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eBay Fakes Devalue the Craft of Tomb Robbing
James McP writes "According to an article on Archaeology, fake artifacts being sold on eBay have caused the bottom to drop out of the low-end artifact market. This outcome is exactly opposite to what archeologists feared would happen when eBay came on the scene. A side effect of more and more forgers getting in on the act has been a dramatic increase in high-quality fakes that can fool experts and illicit collectors alike, lowering the price for high-end artifacts as well. It's a lot less cost-effective to go tomb raiding than to make your own fakes, especially since selling fake artifacts isn't really illegal."
So wait. Are you telling me that Lara Croft's are fake?
"eBay Fakes Devalue Lara Croft of Tomb Raiding"
But it is not "really" illegal.
Just as stealing $5.00 out of your girlfriends wallet may be illegal, but selling drugs to schoolchildren is "really illegal".
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I sell fake artifacts for the fake ebay artifact auctions, and have noticed this. I used to get three times as much for my fake artifacts (with aged certificate of authenticy). Because of this, I now write "This Artifact is Fake, Hoser" in the appropriate runes on each one I produce. They still sell well, and noone has caught on yet.
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
I wondered that original Holy Grail I bought of eBay was so gosh-darned cheap.
Heh. It's like Ms. California's boobs(psfw)...Real, but not natural.
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I know, because he often rises from the dead in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping. He then proceeds to drink my beer, eat my chips and generally make a mess of the apartment.
He seems to have a penchant for microwave burritos as well. I can't remember any references to burritos in the Bible's chapter of "Exodus."
And he has been downloading porn on my computer, as well. Mummies seem to be into some weird kink. I'm kind of glad that I can't read Hieroglyphics . . . that's probably some nasty stuff that scholars have mistranslated.
If he was not such a valuable archeological artifact, I probably would have tossed the bastard.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
So, the way to wipe out the illegal stealing and smuggling of ancient relics is to flood the market with cheap fakes. What other areas of unlawful exploitation can this principle be applied to? Drugs? Child porn? Bootleg music and movies? I believe flooding the prostitution market with fake girls has already been tried, but it hasn't been too successful at curbing demand.
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
This headline totally should have been:
eBay Fakes Lower Craft of Tomb Raiding.
What if you steal the drugs from your girlfriend's wallet and sell THAT to schoolchildren?
Why think so small?
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You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
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Fake artifacts?!?!? Back in *my* day, grave robbers had ethics!
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Where's +1 "Indiana Jones" when you need it?
From Wherever to Whenever.
Think of all the hard working honest tomb raiders hacking their way through a jungle somewhere so that you can have your trinket from some dead culture collecting dust on your mantle.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
I was talking to a model once, and had to ask: "Are those things real?"
She said, "They had better be, considering how much they cost!"