The eBay Pez Myth
Wiki:
The first item sold was Omidyar’s broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, he contacted the winning bidder and asked, “did he not understand the laser pointer was broken?” Omidyar received the following email in reply: “I’m a collector of broken laser pointers.” (The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar’s fiancee trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen’s 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.)
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