Letters to Ebay: Hilarious Auctions, Crazy Emails, and Bongos for Grandma

by Art Farkas

Book Overview

By day, Paul Meadors is a fifth grade teacher in a small California town. By night, he trolls the millions of items for sale on eBay, posing as his alter ego Art Farkas, and catching sellers off guard with his ludicrous and bizarre questions about their auctions. As he amusingly demonstrates time and time again, even in today's hyper-vigilant and impersonal digital world, the spirit of human salesmanship lives on, no matter how outrageous the question or request. For example, Art asks the seller of a set of bongo drums if there would be a way to attach them to his grandmother's back so that she could take them to the corner and play on the street to earn her rent money--which elicits a sincere, yet bitingly humorous response. From the entertaining auctions themselves, to Paul's loony letters and the serious responses they provoke, LETTERS TO eBAY provides a fascinating and humourous glimpse into the strange world of eBay and those who dwell within.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446699586
• ISBN13: 9780446699587
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommended !!!

If you like "Letters From a Nut," you will appreciate this book. The author's mischievous wit shines through in each e-mail, and one senses that he received great pleasure when one of the sellers "got it," and joined in the fun. Like David Letterman Top Ten Lists, this book is great fun to read to a loved one, or to pass around at a party.

Unbelievably FUNNY!

Read this book when you have a bad day. Instantly less than one minute, you forget what has happened that makes you so upset.

Non-stop Guffawing

OK, I admit that I have a touch of ADD. So reading a full length novel can be a little trying. So naturally one of the reasons I love "Letters to eBay" is that you can pick it up and put it down with ease and still be fully engaged and entertained. Art Farkas has a refreshing, unique and intelligent sense of humor that reminds me of my favorite author David Sedaris. If you are a born prankster, a "Crank-Yankers" fan or like humor that falls into the category of Schadenfreude, then this is the book for you!!!

Art Farkas is hilarious!

This book had me laughing hysterically as I forced my co-workers to listen to me read exerpts aloud. The author's sarcastic sense of humor is guaranteed to entertain. You can read this book start to finish or just skip around. It would make a great bathroom book, the pefect gift for someone with a quirky sense of humor, or something to pull out when you just need a good laugh. I highly recommend this book.

Laugh Out Loud Funny

This book is a hilarious glimpse into the electronic melting pot that is Ebay. I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a quick, easy escape from the monotony of real life. It's fun, it's quirky, and I'm pretty darn sure you are going to love it.