- Six German women in their mid-30s who promise to add
sparkle to even the dullest party have sold themselves in an Internet auction
for just over $28,600 (BD10,810).
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- The friends advertised themselves on the eBay site saying
they would take a crate of beer round to any party - and then stay.
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- "Not enough to drink? Want some new faces? Too many
men? Empty dancefloor? Party always over by 11pm? Always the same old dull
couples?" they asked.
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- "Then get into a real party mood with our sixpack.
We will personally bring the crate round. And the best thing is, we'll
stay and party too."
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- When the auction ended, the highest of the 218 bids came
in at the tidy sum of 25,050 euros (BD10,971), offered by an unidentified
buyer.
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- According to a website they hastily set up after being
flooded by e-mails, the women - Nicole, Locki, Andrea, Steffi, Kerstin
and Christine - are aged from 30 to 36 and mostly blonde.
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- They give few personal details, although Press reports
say they live in or near Guetersloh, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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- "We're being overrun by radio, television and newspapers!
We never thought it would cause such a fuss," they say, apologising
that their website briefly crashed under the weight of hits.
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- The first offer was on November 1 at 6.99 euros (BD3),
but it quickly rose. By the time the eventual winner, under the address
blueemoon100, entered the bidding it stood at 11,750 euros (BD5,146). A
surge of 25 bids in the last day took the final sum from 13,700 euros (BD6,000)
to the winning 25,050. Four other women, these ones in their mid-20s, are
now offering themselves for sale as party guests too, claiming rather cattily
to be a "cellulite-free alternative to the over-30s."
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