The latest attempts by Ennui Broadcasting to raise desperately-needed cash include offering everything from studio furniture to farm animals on the Internet auction site Ebay.In recent months, Ennui has liquidated its broadcast interests in lucrative overseas markets like Latvia, Inertia, and Anemia. The company has also begun to rent out empty offices as studio apartments, right in its corporate headquarters in downtown Minneapolis.
A check of Ebay today showed that Ennui had funneled multiple HD radio receivers to the auction site, presumably at-cost purchases to which the company is entitled thanks to its membership in the HD Radio Rah Rah Association (HDRRRA).
In addition, there were Ennui-offered items that were actually accruing bids. Of particular interest was furniture from various Ennui stations' green rooms, supposedly made more valuable by celebrities who had (at least) sat on the items. Souvenir bullets from various violent skirmishes in front of Ennui properties were attracting four-figure bids at last check. And the daughter of Ennui CEO Jethro Bovine has reportedly put her 4-H calf up for bids to help her father's company survive.
According to Ebay criteria, Ennui rates as a "97% positive seller," which is in stark contrast with Ennui's credit ratings elsewhere.
When contacted by All The Excess!, a Bovine representative hinted at the next step beyond the Ebay strategy: "At Ennui we have our pride, but still we haven't ruled out on-air begging."
