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College grad puts her diploma on eBay for $50,000

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Paying off your student debt isn’t easy, and it gets even more frustrating when you have limited job prospects after graduation.

One frustrated Florida State University (FSU) graduate turned to eBay for help.

Stephanie Ritter, who attended the university from 2007-2011, listed her Bachelor of Arts in Theater diploma on eBay for $50,000.

In addition to offering the actual piece of paper in “mint condition,” Ritter offered the buyer a full Florida State experience, including a tour of the university and access to her college memories through Facebook.

“I thought this piece of paper has so much worth to so many people, but for a theater major, it couldn’t mean less,” Ritter told BuzzFeed. “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.”

After graduating college, Ritter was unable to find a job in her field and ended up working as a personal assistant.

“Why waste four years of your life going to a state school for a piece of paper when you can just buy mine?” reads the item description on eBay. “Save yourself the time and buy a college experience**featuring diploma!”

She promises that the diploma has never been used to get a job before.

Despite it all, Ritter admits to BuzzFeed that she would still go to college if she had to do it all over again. She said she’d choose a more queer friendly school in the city with an opportunity to make more money to support herself.

The item was listed as available until Sept. 23, but has since been removed from eBay. Ritter’s profile, seen in photos of the ad, is still in tact.

Ritter told BuzzFeed that she already has a few backups just in case the diploma doesn’t sell. She’ll either become a sugar daughter or end up paying off the minimum on her loans for the next 25 years until “the government feels so bad for you that they wipe it clean.”