[meteorite-list] More About Mir eBay Auction (OT/Humor)
From: Rob and Colleen <iguana_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:42 2004 Message-ID: <3ABC274F.68ECDFBC_at_pcez.com> --------------E18F5E8CDD9C4822EA7E8F77 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mir isn't all you can get. For your perusal: http://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/index.html Enjoy, Rob geoking_at_notkin.net wrote: > Dear Listees and Igor: > > Quick as a limpit! There is already, online, an article by "Wired," > about the bogus eBay Mir auctions: > http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42594,00.html It's called > "Mir Crashes: Wreckage on eBay" > > At least one of the auction lots (the duct tape one) was staged as a > prank by eBay seller igor79, who runs quite an hilarious website at > http://www.drivenbyboredom.com > > Like many members of this list, he seems to have a gripe against eBay > -- or maybe just enjoys a good prank -- as he has been offering all > sorts of brilliantly absurd lots including a "Stale Swedish Fish," a > "RARE PICKLE," and "1 Page From Orwell's '1984'" Most of these lots > were commanding prices considerably less than a dollar. A "Chewed > Ball Point Pen: NO RESERVE!" for instance, has a current bid of $.07 > > Evidently -- as a result of the Mir prank -- many of Igor's auctions > were forcibly ended by eBay . . . and that does seems a bit mean. He > has retaliated by offering a "Fake Piece of the Mir Space Station," > which is currently sitting at $3.52. He suggests telling your friends > "that it fell out of the sky and you found it in Fiji." The category > in which it's being offered is" "Collectibles: Weird Stuff: Totally > Bizarre." > > In case anyone wants to up the bid by a penny or two: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1000268057 > > I must say, I haven't had such a good laugh in ages. > > Geoff N. > > p.s. I am sending a CC of this email to Igor. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Geoffrey Notkin > Senior Art Director > Stanegate Studios/Notkin.net > P.O. Box 87, Jersey City, NJ 07303 > > Telephone: (201) 435-8888 Fax: (201) 946-1199 > > Email: geoking_at_notkin.net ammonite@aol.com > Web: www.notkin.net > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > A paleontologist has more cause than most to reflect upon time: its > measurement, its span, and its consequences. > > -- Richard Fortey > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > _______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --------------E18F5E8CDD9C4822EA7E8F77 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Mir isn't all you can get. For your perusal: <BR><A HREF="http://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/index.html">http://www.whattheheck.com/ebay/index.html</A> <BR>Enjoy, Rob <P>geoking_at_notkin.net wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Dear Listees and Igor: <P>Quick as a limpit! There is already, online, an article by "Wired," <BR>about the bogus eBay Mir auctions: <BR><A HREF="http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42594,00.html">http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42594,00.html</A> It's called <BR>"Mir Crashes: Wreckage on eBay" <P>At least one of the auction lots (the duct tape one) was staged as a <BR>prank by eBay seller igor79, who runs quite an hilarious website at <BR><A HREF="http://www.drivenbyboredom.com">http://www.drivenbyboredom.com</A> <P>Like many members of this list, he seems to have a gripe against eBay <BR>-- or maybe just enjoys a good prank -- as he has been offering all <BR>sorts of brilliantly absurd lots including a "Stale Swedish Fish," a <BR>"RARE PICKLE," and "1 Page From Orwell's '1984'" Most of these lots <BR>were commanding prices considerably less than a dollar. A "Chewed <BR>Ball Point Pen: NO RESERVE!" for instance, has a current bid of $.07 <P>Evidently -- as a result of the Mir prank -- many of Igor's auctions <BR>were forcibly ended by eBay . . . and that does seems a bit mean. He <BR>has retaliated by offering a "Fake Piece of the Mir Space Station," <BR>which is currently sitting at $3.52. He suggests telling your friends <BR>"that it fell out of the sky and you found it in Fiji." The category <BR>in which it's being offered is" "Collectibles: Weird Stuff: Totally <BR>Bizarre." <P>In case anyone wants to up the bid by a penny or two: <BR><A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1000268057">http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1000268057</A> <P>I must say, I haven't had such a good laugh in ages. <P>Geoff N. <P>p.s. I am sending a CC of this email to Igor. <P>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <P>Geoffrey Notkin <BR>Senior Art Director <BR>Stanegate Studios/Notkin.net <BR>P.O. Box 87, Jersey City, NJ 07303 <P>Telephone: (201) 435-8888 Fax: (201) 946-1199 <P>Email: geoking_at_notkin.net ammonite@aol.com <BR>Web: www.notkin.net <P>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <P>A paleontologist has more cause than most to reflect upon time: its <BR>measurement, its span, and its consequences. <P> -- Richard Fortey <P>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * <P>_______________________________________________ <BR>Meteorite-list mailing list <BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <BR><A HREF="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</A></BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML> --------------E18F5E8CDD9C4822EA7E8F77-- Received on Fri 23 Mar 2001 11:49:19 PM PST |
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