[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>

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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.
>
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>
> 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
>
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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>&nbsp;
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'"&nbsp; 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"&nbsp; "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&amp;item=1000268057</A>

<P>I must say, I haven't had such a good laugh in ages.

<P>Geoff N.

<P>p.s.&nbsp; I am sending a CC of this email to Igor.

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<P>Geoffrey Notkin
<BR>Senior Art Director
<BR>Stanegate Studios/Notkin.net
<BR>P.O. Box 87,&nbsp; Jersey City, NJ 07303

<P>Telephone: (201) 435-8888&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fax:&nbsp; (201)
946-1199

<P>Email: geoking_at_notkin.net&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ammonite@aol.com
<BR>Web:&nbsp;&nbsp; www.notkin.net

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<P>A paleontologist has more cause than most to reflect upon time: its
<BR>measurement, its span, and its consequences.

<P>&nbsp; -- Richard Fortey

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