Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have made the pilgrimage to the UK capital to see the Queen’s coffin at Westminster Hall, where she lay in state for several days before the late monarch’s funeral on Monday.
Those who joined the queue to enter the Hall and pay their respects to the late monarch were given wristbands as ‘a record of when [they] joined the queue.”
The wristbands, issued by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came in different colors each day.
According to eBay’s sales log, several used bracelets have been sold in recent days. One sold on Monday morning for 45,100 pounds ($51,323), records show, while others were also sold for tens of thousands of pounds.
It is unclear if all items sold for that amount or if eBay moderators removed them before the sales could be completed.
However, eBay removed one of the bracelets that records say was sold for £25,000 on Monday and no payment had been made for the item, the company confirmed.
“These items are against our policies and we are removing them from our site,” said an eBay spokesperson. the fortune Monday.
There were still a number of listings for the bracelets active on the online auction site during the Queen’s funeral.
One of them, seen by the fortune, advertised an “unbroken” bracelet for the state’s tail, and had attracted bids of up to £55,100 ($62,700) by midday on Monday in London. It soon seemed to have been removed from the site.
Another listing for the bracelet, which has also since been removed, had racked up several bids that cost him more than £40,000.
Before, the guardian reported that some listings had attracted offers of up to £70,000 ($79,700) before being removed.
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EBay policies prohibit the sale of most event tickets, including tickets for concerts, festivals, sporting events, and theater performances. The rules generally apply to events that are free to attend, such as the Queen’s State.
Some sellers have tried to find ways around the policy.
A person selling a bracelet with an asking price of £14,000 got ahead of withdrawing their ‘rare’ bid.
“This may be removed by eBay,” they said, before revealing their email address and phone number.
“If you are interested, please email… and we can arrange this sale in another way,” the seller added.
Many of the listings that advertise state tail bracelets have promoted the items as souvenirs or souvenirs rather than tickets.
People are also using eBay to cash in on other items that have marked the Queen’s death and statehood, including newspapers and posters displayed on London’s public transport networks, although the amounts being asked for for these they are much lower than those asking for bracelets. prices.
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