What was the first item auctioned off on eBay?

Answer 1

The first item sold on Amazon was a copy of the book:

"Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought".

It was sold in July of 1995.

Answer 2

The first item sold online directly by a company was a packaged holiday sold by Thomson Holidays, UK, at 10.15 am on the 2nd March 1981 when a customer made the purchase in a travel agent'office in Harlow,England. This was B2B. The first B2C sale was in May 1984 when Mrs Jane Snowball of Gateshead, England purchased groceries from the local Tesco supermarket using her home television that had been modified to communicate with a computer. What she actually purchased was never recorded.

Answer 3

The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers

Answer 4

The first item sold he sold was a broken laser pointer, for $14.83

Answer 5

A Pez dispenser

i believe it was a broken laser pointer

Answer 6

A broken laser pointer, that was sold for $14.83 by Pierre Omidyar, who was the founder of eBay. Back then the website was called AuctionWeb.com.

Answer 7

A broken laser pointer

Answer 8

Broken laser pointer