At One Point,people Were Willing to Pay Hundreds of Dollars

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Multiple Choice

At one point,people were willing to pay hundreds of dollars on eBay for a Beanie Baby toy that originally cost a fraction of that amount.Today,those same Beanie Babies can be found at garage sales all over the country for a less than a dollar apiece.This is MOST LIKELY due to

• A)faulty craftsmanship in later production batches.
• B)a sharp downturn in the economy.
• C)the new,more nostalgic fad of bobble-head dolls.
• D)too many counterfeit Beanie Babies entering the country.
• E)a product becoming a fad and then losing its fad appeal.

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