埃及总统在易趣被“打折出售”
The president of Egypt has been put "on sale" on eBay after vowing that he would sell himself to help the country's economy.
埃及总统放言，他甚至想卖掉自己，以挽救本国经济。话音刚落，他就被好事者放在易趣网上“打折出售”了。
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former army head who ousted his predecessor Mohammed Morsi, was widely mocked for his pledge as he laid out development plans last Wednesday.
"If it were possible for me to be sold, I would sell myself," he said in a speech on the state television, where he also reportedly asked Egyptians to donate to public funds.
An eBay user quickly held the president to his word by putting him up for sale on a joke page.
Bids from more than 100 users quickly rocketed to $100,000 but the page was taken down later on Wednesday.
Next to a photo of a laughing president Sisi, he was listed as a "slightly used" field marshal and doctor of philosophers with a military background, according to a translation by Foreign Policy.
The seller, "dr_motown", told a potential buyer asking for more information the head of state had been used by "his previous owners".
"Hey world, we decided to sell the infamous Egyptian Field Marshal and military coup leader Mr Abdel Fatah el-Sisi on eBay to bail out the Egyptian economy so you don't have to," the description read.