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I like it, but I'd like it more if it printed and adhered a shipping label to itself and scheduled a FedEx pickup after it was sold. Once you saw the label, all you would need to do is put it on your doorstep and wait for it to disappear.

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Totally! Of course, if it didn't need to be plugged in, a la Airnergy[1]^, and if it used wifi... and maybe if it were weatherized, then it would never need to be indoors in the first place. As long as it was never delivered to a place without wireless, it would be "alive."

Arranging its own transportation via FedEx would incorporate the printing method you describe, and it could pretty much move on its own.

1. http://www.ohgizmo.com/2010/01/09/ces2010-rca-airnergy-charg...

^ probably vapor, and clearly underpowered, but let's pretend

Why go with just wireless? It could just as easily be hooked up to 3G and Edge to access eBay.

Much harder to arrange payment. With DHCP Ethernet, you can plug and play on any modern network on Earth.

To extend this, the 'shipping label' could be an e-ink screen under a plastic/protective cover.

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