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Florida State graduate selling 'college experience' on eBay for $50K

Photo credit: ebay
Photo credit: ebay
By Samantha Jordan
Aug 27, 2015

Stephanie Ritter is like many other college graduates: underemployed and in debt. So now she's selling her Florida State University diploma on eBay for $50,000.

Selling your degree online is nothing new, but Ritter isn't just auctioning off a piece of paper, she's auctioning off her entire college experience.

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According to Buzzfeed, Ritter was cleaning up her room of old high school and college mementos when she came across her degree in Theater.

"I thought this piece of paper has so much worth to so many people, but for a theater major, it couldn't mean less," she said. "I'm doing the exact same things and probably getting paid the exact same amount as people that dropped out halfway through freshman year, except I'm still $40,000 in debt and they're, well, not."

To solve that problem, Ritter is hoping someone will bid on her 'Authentic Florida State University Experience (FSU) w/Mint Condition Diploma.' 

Here's what you get according to her ad on eBay:


Ritter says she owes about $40,000 in student loans and  if her package doesn't sell, she'll become a sugar daughter where "a very rich family would adult Daddy Warbucks me" or "I will just do that thing where I pay the minimum for 25 years and then the government feels so bad for you that they wipe it clean."

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