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ANNOUNCEMENTS - ubuythisnowstaff 11/21/2000, 7:42 am

Once again, our very deepest apologies for the gremlins in the system last night. As you probably know by now, everyone logged onto the site between 7 and 9 p.m. PST, auto-bid $1.2 million U.S. for the same item, a macramé ski hat. We apologize for the mistake, and also for turning your names over to a collection agency and all major credit reporting services. Sadly, the matter is now out of our hands. Again, we are so deeply sorry.

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Wanted: - PieterSA 11/20/2000, 7:26 am

I grew up in South Africa and have a sentimental attachment to late ’70s-era Krugerrands. Can’t pay more than about a dollar, but you’d be doing a fellow Ubuythisnower a great favor!

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TESTING THE WATERS - lannyN 11/19/2000, 3:34 pm

Hi everybody ... I have an old human brain that has been in my family since just after the war. I’ve been told it’s Hitler’s. I don’t have any way to verify this, tho. Three questions: 1) Would a reputable dealer like Sotheby’s be able to tell me for sure whether it’s Hitler’s brain? (I’d hate to find out it’s only Goering’s brain, or Albert Speer’s.) 2) If I do decide to sell, what’s the best shipping method? It’s currently packaged in a glass jar, floating in some kind of yellowish liquid (formaldehyde?). I guess I could bubble-wrap it, or take it down to Mailboxes Etc. and have them pack it in peanuts. And 3) is there, like, some kind of moral issue here or what? I’d appreciate any feedback. (P.S.: I also have Pol Pot’s ring finger, and Idi Amin’s toupee.)