Desmond executing ebay? :)

[Locked in]

Guy claims to have a strange neighbor who pawns off a box of "Dharm" t-shirts? I noticed the use of numbers all through the auction. Clever. Check out the notes. I had to laugh thinking it was Desmond selling on ebay. That is what the computer is for.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=4775080984

[jet3004]

Interesting. What are those pages in the picture boxes?

[KyleSBeaver]

I'm confused!
If this real? or what?
What's going on??

[wolffootball37]

just bought one!

[timdorr]

Originally Posted by KyleSBeaver

I'm confused!
If this real? or what?
What's going on??

He sells t-shirts based on TV shows, it appears (based on his feedback). You can change your name on eBay (once every 30 days), so it's probable that he changed it just for the show (since he joined eBay before they even came up with the idea of the show).

[LostMyMarbles]

This is a clever page--I especially like the confession pages with the censored material.

There are also patches and buttons for sale at:

http://www.cafepress.com/dharmacorp

Somehow I doubt that these are amateurs rushing to take advantage of the hype. ABC would have trademarked the logo. The toast with the numbers was probably an inside job, too, but I'm not sure about that one.

This is called viral marketing--building buzz about something without leaving your mark. A little like the dry cleaning bags that the Desperate Housewives people plastered all over the country (except it was obvious where those came from).

This seller could have been registered by a PR specialist. Is there a way to find out what other products the seller has purveyed on Ebay?

[pengbear]

I'm surprised it's not ebay item # 4815162342!

[StarLight]

Very clever!

LostMyMarbles~ it's the only item he's selling. Just click the "View sellers other items" link. You can get a list of his other ebay id's though.

[Locked in]

I just bought one as well. I like how the numbers on the back of the shirt match how they look on Desy's computer screen. I give whomever credit for putting a little bit of extra effort into this auction.

[Colonel Sanders]

Originally Posted by timdorr

He sells t-shirts based on TV shows, it appears (based on his feedback). You can change your name on eBay (once every 30 days), so it's probable that he changed it just for the show (since he joined eBay before they even came up with the idea of the show).

I didn't know that you could change your seller name like that....interesting. I was thinking here's the numbers even before LOST ever aired one episode.