Ebay, the global online auction site that is spelled with a small “e”, except at the beginning of a sentence, is a great place to sell anything from a toothpick to an iPod to a former independent homeland.
But can you go onto eBay and buy yourself some electricity, to power your stove, toaster, desktop computer or electric lawnmower in the event of a national electricity emergency? Shockingly, the answer is no. Until now. Well, okay, just now.
This is because I have had the brilliant idea of putting some of my spare electricity in a can, and selling it to the highest bidder on eBay. (It is a well-known fact that almost everyone bidding on eBay is under the influence of some or other hallucinogenic drug.)
All I have to do is take an empty can, hold it over a plug-point, turn the power on for a while, switch it off, put a lid on the can, write ELECTRICITY on the outside, take a photograph of it, upload it to eBay, and wait.
Payment in American $$$ only, please. Free shipping to South Africa, with small discount for bona fide Eskom employees.
