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Let me start by saying that this
auction is the ORIGINAL giant, monster flake. There's
some unoriginal joker trying to sell their flake here on
Ebay and it's of lesser statue by far. Anyway, you are
bidding a single, intact, genuine, MONSTER-SIZED, Kellogg’s
Frosted Flake. No, I was not impaired when I decided to post
this auction. I simply poured a bowl of frosted deliciousness
and this beauty fell out of the box. I said “WHOA!” and here
it is. Please, all parties bid accordingly and responsibly as
all proceeds from this auction will be divided 50/50 and
disbursed to a charity fund and my 10-month old
son’s college fund.
I have been eating and enjoying
Frosted Flakes for years from my early youth into my current
adulthood. I have literally eaten hundreds of bowls and I
regularly finish off at least a box and a half every month.
Why, because THEEEYYY’RE GREAT! I really am thankful for
Kellogg’s and their contribution to America. When I cracked
open this particular box of Frosted Flakes I knew it was
special, as all of the flakes seemed freakishly large. Anyway,
I have NEVER come across a Frosted Flake of the stature
pictured here in this auction! It’s a King of flakes to say
the least, measuring approximately 3 inches by 2 inches. In
the pictures you can see how monstrous the flake is. I pulled
several large flakes from my bowl and this one dwarfed them
all in comparison. Additionally, that is a tablespoon in the
pictures, not some wimpy teaspoon that most folks eat their
cereal with. My wife’s hand also demonstrates the king-sized
flakedness of the specimen. This is simply a phenomenon. If
there is a larger flake out there I haven’t come across it. I
also searched Guinness World Records online and I didn’t find
any entry for Frosted Flakes.
In
closing I would like to say that if you wish to own a unique,
if not absurd and eccentric piece of history and help out with
two worthy causes, please bid on the auction. I will accept
payment via Paypal, Personal Check, or Money Order. Payment is
expected within 7 days of the auction closing. I will pay for
safe and secure shipping to ensure that your flake arrives in
perfect condition. Thanks for viewing my auction and good luck
bidding!
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Jan-21-05 at 21:56:37 PST, seller added the following
information:
04:22 PM CST on
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
By KIMBERLY DURNAN /
WFAA.com
No flaky jokes, please.
McKinney
resident John White really is selling what he terms a "single,
intact, genuine, MONSTER-SIZED" Frosted Flake on eBay. And as
of Wednesday, at least one bidder was willing to plunk down
more than $20 to own it.
The 2-by-3-inch flake emerged
from the box when White was pouring the cereal into a bowl. A
29-year-old man with more than two decades of Frosted Flake
consumption under his belt, if you will, he declared it the
biggest flake he had ever seen.
"It's just seemed a shame
to eat it," he said.
After reading about other bizarre
items that have found homes on the online auction site - the
Rio Grande Valley snowball that sold for $92, a $28,000
grilled cheese sandwich that purportedly bore the image of the
Virgin Mary - he decided to try his luck.
"I just said,
'What the hell! ? Maybe I could get $5 and get another box of
cereal," he said. "If I get a big amount of money I will give
some to UNICEF and put some in my son's college
fund."
Courting only a handful of bids so far, White
may be able to buy his son a used college textbook, at best.
But don't count him out, one expert said, because people
sometimes are willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money for
items with no obvious value.
No one would pay for a
single Frosted Flake if it were for sale at the grocery store,
said Dr. David Greenfield, the author of Virtual Addiction.
But people feel disassociated with eBay purchases because
there is no human contact, he said.
"It's not about
anything practical. It's about winning," Greenfield said.
"It's not about whether they need the snowball or Frosted
Flake. The process of searching and buying becomes
entertainment and people don't have to deal with their real
lives."
White acknowledges he has endured some scorn
for the auction, ! which was supposed to close after midnight
Wednesday.
One person e-mailed: "How bored are you?"
Asked another: "If I bid, will you throw in your car at no
extra charge?"
It's all in good fun, White says,
especially if he gets $25 for a single piece of cereal. It's
certainly nowhere near as "extreme" as the guy selling tattoo
space on his forehead, to be used for advertising.
"If
someone is going to insult me about my Frosted Flake auction,
does it make them any better to spend time to write me about
it?" White said. "I'm comfortable with my
flakiness."
On
Jan-22-05 at 14:54:40 PST, seller added the following
information:
Original Auction
Here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5549780641
On
Jan-24-05 at 18:49:29 PST, seller added the following
information:
Thank you
everyone for your bids and your support. The legend of the
flake grows each day : )
On
Jan-25-05 at 17:41:06 PST, seller added the following
information:
Wow! Thanks for your support
PokerChipKing! For great
novelty gifts visit ThePokerChipKing's
eBay store!
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