Chesapeake sisters selling Illinois-shaped cereal flake online

Be careful... someone bids your cornflake up to $2 million dollars with a hacked account. After it closes they draw it out for a long period of time, and eBay will come along and ding your bank account / credit card for the listing fee which is probably going to be thousands of dollars (the base fee + percentage of 2 million bucks). Then you will have to fight eBays poor customer support. I listed one of my Cray Supercomputers on there, some chump bid, got the run around, never paid, ebay wouldn't refund the $90 they took for the "sale." I have no reservations about selling around eBay.

The corn flake is gone...

Does anyone else look at this piece of cereal and see a little girl maybe praying, with hand in front of face and a ponytail in a ringlet? I think it's closer to this than the state of Illinois???

keep digging in the corn flake box maybe you will come up with a flake that looks like jesus , I think someone must have spiked their orange juice .

what determines how much art is worth??? supply and demand or is it demand and supply...hmmm

YOU GO GIRLS! I've got to start buying Corn Flakes. ;-)

the rich are taxed too much?

I hope some Vegas casino drops $500k for it!

The girls are going to have fun getting that to their buyer.

None of the major carriers will insure perishables for damage. If it is lost, all the carriers will pay is the cost of replacing the corn flake. Whole box of them is what, $3?

If you look at the bidding history, there are bids from individuals with absolutely no history. I doubt they will see the big bucks for their freaky flake.

I can make out the profile of Geronimo. I wonder of that would fetch more money.

What a wonderful way for these ladies to provide a college education for themselves. They won't have to hit the government up for loans that take forever to pay back. There may even be enough left over to make a nice downpayment on houses.

More power to them!

Think I'll buy a box and say that I have all 50 states :)

A Monet is worth what is because someone will pay it.

We live in a [somewhat] free, capitalist society. And in the case of this auction, free enterprise. If one has $201K to spend on a flake of cereal, then one not only can but SHOULD spend that money if they deem it valuable to them.

I truly hope this is a legimate bid as it will change these girls lives completely. If this is a false bid, I hope there is SOME legal ramifications against the bidder.

If I had an extra $5000.00, I would not throw it away on cereal that looks like a state. Some people have nothing better to do with their money?!?!? With all thats going on today, someone will throw away so much money!! What kind of world do we live in??

Actually just couldn't resist the title...I was going to mention that the story was presented yesterday, but, since the bids are so high, I suppose it should be considered a lot bigger story now. I would also like to point out that the dime in the photo seems fuzzy, as if the the camera seemed to be more "focused" on the "Illinois" flake, as opposed to the dime. I can hardly make out FDR's picture clearly, & "In God We Trust", is illegible as well. I'm glad it is presented as an eBay photo, & not claimed by 1 of the Pilot's photographers! Guess I'll slightly plagiarize Orion's comment, somewhat...Quite a story for a Tuesday morning.... "In God we Trust, Everyone Else Pays Cash" R Sandberg...et al

Odds are that it's from a phoney bidder though and they will never see the funds. If by some chance they do actually get the money, I hope they realize that "charity" begins at HOME. They should maybe give fifty bucks to "charity" and put the rest away to pay for their college or maybe help their parents out a little. I get tired of hearing the "charity charity charity" mess. If they really want to help someone with it, look around and see the hard working people that are barely making ends meet, trying to support their family. The people that are digging the ditches, putting on the roofs, laying the bricks for the small pay they recieve. To compare, the "charity" would go to the people with a feeling of entitlement that are able bodied but too lazy to work. So if they pick charity, I hope they pick it very carefully, and take a look at how much of the donation goes to the cause and how much goes to administration. Sounds mean? Yes maybe! But TRUE!

looks like this corn flake will pay for their college, its over $200,000 this. good on you two for finding something like this to sell

up to $201,000.00 for a piece of cereal, they have one from buying cereal to buying a house.

I'm wondering why they used a dime instead of a penny...

Why do people always feel like they have to tell others what to do with their money? It's almost like people are bitter that the windfall is not theirs, and since they don't get any wild spending money, no one else should either. I wonder how much these people (the ones recommending she give to charities) actually give to charities. Good luck on the auction, girls! And kudos for finding a creative way to earn money!

I think we need to have a few stories like this in the paper. Yes the money could go to the food bank or any number of charities, but golly folks lighten up and have a little fun in life. We all need it about now................

These girls are pulling in some cash.... Good Job... I guess some people are not effected by the price of gas.... I wonder how you go about insuring it.. Girls if I were you all I would buy a plane ticket and deliver it in person... that is some serious cash for a corn flake!!!

And the bid is already up to $5100. That'll buy a lot of Frosted Flakes!

at 830 pm its up to $5100.00... I could carve you out any state if any one wants to pay me that...

The most amusing part about all of this is when you go look it up online- there are a lot of corn flake postings now with different states and images- I got a good laugh out of this thanks! Im going home to check my cereal boxes now! Oh and BTW girls- I hope you get as much money as you can out of this- anyone willing to pay that much for a piece of cereal certainly doesnt mind what you spend it on-I personallyhope you think of a charity though!

As of 1230pm 3/17/08 the bid is up qt $1,525.00 for a piece of cereal and I swear they just said on the News the Economy is in bad shape....

thats is alot of frosted flakes

the 2 pics look way different to me.

For once, something for giggles and you complain? Good luck on eBay, I say go for it (unlike some crybabies)

I find it hard to believe the VA Pilot can't find better slow news day filler than this. I know of a Churchland High student whose painting was displayed at the US Capital last year and is going on to be an accomplished artist. I know of another from Nansmond River that was the only from her district to be selected for the Virginia All-State Chorus. Instead of using stories such as the great accomplishments of our youth, the space is filled with whatever you'd consider this. Let's hear about the hard work and the successes of our youth, instead of the foolishness.

Yes, fun! You know when one has a good time. I hope they make a fortune and do what they want with the money. A flake of cereal isn't going to solve the world's ills and donating the money, although a noble gesture should be left up to the individual, not to the many judges on these boards.

Nice story for a Monday morning…