Wife-for-sale ad brings disappointing return

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The Brazilian government last week ordered an online auction site partially owned by eBay to remove an ad in which a man offered to sell his wife for $50. According to the AP, the ad (not the one shown here—this is a completely different please take my wife I beg of you ad) was posted by someone named “Breno.” His reason for selling? “I really need the money.” Even if this was just a tasteless joke, if the guy actually has a wife, he is in a load of trouble.

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