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Web giant eBay has always been leader at connecting people, helping grandmas complete their Hummel collections and nephews to clear their dead aunts' shelves. But now, they're really showing the benefits of online auctioning -- by making it possible for teenage boys to make some easy cash by helping men to fulfill their sexual foot fetishes.

That's right. Anonymous sock-cravers can bid on used socks and used pantyhose in private auctions, and the dirtier they are, the better they sell. Some close at 10 or 12 dollars. See for yourself at the eBay socks page, and maybe you'll think before you throw away a pair of tube socks just because there's a hole in the toe.