MBA Degree from National University for sale on ebay

Student needs to sell his degrees to payoff his student loan. More information on this ebay link

http://cgi.ebay.ca/MBA-and-Bachelor-Degree-4-Paid-Student-Loans_W0QQitemZ7772137701QQcategoryZ39726QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Maybe someone needs to explain to him that he is committing fraud. Also, it's not like the buyer's name would be on the degree...I don't get it...

 

I don't think it's fraud, he's just selling the diplomas.

 

I think it is to prove a point-

Fraud, nahh, pissed over giant student loans, yahh. LOL, join the club (not me of course)

He should have joind the military! Actually, he probably still can, and they would pay off quite a bit of that bill. With the enlistment cash they are giving away now-a-days, he would be debt free..

 

And how exactly does this guy think that someone else will deem it worth $50,000 to own two nicely-framed diplomas with somebody else's name on them?

 

I also think that he's trying to prove a point just like some students did at a school nearby some years ago. Parking on campus was so horrid that students carried signs that said "Will work for parking". Of course, they did not mean this literally but this was a way to get media attention about the serious lack of parking space on campus.

 

When I saw this, I thought the guy was willing to do a name change to get a new diploma under the buyer's name. Other than that, the diplomas themselves are worthless.

 

It's a political statement and goes to show you what is wrong with American education. A person slaves their whole life away to earn a degree and what do you have but debt up the ying yang. This is the very reason diploma mills are thriving.

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The marketablity value of these degrees in the labor market is negligible. One can not legally utilize them for employment purposes or for promotions. The purchase of these credentials does not include the title of ownership to use them in legal pursuits as is the case, for example, when a person purchases a used car along with the title of ownership. So the question remains as to what the buyer is actually getting for $50,000. Two plaques with someone elses name affixed to them?

There also seems something very peculiar in the seller's final statement indicating "This will allow me to go forward in my professional career without a black cloud of debt in life!"By selling these degrees is this person in any way voiding or forfeiting his rights to use the titles of his degrees going "forward" in his/her future career. In addition, can the universities that granted these degrees sue the seller and possibly the buyer for such a transaction?

 

He's just trying to make a statement. Notice his "buy it now" price is listed down to the penny – the exact cost of his student loans. If he ends up selling his degrees to some dumb schmuck, then all the better for him (providing he can collect payment).

The selling of one's diplomas is not a big deal. How many times have you been asked to produce your diploma? I would suspect anywhere between zero and none. On the other hand, how many times have you been asked to provide transcripts?

Just my $0.02.

 

The diplomas are his to do with whatever he wishes. No where in his write-up does he say he will insert the buyer's name over his. He is selling his diplomas with his name on them.

 

You people have got to be kidding me. It is obviously a joke.

 

Genealogists and family historians buy diplomas all the time. Some people even collect them as a hobby.

No big deal until someone tries to use the diploma to perpetrate a fraud...

 

Our young MBA should consider persuing an alternative route to certification to teach in the public schools. Then seek a position in an underserved or critical area and let his new employer pay off those loans over 5 years...

Of course, he could just get one of those $90K jobs we hear about and pay his loan payments over 20 years. Reality is that his monthly debt is likely to be less than many people pay in new car payments.

 

Why would genealogists/family historians buy diplomas?

 

A diploma is a primary source document.

Before the proliferation of DL programs, a diploma could establish a person in a certain place at a certain time. In many cases it points to occupation.

For the family historians that study patterns in family as opposed to just who begat who, a diploma establishes one of the markers of status.

One interesting area in my own research was the point where a specific family began attending college and the impact on the generational wealth following that decision.

 

If I were a family historian/genealogist, would I be interested in buying a diploma if it were not, say, one of my great-grandfather's education degrees from Ashland College? Or some other degree belonging to one of my own kin?

 

The marketablity value of these degrees in the labor market is negligible. One can not legally utilize them for employment purposes or for promotions. The purchase of these credentials does not include the title of ownership to use them in legal pursuits as is the case, for example, when a person purchases a used car along with the title of ownership. So the question remains as to what the buyer is actually getting for $50,000. Two plaques with someone elses name affixed to them?

Your missing the point-

The person that would purchase these two pieces of paper would be getting just that, paper. He knows as well as we do that this "degree sale" is clearly just a statement.

The marketability of these degrees anywhere in the labor market would be 110% nill-

 

DIRECT FROM THE EBAY LISTING:

I am a recent graduate with my MBA degree along with my Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Strategic Management Concentration. As all college students are, I was ecstatic that I finally graduated with both my undergrad and graduate degree and was ready for my next exciting journey into the professional world. However, I got taken back when after I received my degrees in the mail I also received a huge bill of $56,524.26 for my student loans. I couldn’t believe my big step forward in life was all of sudden pushed back by this huge amount of debt over my head like a black cloud. So I’m willing to hand over my undergraduate degree from the California State University, Sacramento and my graduate degree from National University to the person who pays off my student loans. This will allow me to go forward in my professional career without a black cloud of debt in my life!

Just in case the auction ends with the "BUY IT NOW" price of $56,524.26!! LOL!!