Schwarzenegger flogs California's cars on eBay
28/08/2009 at 16:32
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California is flogging excess motors and equipment to raise money for the State. Not only that but in an effort to raise prices he’s been busy personally signing sun visors on the cars that they’re selling.
Schwarzenegger posted on Twitter “I look forward to selling these signed cars and making some $ for California.” before promptly listing them on eBay.
The idea for signing the items for sale came from one of Schwarzenegger’s many twitter followers.
It’s been widely publicised that California has a budget deficit of $26bn, and selling off surplus items makes sense. With ex eBay CEO Meg Whitman running to replace Schwarzenegger as Governor, it’ll be interesting to see if she carries on eBaying off California’s unwanted items.
board_surfer says
9:38 pm on 28/08/2009
if they sold every car in the state of california they wouldn’t make much of a dent in 26 Billion.
radams says
3:46 am on August 30th, 2009
#1
According to this page:
http://www.laalmanac.com/transport/tr02.htm
There are about 19.8 million cars in California. If these were all sold for a average of $1000 it would raise just under $20 billion, a considerable dent in $26 billion I’d say.
board_surfer says
8:22 am on August 30th, 2009
Silly me!, I keep forgetting that US billions are so much smaller than ours!.
radams says
8:42 am on August 30th, 2009
board_surfer: I did think about the difference between our billion and their billion (honestly) before i posted, but i just couldn’t resist being a smart arse
Sue Bailey says
2:21 am on 29/08/2009
…though they might make less of a dent in the ozone layer.
ebuyerfb says
3:51 am on 29/08/2009
Speaking of selling cars on eBay has anyone here noticed the feedback GM has? 66% (4 positive buyers, 2 negative buyers). And that’s with over 11k active (31k closed) listings for at least two weeks.
Bill says
6:57 am on 29/08/2009
Another one of Donut Holes idiot ideas for eBay that is down the drain and a complete fiasco.
Bill
Sue Bailey says
3:47 pm on 29/08/2009
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/more-than-1-million-in-sales-so-far-at-sacramento-garage-sale.html
Up to a $million so far, though $2.2k for a CHiPs bike seems pretty cheap.
ebuyerfb says
6:25 pm on August 29th, 2009
That takes care of 0.004% of their budget problem. I guess that’s a start.