--- title: 'Haunted' MacBook Auctioned on eBay description: The starting bid was $75 canonical: https://time.com/3702364/haunted-macbook/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-10T01:17:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:41.935Z og:title: Somebody Is Auctioning Off Their 'Haunted' MacBook on eBay og:description: The starting bid was $75 og:url: https://time.com/3702364/haunted-macbook/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb198e3724d3f66c5/69877e622dce01f5d49dd72a/105914505.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Apple Opens New Store In Chicago's Lincoln Park Neighborhood og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Somebody Is Auctioning Off Their 'Haunted' MacBook on eBay twitter:description: The starting bid was $75 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb198e3724d3f66c5/69877e622dce01f5d49dd72a/105914505.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Somebody Is Auctioning Off Their 'Haunted' MacBook on eBay > Sponsored content. 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Brian Kersey—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Feb 10, 2015 1:17 AM UTC Few things are scarier than the [blue screen of death](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%5FScreen%5Fof%5FDeath) and its Apple equivalents — except maybe [this “haunted” Macbook someone is auctioning off on eBay](http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAUNTED-2007-Apple-Macbook-13-3-034-White-VERY-HAUNTED-/231475293155). How do you know a computer is haunted? eBay user wfatzinger has noted your skepticism, and he or she has already provided an greatly detailed answer on the computer’s listing: --- > “” --- The laptop supposedly works great, but what makes its $75 asking bid a steal is what comes with it: a certificate of haunting (a psychic signed it while channeling the computer); haunted music (let’s hope wfatzinger just means hundreds of copies of Beyoncé’s “Haunted”); ghostly photos (cross your fingers and hope they’re actually [Gastly photos](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gastly%5F%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29)); and Edgar Allan Poe stories in text document form (who needs a Kindle?). 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