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Win a Halo friend in the greatest Ebay auction of them all

3:10 PM on 10.04.2007, Jim Sterling 35 comments

Win a Halo friend in the greatest Ebay auction of them all photo
     Your overconfidence will be your undoing

Do you want a good friend on Xbox's greatest new game Halo 3? Wish you had someone to play with? Well here's your chance! Yes, for those us who have Xbox Live and for some reason haven't added a single friend, this is the auction for you. A self-confident chap called nismofrontier has set up a bidding war for his companionship on Live so YOU can play Halo 3 with him as best friends forever.

I know your thinking, I can be anyone's friend. Well you'll have a great friend to chat with and play with all the time. There's only one of me and no one just like me!  We can play games together in a room and chat. I will play with you more then just Halo 3, any games I have that you have, we can play together as well. We can use the chat option and message each other back and fourth.

If bidding reaches $1,500.99 I will include a HALO 3 Game SIGNED by me that will be un-opened! You never know, I may be famous one day!

With the bidding starting at only $0.99, what's to stop you?

 What a steal for a great new best friend! Once payment is received via paypal, I will message you my gamertag name and let take fun times begin! A lifelong gamer friendship!

This is actually the greatest Ebay auction I've ever seen. I don't know what's more pathetic though -- the fact that this guy is selling his companionship like some desperate prostitute, or the fact that if he was a woman, the bidding would have passed that $1,500.99 mark by now. All I do know is that I'm currently offering Destructoid's readers my adding of them to Yahoo Instant Messenger for the frugal sum of eight bucks an add. Don't delay, add me today!

[Thanks to Brian Hackney]


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Kalmah's Avatar
Kalmah at 10/04/2007 15:12
Haha-- don't have any friends? Buy em!

That's like when they said "Don't have any sex partners? Buy em!"

Maybe we'll have Halo 3 friends roaming the streets and alley ways.
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Holyetheline at 10/04/2007 15:13
That's not a bad idea. I'm gonna start selling my Wii friend code online.
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mteerie at 10/04/2007 15:28
"...and let take fun times begin!"

truer words have never been said.
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JLanphear at 10/04/2007 15:31
Won't last. I give it till the end of the day. I tried to sell my myspace friendship on eBay and was told it violated eBay's terms and was warned. :(
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HawtPawkitHero at 10/04/2007 15:31
LOL I bid first just for the hell of it.
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Necros at 10/04/2007 15:39
This is the saddest thing I've ever seen. I feel really sorry for him.
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Justin Villasenor at 10/04/2007 15:40
What will people try to sell on ebay next...
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blehman at 10/04/2007 15:42
"I will play with you more then just Halo 3"

Sounds kinda iffy there.
blehman's Avatar
blehman at 10/04/2007 15:42
"I will play with you more then just Halo 3"

Sounds kinda iffy there.
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HawtPawkitHero at 10/04/2007 15:42
Same, that's why I'm giving him 99 pennies.
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king3vbo at 10/04/2007 15:44
did you see the question on the Q and A sheet? "Are you that desperate for a buddy. I doubt that you are worth the money when someone can just play XBox live. Get a life."

LOLZ
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DJDuffy at 10/04/2007 15:45
zomg can you say innernet famous! Your right Jim, this has to be the best Ebay auction of all time. I just hope he is at least 21, otherwise the BFF might get kind of creepy. Also, does "once and a lifetime deal" mean you get him as your best friend for a lifetime? =P
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Zanch at 10/04/2007 15:46
Even as an American, I feel compelled to call this guy a wanker.
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HawtPawkitHero at 10/04/2007 15:53
Alright this kid is jacking up his own auctions. I doubt anyone would bid 8 dollars for this.
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Cheeburga at 10/04/2007 16:14
I'm buying it now.
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J03yyz at 10/04/2007 16:19
hahahha this dude is the best
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MechaMonkey at 10/04/2007 16:20
It's already up to $7.50. Does that cover the listing fee, or is he actually out a few bucks at this point?
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MrFudge at 10/04/2007 16:31
Someone needs to buy this and then reject him. I'd lol.
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wardrox at 10/04/2007 16:42
Current bid: US $14.50

I wish I could afford friends
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Morrius at 10/04/2007 16:50
hehehe, everyone give this guy bad feedback
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CarlostheJackal at 10/04/2007 17:09
$1500.99 and you get a signed copy of Halo3? What the hell kind of over head does this guy have to need such a markup. This guy rocks, I wonder what would stop the guy from taking your money, adding you to his friends list, play one game of Halo3, Teabag you, boot you out of the room, and remove you from his friends list and then give you bad feed back....all that = epictacularness.
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Chad Concelmo at 10/04/2007 17:14
I love how the "buy it now" price is 4 grand. HA HA HA! :)
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chuckstudios at 10/04/2007 17:32
Going for $35 now...
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Necros at 10/04/2007 17:34
It's up to $35 and he's taken down the Buy It Now. And just when I was about to bid $4,000.
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Deathsaw at 10/04/2007 17:48
"Shipping costs:Free."

Well THANK GOD!
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Blaaguuu at 10/04/2007 18:16
Wow, looks like this guy just really wants a friend to play Halo 3 with... Maybe he should be the one paying?
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Grimspoon at 10/04/2007 18:27
Apparently his friendship doesn't apply to Canadians. I couldn't place my bid cause he only has shipping specified for USA.

/me sniffles and wipes the maple syrup from his eye.
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JLanphear at 10/04/2007 20:51
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=320164324688

he's rigging his own auction. :/
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WmV337 at 10/05/2007 00:05
Is it wrong that I'm contemplating betting 20 bucks on this?
WmV337's Avatar
WmV337 at 10/05/2007 00:05
Is it wrong that I'm contemplating betting 20 bucks on this?
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Trowble at 10/05/2007 02:17
I can't tell what to believe more. That he has atleast 13 bids with $20 (possibly WmV337) or that'll end tomorrow without reaching his goal. Still, the winning bidder better get a receipt.
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Justice at 10/05/2007 11:13
Idiots
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