Is this a piss take 79 domain names for $5,000,000.00

**ReDOcToBeR** · 20-09-2003, 01:03 AM

ebay never stops astounding me with some of the sxxt that peeps put up for auction

Who the hell does this guy think he's kidding and is he really serious about his starting bid of £3,091,572.31 or US $5,000,000.00 for 79 crappy domain names which on looking at are or could be infringement of copyright if any dufus actually bought them and tried to use them.

Now tell me the truth am I half right or am I looking at this with my special Stella vision goggles on?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=2559314504

**Russ** · 20-09-2003, 01:06 AM

i think hes mad247

**Punky** · 20-09-2003, 01:13 AM

some idiot will pay for it, there are some that could be usefull to some big businesses there.

**Nemeliza** · 20-09-2003, 01:14 AM

Cracksmoker

**Theo** · 20-09-2003, 01:39 AM

Haha! Some of those are slightly humorous too..

sars247.com
virgin247.com
elvispresley247.com
socks247.com

What's next? pantsthongsandschlongs247.com? irritablebowelsyndrome247.com?

lalalala...

**Saracen** · 20-09-2003, 11:00 AM

IMHO, he's after free advertising. Look at the bottom .....

IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN BUYING INDIVIDUAL DOMAINS OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS EMAIL: .......

I think there is naff-all chance of ANYONE buying that lot at $5 million, BUT, there might well be people interested in one domain .... and he not only has EBay advertising the domains for him, but probably threads like this, with links, on BBS's all over the planet.

So someone running, for instance, an online sock-selling operation might well think, hey, socks247.com, thats a good name for me, and email him with an offer.

If so, domain sold, result, and no EBay fees to pay. The ludicrous minimum bid pretty much guarantees not selling any of them via Ebay.

Maybe, just maybe, something that appears to be totally daft has actually been thought out well???

**ReDOcToBeR** · 20-09-2003, 11:08 AM

Yer you make a very good point there.

Damn it! it gut's me to think I might of inadvertently helped he's advertizing campaign

Still fair play to the guy if it works

**Zak33** · 20-09-2003, 11:42 AM

whats 247?

**Trash Man** · 20-09-2003, 11:44 AM

I think it's suppose to be the aamerican slang for 24/7 as in all day every day.

I could be wrong though.

**Zak33** · 20-09-2003, 11:52 AM

ah,,,,got it....

sad aint I

**Trash Man** · 20-09-2003, 11:53 AM

Originally posted by Zak33
ah,,,,got it....

sad aint I

Not really m8

**perryh73** · 20-09-2003, 12:38 PM

Bollox.
Hes trying to take advantage of people with no imagination to think of there own domains.
Think of how many 100's of other suffixes are around that you could use to get an accurate or memorable name with?

Typical yank fool methinks!

**Anders** · 20-09-2003, 03:32 PM

sell them off individually (many are worth 7 figures!)

lol, I doubt even in old Italian Lire is that true. Still IF this is some cleverly thought out advertising scheme then well done that person.

**slugs** · 20-09-2003, 05:14 PM

going off to register some more crap names and try and sell them to him

**Trash Man** · 20-09-2003, 05:15 PM

Originally posted by Anders
lol, I doubt even in old Italian Lire is that true. Still IF this is some cleverly thought out advertising scheme then well done that person.

What about Turkish lire? 45p is 1,000,000 ain' it? He might get that for one of them

**Anders** · 21-09-2003, 02:36 AM

Geez it is, we could all be Turkish billionaires* with just £450, woo. I dunno, 45 pence still seems a but pricey to me.

* a US billion

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