Frost went one step further by testing the waters to see how much he could earn from his own information. Bidding had reached £300 Tuesday, with five days still to go, before the ad was apparently removed from Ebay.

The e-commerce giant informed the British writer and developer that the listing was in violation of its terms of services, quoting a blanket policy, Frost said. It had accumulated 44 bids.

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