybe she should add some exclaimation marks.

Re: Sell!

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

LILA CHENEY AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO!!! Suitable for framing! Great conversation piece or something to add to the collection of a celebrity stalker.

Re: Sell!

[forgottenpants]

Authentic old west cowboy hat, worn by Big Smith, notorious outlaw. Mint condition, one of a kind. Grants wishes.

Pete looked that over. Looked good to him. He would definitely buy a hat that granted wishes.

Re: Sell!

[notajar]

Door thinks about what she learned from her last eBay experience, and what she knows about AOL, and posts:

Collector's item!¹ Complete set of 37 CDs² , still in original sealed containers. Thousands of hours of entertainment! ³ Access such files as "bighugejohnson.jpg" , "hot fetish lingerie and millions of others from the privacy of your own home!


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¹Well, she has a collection. Only because she felt too guilty to throw them away, granted.

²Well, it's her complete set. She certainly has no desire to keep any.

³For someone.

Re: Sell!

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Geniune collector's item! One Mondale 1984 shiny blue coffee mug. Mondale did great things in 1984! Relive those memories...with coffee!

Ray shrugged and posted his description.

Re: Sell!

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Genuine vintage earrings, circa 1914, one owner, excellent condition, provenance provided.

That sounded impressive, didn't it?

Re: Sell!

[dude-its-jude.livejournal.com]

DAWGTOY one of a kind souvenier! T-shirt touched by DawgToy's John at their exclusive sold-out Toronto show! This shirt was backstage with DawgToy all day! You know you wish you could be, too!

Yeah, Jude guessed that the line for the tryouts had been backstage . . .

Re: Pictures

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

'As new' MP4 player! Limited edition. Keep all your audio, video and photo files in one compact portable device and be the envy of all your friends.

Other Things

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Talking in class, talking to Abby, talking to yourself.

Re: Other Things

[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

"Professor Abby, we got approval for our Caff-Pow! Challenge," Evie said, skipping over and looking thrilled. "It's going to be tomorrow, if that's all right? I was going to set it up in the dorm lobby as soon as I was done with Myths class first period."

OOC

[cheerfulgoth.livejournal.com]

Feel free to bid on other people's items and to be someone else when you do it.

Have fun!

Re: OOC

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

*dies of laughter*