The ad read, "For Sale: Belgium, a kingdom in three parts." The seller
was also willing to throw in the king and his court at no extra
cost -- though he did make sure the buyer was aware that supporting a
monarch was not cheap. Gerrit Six's eBay ad, claimed it would deliver
the country
free of charge but warned potential bidders that Belgium was not quite
as good as new and that it came with over $300 billion (€220 billion)
in debt. EBay decided to run the ad as a political spoof, but it was
pulled on Tuesday after someone
actually made a bid of €10 million for the country.