The $700 Billion Rabbit Hutch

Posted by Alex in Funny, Money & Finance, Pictures on January 6, 2009 at 8:45 am


Recall the surprising news that banks can’t account for how they are using first tranche of the $700 billion federal bailout fund? Well, luckily, Freakonomics blog reader Gannon Hubbard found the answer: a $700 billion rabbit hutch on Amazon!

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9 comments to "The $700 Billion Rabbit Hutch"

  1. Gauldar
    January 6th, 2009 at 9:29 am

    My rabbit would have eaten that grass mat.

  2. Idil
    January 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am

    It says it's about 6 dollars on amazon now.

  3. robbie
    January 6th, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    yea i just looked on amazon and Idil is right, its only like 6.06 dollars. so maybe the pic was photoshopped? or a glitch?

  4. Scooter
    January 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm

    That's crazy the government wouldn't pay more that 2000 dollars for such technology.

  5. bryan
    January 6th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    this happens sometimes on amazon when they automatically list items. the upc (or other number) was put in the price field mistakenly.

  6. Zane
    January 6th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    Buy all 3 and save $44!

  7. Becky
    January 7th, 2009 at 11:48 am

    I worked in Amazon's customer service department for almost 4 years ~ i'm sure the price was just an input error, and it's actually very easy to fix from amazon's side. I tried to find some of the other gems we came across in customer service, but most of them are gone now ~ like the $2 million "land cruiser" (with $1 shipping!) and the Ace Hardware store for 5 million. There are lots of strange things on amazon, like whole skinned rabbits (seriously, in the gourmet foods section), Caskets (just search "casket" and a whole slew of them appear), and my favorite, Bondage Duck (search B000Z4KQNC ) ~ working for Amazon, i learned that they really DO sell everything.

  8. JeffB
    January 7th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    That better come with at least one rabbit.

  9. amelia
    January 8th, 2009 at 8:18 am

    I wonder if anyone even considered buying it.


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