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Woman Claims to Own the Sun and Sold 600 Parcels – Sues eBay for Shutting her Down

By Eric Reed June 7, 2015 Via BuzzPo

(Just a little humorous break I thought y’all might enjoy. – LS)

A woman is claiming ownership of THE SUN, and is selling 11 square foot parcels for $1 on eBay. But, now she’s suing the popular website for removing her listing.

The courts in Madrid have actually agreed to hear 54-year-old Maria Duran’s case next month. But they won’t be ruling on her claim of ownership. Rather, the $11,000 law suit is solely to determine if she violated eBay’s seller agreement.

eBay explained that nothing “tangible” was ever sold, so fearing a scam, they removed her listing.

The USA Today reported:

I am not a stupid person and I know the law,” Duran has said of her solar real estate gambit. She’s basing her claim on a loophole in the UN’s Outer Space Treaty that says no nation can stake ownership to a heavenly body but makes no mention of individuals—borrowing the strategy used by this entrepreneur’s claim on the moon. Duran, as you might imagine, is an eclectic character, observes the Washington Post. “She’s studied nursing and law, dreamt up her own religion, and penned a kinky romance novel,” writes Caitlin Dewey. The story notes that Duran is framing her sun fight as a statement against the corporate world and promises that any profits will go to charity. For those who want in, Duran is still selling parcels on her own website.

Still selling them? I’d like mine in a sub-tropical climate please. How will these so-called buyers access their HOT real estate? Perhaps Duran is assuring their safety by recommending they travel there at night. Maybe if you act now, she’ll even throw in a free pair of sunglasses with every order.

Stories like this are living proof that sometimes the real story is more far-fetched than anything made-up ever could be.

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