Schwarzenegger flogs California’s cars on eBay

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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.

arniesigningcarvisorsSchwarzenegger 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.

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Posted at: Friday, August 28th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
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9 Responses on "Schwarzenegger flogs California’s cars on eBay"

  1. 1
    board_surfer says:
    August 28, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    if they sold every car in the state of california they wouldn’t make much of a dent in 26 Billion.

    • 1.1
      radams says:
      August 30, 2009 at 3:46 am

      #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.

      • 1.1.1
        board_surfer says:
        August 30, 2009 at 8:22 am

        Silly me!, I keep forgetting that US billions are so much smaller than ours!. :lol:

      • 1.1.2
        radams says:
        August 30, 2009 at 8:42 am

        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 :)

  2. 2
    Sue Bailey says:
    August 29, 2009 at 2:21 am

    …though they might make less of a dent in the ozone layer.

  3. 3
    ebuyerfb says:
    August 29, 2009 at 3:51 am

    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.

  4. 4
    Bill says:
    August 29, 2009 at 6:57 am

    Another one of Donut Holes idiot ideas for eBay that is down the drain and a complete fiasco.

    Bill

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