“BlondeBuckaroo” is selling off her princess-cut, three-diamond engagement ring her ex gave her. It was appraised at $5,000 but the ‘break-up’ price is $2,500 (shipping $10). She intends buying a horse with it. ‘
My Past Your Present and Future’ is what she calls her listing on Never Liked It Anyway , a Manhattan-based Web site where people can get rid of stuff they got from their former spouses and partners and earn something for it.
In India, a site like that may take a little longer coming, but free online classifieds company
So, whether it’s jewellery or handbags, wedding dresses or gadgets, there’s scope to dispose of it all, and maybe also break even while getting even.
“A few such cases came to our notice … that people who were separating agreed to list their possessions on our site and split the money. There is huge potential,” says Amarjit Batra, CEO, Olx . Since it is Valentine’s season, this is the best time to shed old baggage and start afresh, he adds.
Exboyfriendjewelry.com is another US-based Web site where one can buy, sell, trade and blog about these remembrances of things past.
Users must share their stories to keep the site fun and cathartic, say the rules, which add that no names and addresses are to be mentioned.
But there is nothing like that going on at Olx , not even a separate section for break-up items. “I don’t think anybody would do that. Not in India. In any case, that’s not very polite,” says Batra with a laugh. “There’s no pleasure in telling people about your break-up.”
Maybe not, but it could be oh so deliciously spiteful to flog it for some moolah!