Am I the only person who has seen this? I can't be the only person who thinks this is pretty crazy... Check out this auction on eBay for an ACTUAL BIOENTERICS LAP BAND! Holy cow...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7578343073

If you read the description, they supposidly have to list it as "used" which is even more weird in my opinion... I didn't think you could sell this kind of stuff on eBay, but I guess now if I ever decide to "lose" my band, I can get some money back?! Whoa!

Did ya'll see that this seller dropped all of the bids? I'm pretty sure that's because it wasn't going for such a "low" price... I bet it will be back up soon. I'll keep an eye out...

I believe Inamed made them stop the auction. I spoke with Don Mills and he said that Inamed's legal team was going to jump right on this auction. Also that seller let 2 other bands sell for less than $500 each. ~Mandy

Okay, I got curious so I emailed the seller. They said offered to sell it to me privately. Ummmm, I don't think Inamed cured the issue.

Penni, were you the winning bidder? Did they ever respond to your email?

Jenna,

This is SO totally a violation of eBay's rules. Feel free to read up on it, and report them here:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html

I see that they did not complete the auction....curious if they closed it early OR eBay noticed and cancelled it....I could just kick myself...thinking of all those wasted days I worried about approval when all I had to do is jump on eBay......<Yeah Right> lol

Actually Inamed sent them a letter demanding that the band be pulled from the auction site. There are regulations that go along with the sale of the LapBand in the states. I spoke with Don Mills and he said it would be taken care of, the next day the auction had been pulled. ~Mandy

So they sent a letter, but obviously, they didn't demand the product be returned to them... I think they put a bandaid the problem, but didn't stitch it up. Anyways, this isn't the last band we'll see on eBay. I've seen similar stuff on Yahoo Auctions... UGH!

I don't think they can legally demand the product back. This company bought the band from a surgeon. (it is expired) Seems like it is legally theirs to own but not to sell, does that make any sense? I think they did all they could within their legal rights. Anyone know for sure? ~Mandy

What if I actually won the bid? LOL!!!!

That's an easy one: use the band in a gorgeous new beaded necklace! I'll take mine with turquoise and amethyst, please. With sterling silver threads wrapped around the port. If I can't afford the necklace, you could always list this fabulous creation on Ebay. . .

I wander if this came off some stiff.

Pretty soon there's going to be "back-alley bandings" going on!