Officials in one eastern Pennsylvania school district are red-faced after making a costly mistake on eBay.
The East Stroudsburg School District was attempting to sell seven used classroom trailers, but an error in its ad on the online auction site allowed someone to bid and buy one trailer for only a dollar.
The district had purchased the trailers three years ago for about $46,000 each. With transportation and setup costs, the total came to around $60,000.
Officials were expecting to get around $5,000 to $10,000 per trailer on eBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ).
District superintendent Rachel Heath says officials tried to back out of the eBay sale but couldn't.
There ARE ways around that - what are they going to do get negative feedback...who cares! Its an obvious error and they should not be held responsible for that.
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