Am I missing something?

[greeny]

Browsing sailing gear on ebay and found this advertisement.
Is anyone really that stupid to buy it?
Two foot length of Rope in white | eBay

 

[Buck Turgidson]

Browsing sailing gear on ebay and found this advertisement.
Is anyone really that stupid to buy it?
Two foot length of Rope in white | eBay

it must have some magical properties.....

 

[Sandy]

It will be a relic.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I’m sitting on a fortune here.

 

[Clancy Moped]

How longs a peace of string?

 

[Stemar]

Did you never drunk buy anything?

 

[Juan Twothree]

Is that really a piece of rope?

No, a frayed knot.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Money for old rope

 

[greeny]

Did you never drunk buy anything?

Many times. ????? but never rope.

 

[greeny]

Keep the jokes coming guys, the weather is grim down here at the moment. I need something to keep me out of the bar and amuse me.
"A frayed knot" is my favourite up to now.

 

[johnalison]

Keep the jokes coming guys, the weather is grim down here at the moment. I need something to keep me out of the bar and amuse me.
"A frayed knot" is my favourite up to now.

So you’re getting highly strung then? Or just stranded perhaps.

 

[jac]

Someone has a warped sense of a good sale

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Someone has a warped sense of a good sale

They may be just stringing us all along.

 

[Stemar]

I saw or read about an experiment based on the 'money for old rope' saying, putting quite literally old rope, mostly stuff discarded by fishermen, on ebay. IIRC, it worked surprisingly well

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Unsurprisingly it didn’t sell.

 

[Frogmogman]

Unsurprisingly it didn’t sell.

Well that is a surprise

 

[Blueboatman]

Don’t get roped in! It’s a short con

 

[srm]

Having just looked at @greeny link I spotted this.
Narrow Boat Mooring Rope - 14mm Multi Colour 30ft Long With Loop & Back Splice | eBay

Who would use a rope with a "dog's cock"/back splice on the end waiting to jam on a cleat or whatever?

 

[RupertW]

Having just looked at @greeny link I spotted this.
Narrow Boat Mooring Rope - 14mm Multi Colour 30ft Long With Loop & Back Splice | eBay

Who would use a mooring rope with a "dog's cock"/back splice on the end waiting to jam on a cleat or whatever?

I remain completely baffled by any warps that have loops on them but they seem very popular despite the possible jamming or inability to release under load.

 

[Stemar]

I remain completely baffled by any warps that have loops on them but they seem very popular despite the possible jamming or inability to release under load.

Most of my lines have loops. The loops go on the shore side so as to leave more space on the cleat for other users. I've never had a problem releasing them because if it's so windy I can't tug my boat in to release the line, I ain't moving.