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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - An attempt to auction off the
state of West Virginia drew 56 bids and nearly enough promised
dollars to fill the state's projected budget hole before eBay
learned of the joke. By Tuesday evening, with five days to go in the
sale of item number 2372779353, “Entire State of West Virginia,”
bidders had bumped the ante up to just $1 short of $100 million. “As
an eBay consumer myself ... that's a heck of a bargain!” joked Amy
Shuler Goodwin, spokeswoman for Gov. Bob Wise, who's projecting a
$120 million deficit for fiscal 2005. The seller, identified only as
“fishstuffnthings,” did not immediately respond to e-mails late
Tuesday. Nor did “nosnam1488,” who was the high bidder. Within
minutes, the auction was unplugged and the state was “no longer
available.”
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Charles Mims
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