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eBay Evicts '$5M Family'

Online auction site takes down offer by family of four, saying it did not meet user guidelines

(3:15 PM EST)
Friday, January 10, 2003
By Andrew Stein
Cable News Network
Money Staff Writer

NEW YORK -- CNN/Money
Those looking for some additional company at home will have to find someone other than the Youngs after eBay removed the offer by the family of four to sell itself for a minimum bid of $5 million.

Got $5 million? Buy the Youngs!

While it was still posted, the auction page read, "if you are the highest bidder, you will receive the adoration from two congenial children with an affinity for heart-warming, homemade birthday cards and copiousness, candy-coated smiles for both family and legal benefactors. All that, plus my wife!" wrote Steve Young, a television writer who put his family on the block.

Spokesman Kevin Pursglove confirmed Friday that eBay removed the Youngs' offer, saying it did not meet the firm's user guidelines, and the family would have to make a pretty strong case to have it reposted.

But what made Young want to auction off his family in the first place?
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Dan