California unloads on eBay

[Diesel]

How bad are times for California? So bad that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is now autographing used cars to sell online.

Oh yes, it has come to this. The state, in desperate need of cash, is cleaning out its storage and putting items up for sale on eBay (EBAY), Craigslist and other places, The Los Angeles Times reports. And with a signature from the Governator, maybe those things will bring in a little more cash.

A 2002 gold Ford Focus with some 108,000 miles on it, for example, had Schwarzenegger's autograph on the visor and was going for $2,125 on eBay. The state will hold a two-day auction for other items starting Friday in Sacramento.

There are other deals to be had, the Times reports. Some are unclaimed items, or stuff that has been confiscated by law enforcement. A 10-carat gold ring. Earrings. On Craigslist, seven wood coat racks going for $5 each.

You can read more about the "Great California Garage Sale" by clicking on the state's site here. And the items on eBay are listed right here.

I might be persuaded to buy this $30 office desk if Schwarzenegger personally carried it into my house and repainted it. And the way things are going, he just might agree to do to that.

Anyone going to buy something?

[mikejet]

They should sell the drug money they have confiscated. Like random bags full of undisclosed amounts of seized drug funds.

[Sylin]

I hear Lex Luthor actually wants to buy California.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Sylin

I hear Lex Luthor actually wants to buy California.

I thought be bought a lot of land and wanted to sink part of it into the ocean to create new ocean front property?