Interesting eBay policy - open to much philosophical interpretation.

How did you go about setting up the auction to get that error message? Could you provide the html link to this policy?

What is the connection/correlation between the virginity and the soul?

Don't have a link, they just emailed this to me. I really don't recall the details of this auction as I was soused at the time, but folks who've tried to sell their virginity on eBay got a bunch, and a lot better offers.

Seems the moraility of the girls could be called into question as well. But ostensibly that's why there are minor laws and adult laws - because the adults are supposed to know better.

Both sides here seem equally sick in the head, however. Either way I am suitably (or unsuitably) creeped out by it.

Wonder what the price for 're-instated virginity' is?

In Japan there's a thriving trade in "re-virginizing" women who want to give their husbands or whomever a thrill, but The Japanese are known for their taste for the bizarre. They didn't have this yen for virginity (pun intended) until the Christians arrived in the 16th cent.

I've seen reports of 'chastisty virgins' who claim to be 're-virginated' Christians in the South, Dallas or thereabouts, not sure of exact link/ref

If one were to apply Band-Aid Liquid Bandage to one's nether regions, would not the resulting membrane be an artificial hymen? There's a cheap way to revirginize without the hassles of going to a gynecologist.

I don't know...I suspect it wouldn't, uh, 'stick' long enough to grow new tissue. I'd like to hear from a guy's point of view (if any of them have any thoughts on this): what IS it about doing it w/a virgin? I should think that would be pretty off-putting, myself; I mean, someone who has no clue, who may not find it comfortable - in which case, probably not thinking you (the guy) is very exciting - who may be nervous, scared, etc. I can't see how that would be a turn on.

Those darn Christians.

I believe they'll sew ya up for free over in Africa won't they?

Uhhhh...I thought all they did there was cut you up w/coffee can tops (if you're a girl)? I don't think the virginity mystique started w/the Christians. It would seem to have started long before that w/the Jews, but even in the O.T. before they were Jews, it would inferentially have been a Sumerian thing, as it seems to have been implicit w/Abram as a cultural value before he became Abraham; and of course, it's been a Chinese standard for thousands of years. A lot of folk traditions reported by the Romans and even earlier by travelling Greek writers also emphasized the 'virgin' aspect of various beliefs & practices, so I dunno. For once this isn't something I would blame on Christianity (miracles never do cease :) !) I just know from my various readings on Japanese history & culture (esp. Heian periods & later) that the Japanese have for centuries thought that anyone remaining virgin was not only abnormal, but subject to possession by demons, which coming from my western culture I thought of course was an unusual tack for people to take, but then again, so did the Polynesians. Anyone else out there w/more expertise or better readings have info? God knows I'm not the last word on this or anything else.

Brooke is right. Both cutting and sewing are done in certain parts of Africa and the Middle East.

Nancy is also right. Both genital mutilation and the related excessive fixation on female virginity are cultural barbarities far too old to blame on Christianity.

Nearly every culture has ugly practices that ought to be discarded as soon as possible, as well as beautiful traditions that ought to be preserved for future generations.

I only mentioned it because "Nancy" said this up there:

In Japan there's a thriving trade in "re-virginizing" women who want to give their husbands or whomever a thrill, but The Japanese are known for their taste for the bizarre. They didn't have this yen for virginity (pun intended) until the Christians arrived in the 16th cent.

Geez

I am currently selling my virginity as a USED item. I'm not getting anything for it so far, but I figured it was worth a shot. Wish me luck.

I'm trying to buy mine back, but the undeserving girl who stole it from me doesn't seem to think it was worth very much. Succubus! Succubus! Succubus!

That is all.

you can buy mine. It's just as good I'm sure. It's a little beat up, but it'll do. Oh, and I found a buyer for my soul as soon as I list it. If he wins the virginity then he'll have a virgin's soul, which is worth a little more I hear.

You're kinda funny for a broad, Beergirl. Write more often.

Throw in the ass and we'll talk. Do you take food stamps and Subway punch cards?

That is all.

They quit doing subway punch cards. Those are worthless, but I'll take food stamps. Fat girl's gotta eat!

Oh, and btw, I'm flippin' hilarious. You just don't know!

I GOT MY FIRST BID!! My used, slightly beat up virginity is going for a dollar now.

Disgusting concept, but entertaining it for a sec, I wonder if longtime celibacy counts as reconstituted virginity. Say she rode horses or was a gymnast or something. And what about men? (I'm thinking about that new film about the 40-year-old virgin.)

I'm up to $1.25 now

7.50. I'm sure you guys don't care, but hey, I'm having a blast here.

That street corner must be hopping

heh, it's ebay. People will bid on anything.

For the curious, here is the auction link - most interesting

This auction is coming up as an "Invalid Item" now. Good thing eBay is on the ball to protect our moral purity. Or something.

That's hilarious, Brooke and beergirl.

I can't believe that ebay has to have an automatic message to tell people that they do not allow the selling of human souls. I bet they have a lot of hilarious stuff in their manual and their automatic messages. Someone, please write more about it.

"I am currently selling my virginity as a USED item. I'm not getting anything for it so far, but I figured it was worth a shot" - beergirl

Will a shot of Jack do the trick?
Or, would your prefer a boilermaker?

It's the mystique of being a girls first. Old men in a midlife crisis who want to relive something from high school. Or get something they never had, a girls hymen. Someone they can make scream because they can't make a woman.
Anyone who cuts or sews up a girl down there should have their balls cut off, fried up and forced to eat them.Then forced to wear a burka, because they're not a man anymore.
Hey Beer Girl I have twenty bucks if I dont eat for a day. Will that win the auction.I'm in need of just using mine!

hi i m santo from india i m 21 male from delhi i m still virgin plz break it [Personal contact info deleted]

Hay BeerGirl, If you can use 5.00 and my virginity, to patch up your used vaginity, no wait, that does not work huh??

LOL