Saturday, 28. August 2004
Topic: e-bay - on August 28, 2004 at 12:10:00 PM CEST
Selling vote on Ebay to get out of debt -- bad idea
James Pengov thought selling his vote would help get him out of debt. Instead it landed him in trouble with the law. It took authorities 12 hours to hear about and stop Pengov's eBay offer of a "Presidential Vote for Sale," with a starting bid of $50.
The 36-year-old said he was hoping to land enough money from selling his vote to pay medical bills.
"Up for auction is MY VOTE!," said Pengov's Aug. 19 posting on the online marketplace.
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