Couple asks eBayers to sponsor their wedding

twanda

Would you donate?

From Sky News site:

A recession-hit couple have turned to eBay in an attempt to save their dream wedding.
Emily Warr and fiance Stephen Shaw planned every detail of their £11,000 big day and put down money for deposits.

But disaster struck when Mr Shaw's construction job was cut to four days a week due to the economic slowdown.

The pair realised they could not afford the rest of the payments for their wedding, but faced losing even more cash if they cancelled it.

Hoping altruism is still alive among Britain's romantics, they decided to sell stakes in their nuptials online for £10.

"Buyers" get a thank you letter, a photo of the big day, a card on their first anniversary plus "that warm feeling inside knowing you are making two people very happy", their page explains.

Link to eBay page:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sponsor-our-Wedding_W0QQitemZ250471448469QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item3a5142ff95&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:12|66:2|39:1|72:1683|293:1|294:50>

AnonoBoy

eBayers say 'No'.

WIZE

Mail Order Bride


we all Marry her for €10

My name is URL

They look like brother and sister

brummytom

twanda wrote: »

"Buyers" get a thank you letter, a photo of the big day, a card on their first anniversary plus "that warm feeling inside knowing you are making two people very happy", their page explains.

Throw in a video of the wedding night and it's a deal...

dumbblonde122

If poeple just wanted that "warm feeling" they woudl drink a hot beverage.

Why would you want a photo and an anniversary cad of two stenagers?

brummytom

My name is URL wrote: »

They look like brother and sister

They're from the West Country, they probably are.

I'll retract my bid

Milky Moo

No way in fudging hell would I donate anything to it!

They obvious couldn't afford it truely to begin with why should they be bailed out for their stupidity.

If they really loved each other they wouldn't care about all the bells and whistles.
They would have regrettably taken the hit and went down to a registry office when they got a few pounds together and got hitched.

petes

Why in the name of fuck would I give money to someone to get married?

twanda

I see they have received 4 'buyer feedbacks' today - all along the lines of ''Great idea / good luck / have a great day'' etc..

Carlow52

Case for NAMA: ride now, pay later:D

Kurn

Ahh.. don't be so miserable, its not an awful idea, there probably hoping someone rich will see this and jump in to save them, looks like they made 40 from it already, there almost there

That_Guy

Nearly pissed myself laughing at the "Item condition" at the top of the page.

I should hope it's bloody well new.

cherryghost

theres more than 10 of them available. get them while you can!!

twanda

They could end up making a profit from this. Interesting how they don't show exactly how many donations of £10 they need to get to their goal. They could have listed that under 'quantity available' - instead, they set it at 'more than 10'.

Lord Derpington

twanda wrote: »

They could end up making a profit from this. Interesting how they don't show exactly how many donations of £10 they need to get to their goal. They could have listed that under 'quantity available' - instead, they set it at 'more than 10'.

Im pretty sure when the amount is you select as available is greater than 10, ebay changes it to "more than ten" even if its just 11

twanda

greenfly wrote: »

Im pretty sure when the amount is you select as available is greater than 10, ebay changes it to "more than ten" even if its just 11

ah, OK. Still, they could have mentioned in the ad just how much money they need to raise.

3qsmavrod5twfe

That_Guy wrote: »

Nearly pissed myself laughing at the "Item condition" at the top of the page.

I should hope it's bloody well new.

Would be better if read

"Used

Bride: 3 previous owners, relatively low milage for age, comes with twin airbags. Can rattle a bit after a hard drive, but essentially clean under the bonnet.

Groom: Number of previous owners undisclosed as the records have become smudged. Requires to be topped up with fluids on a regular basis. Tends to become unbalanced if overfilled, but this will eventually sort itself out after a few hours."

Now that would have been worth a tenner.

General Zod

No Deal.

Cut back on the wedding expenditure, invite less guests, there's lots of stuff they could do. His work was sut to 4 days? he's lucky there's a job for him at all.

smellslikeshoes

They are up to 7 feedbacks for this now so its working, this would have been some idea as a scam.

WIZE

Its been removed from ebay now

crazy angel

wow, i wonder why? :P

Saibh

BVB wrote: »

Its been removed from ebay now

They managed to get £75 before it was removed - now what will that buy

Biggins

I'm buying a 46 inch Series 7 Samsung flat screen for the bedroom wall - anyone care to sponsor me too?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

They should charge the guests too. At least there getting more than a 'warm feeling' inside, there getting fcuking food!

Saibh

Biggins wrote: »

I'm buying a 46 inch Series 7 Samsung flat screen for the bedroom wall - anyone care to sponsor me too?

Aw, Biggins got no offers....

Biggins

Saibh wrote: »

Aw, Biggins got no offers....

Aaa well, will just have to buy it tomorrow out of my own pocket. Se La Vie...
(The hard part will be the friggin' wall mounts. The damn thing is massive and heavy!)

Abi

twanda wrote: »

Would you donate?

From Sky News site:

A recession-hit couple have turned to eBay in an attempt to save their dream wedding.
Emily Warr and fiance Stephen Shaw planned every detail of their £11,000 big day and put down money for deposits.

Clearly not, the cheeky bastards. Losing their deposits is the best thing that could happen to them, it will teach them not to spend money they don't have. The people who have dontated are not just your average moron, they are some new super breed of fcuking moron who should smash up their computers and never leave the house.

Latchy

If only the answer to life's problems life were so simple ..wait ..maybe it is ?

K4t

£11,000 for a wedding? GTFO.

Just go down to the registry office ffs.

Jeanious

K4t wrote: »

£11,000 for a wedding? GTFO.

Just go down to the registry office ffs.

my sentiments exactly, what a fcukin waste!