Ebay Copy - Got To Love It!

[Craig Desorcy]

Check it out

My Dad's Bunk Beds | eBay

Wonder if this guy writes copy for a living :P


Enjoy,

Craig

[Danielle Lynn]

Ha!

My favorite part was the drawing of his dad riding an evil cow.

I think he should get into design as well.

[Joe Ditzel]

"Due to the size of the bunk bed you will most likely require a Russian built Antonov An-225 aircraft in which to collect it, a picture of which I have included. Sadly my father’s house lacks the appropriate equipment to refuel you for your return flight."

I think we had these beds.

[TiffLee]

Originally Posted by Joe Ditzel

"Due to the size of the bunk bed you will most likely require a Russian built Antonov An-225 aircraft in which to collect it, a picture of which I have included. Sadly my father’s house lacks the appropriate equipment to refuel you for your return flight."

I think we had these beds.

... that paragraph was my favorite part of the entire copy.

Hysterical stuff.

Some of the questions, and his responses, are pricless.

[pickthat apple]

It certainly keeps you entertained for 5 minutes...


I don't know about the bed, but that baby is a darling...

[phanio]

Love that the father puts this off on his kids. What are kids for anyways?

[sicnarf]

That made my day. I wonder if the guy would be willing to be hired to be a sales writer.

[max5ty]

Originally Posted by Craig Desorcy

Check it out

My Dad's Bunk Beds | eBay

Wonder if this guy writes copy for a living :P


Enjoy,

Craig

This is becoming a trend on ebay.

There was some material put out months ago that suggested ways to sell more.

One was to do what this seller did by writing a story in hopes of the post going viral - attracting more viewers to their listing.

This guy is far from the first who's done this - there have been several that have gone viral - I suppose the more of these that go viral, the more we'll be seeing.

Some have been pretty good, others have been so so.

[Don Schenk]

And this, "...if my sister is there you can poke her in the face for all I care since she has done nothing to change their minds about getting rid of the beds."

Too funny. I'll bet the writer is a comic, a cartoonist, or a frustrated comic cartoonist.

:-Don

[pizzlemynizzle]

Wow, that's great copywriting

[AcePlayer]

crap.... i missed it. it says, "This listing (220819683349) has been removed, or this item is not available."

[David Maschke]

Just wondering, did anyone bid on it?

[Ashley Gable]

Originally Posted by AcePlayer

crap.... i missed it. it says, "This listing (220819683349) has been removed, or this item is not available."

Here is googles cache page:

My Dad's Bunk Beds | eBay

Entertaining to say the least.

[kindsvater]

That was very entertaining. Looks like the listing was removed. Dad must have got mad.

.

[Terry Heath]

Thanks for the cache page, Ashley. I really needed that one for my swipe file!

[TracyNeedham]

This one doesn't have much copy but the comparison chart is ROFL funny...doesn't look like it helped his sales though:

Chevrolet : Camaro | eBay

Maybe he took the same course that max5ty mentioned LOL

[Toniy]

Originally Posted by Arash010

if you keep in contact with us then you know about the beds and bunk beds and baby is really darling

Best first post of all time I think...


Anyway,

I used copywriting to sell my motorbike on ebay...

I had my license revoked after being caught doing 98 along a dual carriageway... 70 m.p.h. speed limit.

Not bad considering they'd caught me on the deceleration from 145 m.p.h. ...

Now because I was 2 miles under the 'instant ban' threshold, I thought I'd be fine... but since I'd only had the license for less than 6 months and didn't show up to court... they took it anyway...

Anyway I had to sell the bike but I managed to make £300 more than it was worth

Best part... when the guy came to pick it up he said 'I don't mind doing a bit of work on it... I loved the advert though '

****in' made my day sir... and I got to keep the bonuses

Except the ramp...

Anyway, you should be able to still see it here:

2003 Yamaha FZS Fazer 600cc Red - ULTIMATE First Bike - | eBay

(remember to scroll down)

That was my early copywriting days bear in mind, but still... you could tell I had potential, right?

If not, let me know and I'll get a screen cap going

[neojiphre]

haha nice stuff

[Carlton Baran]

very funny, i guess this works

[Azarna]

Ooh, no, that is not how you sell a car or bike on eBay!

Where are the spelling errors?
And the text talk? U no u need that.
Where are the multiple fonts?
You use capital letters! Shame on you.
And paragraphing? White space? Noo, why is this not one unreadble block?
You included lots of details of the product.
It is coherent.

Far, far too good all round. Hehe.

[Lethologica]

I can't access the listing but by the snippets I've seen in the thread, it sort of reminds me of this one

This isn't your normal skyline. This motherfcker is the skyline God would drive if he wasn't busy doing God sh*t like making tsunamis and crap. Its set up to go fast, and go fast sideways. Who doesn't like to get sideway?! Terrorists, thats who. Are you a terrorist? No? Then you need this car.

Handling? This car handles like a junior executive CEO. Go around corners like the devil himself is chasing you, and not give a fck.

Whats that? You like drifting? Well I've got some great god d@mn news for you. This car was a drift project of mine, and the last owner was planning on making it a drift machine too. Interior is for pussies so we got rid of it. Manly as fck. It literally oozes testosterone. So much so that its puddling up in the back.

Seats? this cocks*cker has got two. One for you, and one for the hot @ss broad thats gunna be all upons your dick after you buy this car. You're a girl? Sh*t works both ways. One seat for you, and one seat for that hot @ss dude you've been trying to hook up with for weeks. Deal with it,sh*ts getting serious.

Stereos and AC are for hippies. Fortunately this car has neither. Oh look at me, I like listen to Simon and Garfunkel and think about puppies. F*ck that. The only noises you're gunna be hearing is the ultra manly engine noises coming from this sweet turbocharged, intercooled, 24 valve inline 6. Sh*ts getting real, real f*cking fast.

This car has got a bright orange ebrake handle (b*tches love orange) with a drift button for those super ultra megahellatastic bar room brawler ebrake lockers. F*ck. Yes.

Now, I'll be honest. The wheels are a little lackluster, although everyones gunna be so focused on your super gangster drifting that nobody is going to give a f*ck about your sh*tty stock 16s. Don't worry, I've got you fcking covered. Its like we're in Vietnam and you just got ambushed by Charlie. Don't worry, friend, I've got your fcking back and I blow charlie to kingdom fcking come. For an extra $450 I can throw in some added p*ssy magnets for wheels, just don't come crawling back to me complaining that you're getting TOO much vajayjay. Bright fcking green 18s. Greens not your thing? Super legit silver 18s. Done like dinner.

This car has got 1.5 metric f*ck tons of awesome parts. Bride, Greddy, Brembo, the list doesn't f*cking END. It just keeps going and going, like the energizer bunny on speed.

You like going fast? Ever tried to outrun 24 police cars and 3 helicopters? You need this car. It will go so fcking fast that you may very well go back in time. It happened to me once. Just once, but it was fcking rad. Its like someone took a rocket and opened its mouth and poured steroids down its throat and and threatened to kill its family if it wasn't the fastest motherfcker you've ever driven.

I get it. You're busy, I'm busy, lets not waste time. If you're interested send me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP. You send me a message, I send you one right back. Thats how this works.

Skyline! 1990 GTSt

[jonb0906]

I read the Camaro copy, but failed to read the bunk beds copy, which sounds interesting. It was both removed from eBay and now a 404 page.

[apolwar]

Originally Posted by Toniy

Best first post of all time I think...


Anyway,

I used copywriting to sell my motorbike on ebay...

I had my license revoked after being caught doing 98 along a dual carriageway... 70 m.p.h. speed limit.

Not bad considering they'd caught me on the deceleration from 145 m.p.h. ...

Now because I was 2 miles under the 'instant ban' threshold, I thought I'd be fine... but since I'd only had the license for less than 6 months and didn't show up to court... they took it anyway...

Anyway I had to sell the bike but I managed to make £300 more than it was worth

Best part... when the guy came to pick it up he said 'I don't mind doing a bit of work on it... I loved the advert though '

****in' made my day sir... and I got to keep the bonuses

Except the ramp...

Anyway, you should be able to still see it here:

2003 Yamaha FZS Fazer 600cc Red - ULTIMATE First Bike - | eBay

(remember to scroll down)

That was my early copywriting days bear in mind, but still... you could tell I had potential, right?

If not, let me know and I'll get a screen cap going

I read this. It was a catchy Ebay description. Congratulations on selling the bike.

------------

I couldn't access the bunk beds one though.

[Toniy]

Much appreciated

It was probably a good thing in the end... I was always getting myself into trouble with that thing...

I just REFUSE to use four wheels though!