How much would you pay for a Gmail address?

Jumbie · Jul 11, 2008

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-3G-iPhone-AT...QQcmdZViewItem

Someone is selling the address seller.appleiphone2 at gmail.com on eBay and the bid is currently at $455!!!!!! with 16 hours left.

Wish I'd thought of the idea but it never even crossed my mind to do something like this. However, it's crazy that people are bidding on this.

overdog · Jul 11, 2008

No way they are bidding that much for the email address. Those idiots that bid are probably not reading the description carefully. The seller has 4 such auctions up, all for email addresses with a starting bid of $199.99. It's an interesting plan: build up 100% feedback on ebay slowly over 3 years, make a quick $1,000 in 24 hours, and then disappear forever.

contactme_11 · Jul 12, 2008

When gmail was new a few years ago and was all the craze, I paid $5 for a gmail account.

appolyon · Jul 12, 2008

The auction linked to above has since been removed...

brissyboy · Jul 12, 2008

you paid for a gmail account? I got mine for free

jkw · Jul 12, 2008

Why would you pay?!?
I know it was an invite thing earlier, but after I got mine, I invited whoever wanted it.
I know people asked for invites on forums like this. Of course it was never a problem cos you could just invite yourself again to get a new account with 60 new invites...

brissyboy · Jul 12, 2008

yeh hehe

rolex · Jul 12, 2008

Originally Posted by brissyboy

you paid for a gmail account? I got mine for free

Perhaps when it was in its infancy.

rolex · Jul 12, 2008

Originally Posted by Jumbie

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-3G-iPhone-AT...QQcmdZViewItem

Someone is selling the address seller.appleiphone2 at gmail.com on eBay and the bid is currently at $455!!!!!! with 16 hours left.

Wish I'd thought of the idea but it never even crossed my mind to do something like this. However, it's crazy that people are bidding on this.

The address doesn't seem all that special.

Jumbie · Jul 12, 2008

Yeah, I didn't think so either.

totally epic · Jul 12, 2008

Umm...this happens every time a new gadget comes out. The page was made to look like he was actually selling an iPhone, but with a disclaimer stating "this is for an email address only, not a phone". Just like those people who sell empty XBox boxes, etc.

Jumbie · Jul 12, 2008

Originally Posted by totally epic

Umm...this happens every time a new gadget comes out. The page was made to look like he was actually selling an iPhone, but with a disclaimer stating "this is for an email address only, not a phone". Just like those people who sell empty XBox boxes, etc.

I've seen those before but this auction had the fact that it was only for the e-mail address in giant red letters. Those others usually have it hidden somewhere in the auction buried among other test in tiny little letters.

Anyone who didn't know they were bidding on the e-mail address deserved to be scammed.

totally epic · Jul 12, 2008

Yes, I agree

bkk · Jul 12, 2008

Originally Posted by jkw

Why would you pay?!?
I know it was an invite thing earlier, but after I got mine, I invited whoever wanted it.
I know people asked for invites on forums like this. Of course it was never a problem cos you could just invite yourself again to get a new account with 60 new invites...

Originally, Gmail had very few invites per person. My memory tells me 5 for some reason.

Hell, I'd pay $5 for Gmail if it were required.

How much would you pay for a Gmail address?

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