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!
See also: The $700 Billion T-Shirt
robbie
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?
Scooter
That’s crazy the government wouldn’t pay more that 2000 dollars for such technology.
bryan
this happens sometimes on amazon when they automatically list items. the upc (or other number) was put in the price field mistakenly.
Becky
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.
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