telegraph.co.uk - 2/11/2008
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Have your say Read comments Memorabilia of the Manchester United Munich air crash have been put on sale for thousands of pounds on eBay. Henry Winter: Manchester unites as Benjani makes history Manchester United homepage | Manchester City homepage In pics: Premier League action Bidding has reached 15,100 for an "Official Manchester United Munich Memorial Scarf and Match Programme" and could go ...
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You, Too, Can Own a Little Piece of Tragedy
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... According to the Telegraph, bidding on one scarf has reached £15,100, a sum which anyone with any experience of eBay can tell you will absolutely be paid, because there’s absolutely no chance it’s a fake bid, because absolutely no one would be motivated to place a fake £15,000 protest bid on a morally dubious item that can be had elsewhere on eBay for around 1/400 of the cost. Come on, Telegraph. Do you know what eBay is. Have you ever looked at eBay before. ...
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Red Rants —
... It was extremely embarrassing seeing Man Utd fans put up the Munich memorabilia scarves for sale on eBay. When we have sections of fans opposing the AIG banner, it would make us seem like hypocrites if we were putting up these scarves on sale. The cost of these scarves also appear particularly galling; some of them being put up for as much as £15,000! Even the Manchester United Opus costs £3000. ...
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