How much is a copy of the Bay of Plenty Times worth?
Throw in four free tickets to the Lions versus the Bay of Plenty Steamers and you can start the bidding at $155.
One avid Bay Times reader is offering - via the internet site TradeMe - a copy of the newspaper and four free tickets to the Lions clash at Rotorua Stadium on June 4.
The bids must stop at 6.51pm tomorrow.
So far interest has been lacklustre for the seller, who claims on the website to be "moving out of town so needs to sell".
Other items being sold with "free" tickets included books, t-shirts and in one case a courier envelope.
Thirsty rugby fans can buy three beers for $1000 that come with three free tickets to the Auckland test match.
Patriotic fans can pick up a New Zealand flag for a mere $1100 which just happens to come with two tickets to the Christchurch game.
And more blokeish fans could bid on a broken jandal, with free Lions vs Otago tickets as an incentive.
The deals being offered on popular online auction site keep coming - despite New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) threats to crack down on ticket scalpers.
BOP rugby union chief executive Paul Abbot said a capacity crowd of 30,000 was expected for the game under lights in Rotorua against the touring Lions side.
Yesterday 1132 tickets were sold to the Rotorua game.
Tickets ranged from $35 for the embankment, $60 in the terraces to a covered stand seat for $100.
Children were $10 for the embankment.
Highly sought-after tickets for the Lions tour were made available to fans through a public ballot then the remainder have been opened up for public sale.
NZRU deputy chief executive Steve Tew said one of the terms and conditions of the tickets was that they not be on-sold for profit.
He warned, as he has previously, that the union was monitoring websites and would try to invalidate tickets being sold in breach of the terms and conditions. Consumers Institute chief executive David Russell said conditions were only valid if brought to the consumer's attention before a contract was formed.
Want to watch the Lions play? Buy the Bay Times at $155
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