Boston: Several gold-colored medals strung on yellow-and-blue ribbons for runners of Monday's Boston Marathon were being offered for sale on eBay on Thursday, listings the manufacturer described as "disgusting" because of the twin bombings at the finish line.
Dan Ashworth, president and owner of Ashworth Awards of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, which has made medals and pins for the marathon for the past 31 years, said passersby may have picked up medals in the chaos and could be trying to profit from them. Some were fetching bids of more than $500.
"It's pretty disgusting," Ashworth said. "I don't think any marathoner would sell their medal."
The bombings killed three people and injured 176 others.
The company said it evaluates whether to remove listings on a case-by-case basis and a spokeswoman did not respond to a question on whether it was considering blocking the medal listings.
Ashworth's company produced some 26,000 medals for the marathon. He said he had been waiting near the finish line, first for his wife and then her sister, who completed the marathon nine minutes before the explosions.
Dan Ashworth, president and owner of Ashworth Awards of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, which has made medals and pins for the marathon for the past 31 years, said passersby may have picked up medals in the chaos and could be trying to profit from them. Some were fetching bids of more than $500.
"It's pretty disgusting," Ashworth said. "I don't think any marathoner would sell their medal."
The bombings killed three people and injured 176 others.
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The company said it evaluates whether to remove listings on a case-by-case basis and a spokeswoman did not respond to a question on whether it was considering blocking the medal listings.
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Ashworth's company produced some 26,000 medals for the marathon. He said he had been waiting near the finish line, first for his wife and then her sister, who completed the marathon nine minutes before the explosions.
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