You have to see it to believe it!

[EE_]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=hostess+hoo%27s&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=hostess+&_sacat=0

With Hostess shutdown, boxes of Twinkies, Ho Hos going for $100 and more on eBay

After Hostess announced Friday that a protracted labor union battle would force it to close its factories , many red-blooded Americans cowered in fear over the extinction of their beloved Twinkies, Zingers and Ho Hos.

Twinkie junkies are still in luck, however: Boxes of the barely edible snack foods are already selling on eBay.

One box of Twinkies has a starting bid of $49.99, with a “buy it now” price of $89.99.


The description on the item (read as urgently as if you were reading the Titanic disaster telegram): “HOSTESS IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SO GET THESE WHILE YOU CAN. STORES ARE ALREADY SEEING THESE FLY OFF THE SHELVES AND SOON YOU WILL PAY A PREMIUM FOR THESE.”

A box of Ho Hos is being sold for $59.99, while a 48-pack of Zingers is going for $43.

One trickster claims to have “the last Twinkie in the heartland” and the single dessert has a starting bid of $50, but you can buy it right now for $5,235.

Other sellers are taking more modest approaches with starting bids from $11 to $15.

The best eBay listing so far comes from a seller who wants to give away his last 10-count box of Twinkies for $595 – but there’s a catch: There are only four cakes left because the seller “got into them this morning.” But how can you go wrong with an expiration date of 12-02-2057?

[freespirit]

reminds me of the hype and BS that blew up around the "cabbage patch brats" and "torture me elmo" dolls...

people are dumb.

[Twisted Titan]

I wonder what those employees are going to do when the company goes belly up?

I wonder what the union is going to do for them?


The Owners are going to take their profits and invest them in several business ventures and yhe former employs are going to head down to unemployment.


Hope they enjoy Thanksgiving this year because Humble Pie will be the main course

[Norweger]

Think I'll pass.

Ingredients

Enriched wheat flour, sugar, corn syrup, niacin, water, high fructose corn syrup, vegetable and/or animal shortening – containing one or more of partially hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed and canola oil, and beef fat, dextrose, whole eggs, modified corn starch, cellulose gum, whey, leavenings (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), salt, cornstarch, corn flour, corn syrup, solids, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, polysorbate 60, dextrin, calcium caseinate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, wheat gluten, calcium sulphate, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, yellow No. 5, red #40

[Cebu_4_2]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=hostess&_sop=1

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Someone will just buy the twinkie name

Intellectual property can be sold

Anyone can make those pieces of crap

[BrewTech]

Think I'll pass.

Ingredients

Enriched wheat flour, sugar, corn syrup, niacin, water, high fructose corn syrup, vegetable and/or animal shortening – containing one or more of partially hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed and canola oil, and beef fat, dextrose, whole eggs, modified corn starch, cellulose gum, whey, leavenings (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), salt, cornstarch, corn flour, corn syrup, solids, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, polysorbate 60, dextrin, calcium caseinate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, wheat gluten, calcium sulphate, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, yellow No. 5, red #40

The American diet, in a single post!

My hat would be off to you sir, if I wore one!

[midnight rambler]

Feebay listings in OP show 'asking' prices, this listing supposedly shows twelve 10 count boxes selling for $8k each BIN ($96k total) -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twinkies-Cream-Filled-Snack-Cakes-10-Count-Box-Delicious-Tasty-Sweet-/330815024939?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d061caf2b

[BrewTech]

We have officially gone to DEFCON - WTF!?

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-BOX-HOSTESS-TWINKIES-10-INDIVIDUALLY-WRAPPED-CAKES-/150948587071?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23253ca63f

[Silver Rocket Bitches!]

My local supermarket still has them in stock. I'm tempted to sell some junk food on ebay and then buy junk silver with the proceeds but it's kind of a pain to mail that sort of thing off.

[Shami-Amourae]

You should. I'm tempted to myself.

[BrewTech]

Just went to a couple of the local supermarkets around here... no twinkies or ho hos or cupcakes to be found.

Picked up some donnettes and some sweet rolls... all that was left.

Into preps it goes!

[Ponce]

The same as whe Coke changed its formula to a new one and then went back to the "classic"....... I can only wonder if twinkies are playing the same game.

[EE_]

How could this be?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twinkies-1-box-of-10-Individually-Packaged-Sponge-Cakes-/160924047420?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2577d2183c

I think this whole thing was started by someone involved with Hostess as a publicity stunt, paying the crazy prices to create a frenzy.

[madfranks]

How could this be?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hostess-Twinkies-1-box-of-10-Individually-Packaged-Sponge-Cakes-/160924047420?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2577d2183c

I think this whole thing was started by someone involved with Hostess as a publicity stunt, paying the crazy prices to create a frenzy.

I don't know whether to say kudos to that guy for making up a story that gained him $5k or to tell him he's a piece of garbage for lying to capitalize on the closing of numerous stores and the laying off of hundreds of people!

[madfranks]

Picked up some donnettes and some sweet rolls... all that was left.

Into preps it goes!

How long do you think they'll last before they go stale? 6 months? A year?

[Golden]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4YvmN1hvNA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4YvmN1hvNA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4YvmN1hvNA)

"After filming this commercial Bill Cosby went on to eat a steaming pile of dog feces. He found them delicious." LOL

[jimswift]

My local supermarket still has them in stock.

same here, display reads: "10 for $10"

I think somebody will buy up the names. There is a lot of value in those names, they have been around for generations.

[brosil]

If you were hiring workers and someone showed up with Hostess on their resume, how long would it take you to show them the exit?

[BrewTech]

How long do you think they'll last before they go stale? 6 months? A year?

Doesn't matter to me if they ever get eaten! I imagine since they aren't actually food, they'll remain stable for quite a while.

[Twisted Titan]

If you were hiring workers and someone showed up with Hostess on their resume, how long would it take you to show them the exit?

That is the biggest black mark a employer can see.

Where they go.

The shadow of the union goes

[EE_]

So it sounds like Hostess might be moving to Mexico.

The new snacks will have a slight name change...
Twinqitos, Suella Q's, Fruita Pastels, Pende Hos, Chin Gones, Zingattos and Donettas