Breast Implants on Ebay
Here’s more on our series on the laws of unintended product uses.
(Read our blog post about breast implants as body armor.)
When Ebay, the huge online market and auction site first appeared, very few people ever imagined it would be a place to obtain breast implants. (Make that used breast implants!)
Case in point: Sharon Osbourne, TV star and mate of mumbling rockstar Ozzy Osbourne, has announced she does not like her current breast augmentation because the implants are too round and too big.
Actually, Sharon falls into a trend of midlife woman who once had breast enhancement and then decide to go back under the knife for a reduction in size.
Many decide larger breasts are uncomfortable and get in the way. Plus, they no longer need large “girls” because they are no longer trolling for a mate.
Said Ozzy: “Ah’m shu Sha don madaupa ‘er mind ‘cause, Sha always knowz whaa Sha wanndo wiff ‘er fac…”
Anyhow, Sharon has already forked over about $600,000 for cosmetic plastic surgery including:
- Face lift
- Buttocks lift and augmentation
- Weight loss surgery
- Tummy tuck
But where does Ebay fit in?
Sharon wants to eventually have her DD implants removed and exchanged for smaller implants.
And, get this: she wants to sell them on Ebay.
Wonder where Sharon got that idea?
Perhaps from entertainer and former California gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey who listed her old breast implants on Ebay in 2007. The starting bid was about $2200. But, hey, the implants were autographed!
Back in 2005, an exotic dancer who appeared under the name Tawny Peaks had her somewhat unwieldy 69-HH implants removed after her dancing career. GoldenPlace.com reportedly paid $13,000 for one of the implants as a publicity stunt. (Read more about the breast implant sale.)
Yet another celebrity – at least in the U.K. – made the news for almost selling her implants in Ebay.
British pop princess Kerry Katona placed an autographed 34GG implant on Ebay – with all profits going to charity — but the site removed the listing because the paperwork relating to charities was not listed correctly.
Nonetheless, if you look on Ebay, you’ll find somewhere around 12, not-for-surgery breast implants ranging in size from 275 to 650 cc’s.
Of course, for a measly 80 bucks, nobody famous has autographed them!
admin @ March 12, 2010