Gutted: How 1p cost $503,000

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

For those who don't read B3ta:

An American sells a bottle of the oldest known bottle of beer with an accompanying handwritten letter.  He gets $304 for it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270132264843

The buyer sells it on for $503,300

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=260145824374

Just by spelling the name of the beer correctly.  Spelling does matter!

[Still Not George]

I'm almost ashamed to admit that my first response was, "I wonder how it tastes?"

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

It tastes like ashes to the first seller.

[chocky909]

At least collectordan left positive feedback.

STELLAR bottle! Rarest bottle ever sold on E-Bay...BAR NONE! EXC SELLER! EXC!!!

[Uncle TechTip]

Some controversy detailed here over both the veracity of the high bids and the beer itself.

[hencole]

Beer does not sell for $500,000, and if it did it wouldn't happen on ebay would it?

The best I got on ebay was taking advantage using the gamecube game cube spelling mistake to make a few 10's of pounds.