Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Bids coming in steadily for eBay tuition auction

Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s auction on eBay for a full year of tuition, room and board began with much enthusiasm on Sunday evening.The first bid came in at $500 and before the end of Monday, bidding was over $7,000. Those who visited the eBay site on Tuesday morning were probably surprised to see the bidding at $1,825.

The drop in bidding numbers was explained on the site. OWU started the auction over again at one penny after some technical issues on the eBay site, which have now been resolved.Because the auction was started over, the length of the auction will now be extended. The auction will now run until Feb. 13, OWU Executive Vice President Bob Myers said.

Read more http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/02/06/news/news867.txt

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