The Torch Bearers for London 2012 Sell their Torches on eBay
The London 2012 Olympic Games are approaching fast and so is the excitement associated with it. The London 2012 torch relay has already started and entered its third day today. It is a 70 day process that will climax at the opening ceremony on July 27. However, a controversy is brewing online as some of the Olympic Torch Bearers decide to cash in on their once in a lifetime privilege by selling their torches on eBay to the highest bidder. Even before the first day of the relay was completed the torches appeared on the auction site. The move angered the people at large and when the bids zoomed to £150,000 people believed it to be a false offer and an expression of anger against the sale. The Olympic committee had got the torches made at the cost of £495 each but was given to the bearers for £295 only. An official admitted that it belongs to them and they are free to do with it what they want after the relay. Sarah Milner Simonds, from Burnham-on-Sea, one of th...