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: ''eBay is an online auction platform from the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] [[continuity family]] and (incidentally) in the real world.''
[[File:Movie Sam's eBay profile.jpg|right|thumb|Oddest profile picture?|300px]]
'''Ebay''' is a website where you can buy and sell items. The company's provided services are enjoyed by both humans and evil alien robots alike!


If you're a [[Samuel James Witwicky|young teenager]] looking to score some cash to pay for your first car by hawking your [[Archibald Amundsen Witwicky|great-great-grandfather]]'s junk over the [[Internet]], '''eBay''' is a good place to do it.
==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' film===
[[Sam Witwicky]], hoping to get money to buy a new car, put his [[Archibald Witwicky|great-great-grandfather]]'s belongings, including some [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses| glasses]], on eBay. Unfortunately for Sam, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] saw the listing and attempted to kill him and retrieve the glasses, which had the location of the [[AllSpark]] encoded on them. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}


Unfortunately, [[Barricade (Movie)|killer alien monster robots]] can also use it to track you down.
==Notes==
*In the ''real world'', eBay is an online market for buying both new and used Transformers toys, whether in full or [[for parts]] (we're told other stuff gets sold there as well.)  Its sheer size and market share mean that the selection and variety of toys is enormous; however, it has also given rise to [[Toy scalping|scalpers]].  In addition, <s>stolen</s> <s>leaked</s> [[prototype]]s "acquired through unauthorized means" also often end up being offered on eBay, often going for even higher prices than toys sold by scalpers.
*In the movie, [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] states the eBay item number for [[Sam Witwicky|Ladiesman217's]] [[glasses]] as "21153", a five digit number. In the ''real world'', eBay item numbers had already reached the eight digit region by 1998; and in 2007, when the movie came out, they were already in the twelve digit region.
*In [[Movie Adaptation issue 1|issue 1]] of the movie's [[Transformers: Movie Adaptation|comic book adaptation]], the eBay logo on Sam's computer has been changed into "ePay", possibly to avoid accusations of product placement.
*According to producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], eBay was not written into the movie as part of a sponsoring deal (although eBay ''was'' a partner for the production), but had already been explicitly referred to by name in the script even before the deal between eBay and Paramount was reached.<ref name="lorenzo">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070926225129/http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2724&Itemid=99 Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura addressing the eBay references in the movie]</ref>
* [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] can't use eBay, as he can't get a credit card without a date of birth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10}}
* eBay ran a video competition titled "[[Transform Your World]]" during the run-up to the first movie.


In the ''real world'', eBay can be a good place to buy both new and used Transformers toys and other merchandise for decent prices. Less experienced buyers should beware, though, since [[toy scalping|scalpers]] also use eBay as a platform to make a profit, and their offerings are ''never'' good deals. In addition, <strike>stolen</strike> <strike>leaked</strike> [[prototype|prototypes]] "acquired through unauthorized means" also often end up being offered on eBay, often going for even higher prices than toys sold by scalpers.
==References==
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==Trivia==
==External links==
*In the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]], [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] states the eBay item number for [[Samuel James Witwicky|Ladiesman217's]] [[glasses]] as "21153", a five digit number. In the ''real world'', eBay item numbers had already reached the eight digit region by 1998; and in 2007, when the movie came out, they were already in the 12 digit region.
*{{w|EBay|eBay}} on Wikipedia
*In [[Movie Adaptation issue 1|issue 1]] of the movie's [[Movie Adaptation|comic book adaptation]], the eBay logo on Sam's computer has been changed into "[[Jipe|ePay]]", possibly to avoid accusations of product placement. Seems strange, since they had no qualms about that in the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]].
*[http://www.ebay.com/sch/Transformers-Robots-/83732/i.html?_armrs=1&_from=R10&_ipg=&_mPrRngCbx=1&_pcats=246%2C220&_sop=1&_udlo=5 eBay section of Transformers merchandise]  
*According to producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], eBay was not written into the movie as part of a sponsoring deal (although eBay ''was'' a partner for the production), but had already been explicitly referred to by name in the script even before the deal between eBay and Paramount was reached.<ref name="lorenzo">[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2724&Itemid=99 Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura addressing the eBay references in the movie]</ref>


==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[[wikipedia:EBay|eBay]] on Wikipedia
*[http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=so&sbrftog=1&dfsp=1&catref=C6&from=R10&satitle=&sacat=2479%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=95125&sabfmts=1&sacqyop=ge&sacqy=&dfs=20071114&dfts=-1&dfe=20071114&dfte=-1&sabdlo=&sabdhi=&price=1&saprclo=5&saprchi=&sass=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&fgtp= eBay section of Transformers merchandise]
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Ebay is a website where you can buy and sell items. The company's provided services are enjoyed by both humans and evil alien robots alike!

Fiction

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Transformers film

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Sam Witwicky, hoping to get money to buy a new car, put his great-great-grandfather's belongings, including some glasses, on eBay. Unfortunately for Sam, Frenzy and Barricade saw the listing and attempted to kill him and retrieve the glasses, which had the location of the AllSpark encoded on them. Transformers

Notes

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  • In the real world, eBay is an online market for buying both new and used Transformers toys, whether in full or for parts (we're told other stuff gets sold there as well.) Its sheer size and market share mean that the selection and variety of toys is enormous; however, it has also given rise to scalpers. In addition, stolen leaked prototypes "acquired through unauthorized means" also often end up being offered on eBay, often going for even higher prices than toys sold by scalpers.
  • In the movie, Barricade states the eBay item number for Ladiesman217's glasses as "21153", a five digit number. In the real world, eBay item numbers had already reached the eight digit region by 1998; and in 2007, when the movie came out, they were already in the twelve digit region.
  • In issue 1 of the movie's comic book adaptation, the eBay logo on Sam's computer has been changed into "ePay", possibly to avoid accusations of product placement.
  • According to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, eBay was not written into the movie as part of a sponsoring deal (although eBay was a partner for the production), but had already been explicitly referred to by name in the script even before the deal between eBay and Paramount was reached.[1]
  • Starscream can't use eBay, as he can't get a credit card without a date of birth. Transformers Comic issue 10
  • eBay ran a video competition titled "Transform Your World" during the run-up to the first movie.

References

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  1. ↑ Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura addressing the eBay references in the movie
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