Starpulse is asking the above question and we’re curious too.
A pair of enterprising scavengers from the Web site HollywoodStarTrash.com were stunned to learn Wednesday that the empty gourmet dog food can they had plundered from Hilton’s trash had launched an eBay bidding war reaching $1.5 million.
”I’m definitely skeptical,” said one of the HollywoodStarTrash guys, who declined to give his full name for fear of jeopardizing his day job.
Although he noted the top bidder’s eBay profile shows the person has gotten no complaints from sellers, he said he has asked the Web site to check on the bid’s legitimacy and pull it if it’s fake.
”I’d hate to get that eBay bill and then nobody pays,” he laughed.
Ebay spokeswoman Kim Rubey said the online auction site is investigating.
”We do like to remind all the buyers that any bid is a binding contract to enter into an agreement with the seller, and we do have rules against bids that are not legitimate and we will take action against a joke bid,” she said.
Hilton has famously and frequently been spotted toting her Chihuahua, Tinkerbell.
HollywoodStarTrash put three other Hilton items for sale on eBay: a used toothbrush, an autographed postcard and a fan letter to the reality TV star. The highest bid for those was $285 for the toothbrush. Bidding closes Sunday.
Party Animal, which goes for as much as $2.99 per can and can be found in about 150 stores in Southern California and about 40 in New York. It can also be bought through the company’s Web site.
Abrams said Hilton, one of his best customers, buys it by the case.
”They are the most well-taken-care-of dogs,” he said of her pets.
So this brings us to ask, if you can buy a can of the actual food for $2.99, why buy one empty can for over a million? Do you think the high bidder is going to come through and pay?
If you’ve ordered the food for your dog, what are your thoughts and how did your pooches like it?
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This happens all the time on eBay there’s just so much talk about it because it’s attached to a celebrity.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:15 amThe seller may not get their money but they got good press instead which is kinda the same in a sense.
I BELIEVE THAT IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GO THROUGH ALL THIS FOR JUST A CAN OF DOG FOOD. I AM SURE THAT MS. HILTON DESERVES SOME PRIVACY.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:33 amNo way is someone going to pay for this and if they do - that’s ridiculous.
June 28th, 2007 at 11:35 amI’m a huge Paris Hilton fan but even I think this is insane and no, I don’t think anyone is really going to pay for it.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:00 pmI haven’t bought the food for my dogs but I want to - has anyone tried it for their own dogs?
I don’t think the high bidder is going to pay that but its’ good press for the food company.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:14 pmI live in CA and I’ve bought this for my two shih=tzu’s before, they love it, it’s just not easily able to get now where I moved and my mom won’t pay for shipping to get it
June 28th, 2007 at 3:13 pmWho has this kind of money to blow on trash? I mean really.
June 28th, 2007 at 4:52 pmTHIS IS A JOKE RIGHT?
June 28th, 2007 at 5:11 pm1.5 million is insane!! I have tried the food with my dogs and they are hooked. Its about time there is some quality pet food on the market, at least we know Paris’s dogs eat well!
June 28th, 2007 at 5:13 pmI contacted Party Animal about two months ago, and they had no problem sending me a few samples for my dogs. Now that my dogs are hooked on it, and it’s “USDA Organic”, I now order a few cases every few weeks. If this auction was a fradulant auction on ebay, ebay would have already pulled it by now! Contact Party Animal like I did, and they will send you some samples.
June 28th, 2007 at 5:41 pmI can’t believe anyone would think this auction is going to end with someone paying this much for an empty can of dog food.
June 28th, 2007 at 5:56 pmHow is ebay going to verify it? Ask for the buyers bank account number? Demand bank statements to make sure theyre good 4 it? Come on!
I don’t think this is really going to sell at this price either, if it does, I’ll be shocked, REALLY shocked. This happens to Ebay all the time, does anyone remember that stupid cheeto or patato chip or something a few years back that was way up to a million dollars? it was on the news 2 and no one paid.
June 28th, 2007 at 6:03 pm1, no one is going to buy that for the price
June 28th, 2007 at 6:16 pm2, i buy this for my dog, they love it esp the chicken
3, paris rocks