Up for a laugh?

When it comes to auctioning on the web, or anything related to it, people tend to log on to ebay. Of course, ebay is one of the most popular places in the cyberspace to buy and sell stuff, but it is certainly not the only place for auctions. In fact, there are many other places dedicated for online sales, and – better believe it – few websites even poke fun at them.

Disturbing Auctions is one website that falls in the latter category. It is dedicated to stuff that people auction online, with the intention of generating a lighter look and quite a few laughs. You are not supposed to buy or sell anything here. You only can marvel at the diversity of things that are present there. And of course, you wonder what exactly does one do with these things anyway?

Even though the website says that ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,’ – hence motivating many to sell the clutter in their homes and offices – you will eventually realise that some trash is really trash. And try as one might to jazz up these little odds and ends, you cannot deny the fact that they are just that – odds and ends. And most of the time, they do not serve even a single useful purpose for anyone to purchase them.

So how did this website come about? The webmasters have apparently gone through the cyberspace and checked out the things that people have put up for selling online at some of the auction websites. They have selected some of the most bizarre and useless items, and collected them for this website. Hence, Disturbing Auctions not only gives you a detailed description of such strange stuff, but each item also comes with an illustration to help you visualise it better. The price, of course, is also included which will certainly make you wonder who out this up for sale, and more importantly, who buys this stuff.

There are many options regarding how you would like to view the items posted here. You can either go through all of them courtesy a slideshow available on the website, or you can access the item that interests you the most. All items are categorised by art, clothing and accessories, cuisine, emotionally scary toys, figurines, furnishings, literature, terrifying dolls and miscellaneous. If you think these categories sound interesting wait till you see the items listed under them an intriguing experience, to say the least.

Another option that you have is to view the items as they are posted on a daily basis. Here, the items are categorised by the date on which they were put on the website. This will help you access the latest items to grace Disturbing Auctions.

What is more? If you come across a strange item that has been put up for an auction, you can create an account here and let the entire online world know what you have found. So the website comes with an interactive purpose as well.

Interestingly, in spite of all the fun that is poked at these on-sale items, the webmasters have mentioned that there are indeed many of them which have been bought by people. Well, as they say, this world is a strange place. And cyberspace is not no different. Who knows, you may end up buying something totally bizarre!

To check out this stuff and more, log on to http://www.disturbingauctions.com/