The Better Business Bureau would like to remind you not to be an idiot.
USE CAUTION WHEN BUYING MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORABILIA
Value of Items Could Only Be SentimentalDuPont, WA — June 30, 2009 — Immediately following the announcement of Michael Jackson’s sudden death, enterprising individuals began selling memorabilia online to take advantage of the increased demand. Better Business Bureau warns that…the currently inflated prices for many items will drop over time…. by the morning following his death almost 20,000 Michael Jackson-related items and memorabilia were for sale on the auction Web site. Items included autographs, gloves, posters, newspapers and even a Cheeto which supposedly predicted the death of the pop star.
…Because the value of collectibles is largely dependent on how rare an item is, mass-produced commemorative items are not likely to appreciate in value.
With regard to celebrity-death-predicting Cheetos, can’t we just leave it at caveat emptor? Doesn’t the Better Business Bureau have better things to do?
It’s pretty hard to top the 60-odd people who bid up a VG+ copy of “Thriller” (40 million copies) to well over a thousand bucks right after he died.
I want to see the Cheeto.
Sweet – I’m going to make a mint on that signed MJ CD.
Any business that needs to say it’s better, isn’t.
Mmm, this reminds me of those stories of medieval relics of the True Cross. Apparently there were enough in circulation to make up an entire forest. Caveat emptor, indeed.
I, for one, am glad the BBB is being so conscientious as to warn me about death-predicting Cheetos.
Thanks, BBB!
Don’t use cheetos with MJ’s glove.
Especially the glow in the dark kind.
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.