Hilarious!

[guitarfreak141]

this is great, apparently somebody from Austrailia tried to sell the country of New Zealand on Ebay, the bid reached up to 22million before ebay took it off

link to the article: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20060512p2g00m0in033000c.html

[earthman buck]

For future reference, guitarfreak, things like this should go in the "Places to go, sites to see" forum.

That said, funny stuff.

[guitarfreak141]

I'm really very sorry, next time I'll post it in the right place, I thought it should go here

[Cryptic Excretions]

I can't help but wonder what the punishment for that kind of thing is.

[jiujitsu_jesus]

Yeah, people talk about that one over here all the time. I always thought it was just an urban legend, though! :D

[Julian Vickers]

Am I the only New Zealander on the forums I wonder?

[bigbuda]

this is great, apparently somebody from Austrailia tried to sell the country of New Zealand on Ebay, the bid reached up to 22million before ebay took it off

link to the article: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20060512p2g00m0in033000c.html


The bids reached only a little over 2 thousand. There were 22 bids. That's what the article you linked to says anyway. Here's a copy of that part.

With a starting offer of just one cent, brisk bidding for the prime chunk of South Pacific real estate quickly boosted the price to 3,000 Australian dollars (US$2,330) before eBay pulled the plug on the auction this week.

"Clearly New Zealand is not for sale," eBay Australia spokesman Daniel Feiler told the New Zealand Press Association, adding that 22 bids had been made before the company acted.

Far cry from 22 million. :rolleyes:

[guitarfreak141]

The bids reached only a little over 2 thousand. There were 22 bids. That's what the article you linked to says anyway. Here's a copy of that part.

With a starting offer of just one cent, brisk bidding for the prime chunk of South Pacific real estate quickly boosted the price to 3,000 Australian dollars (US$2,330) before eBay pulled the plug on the auction this week.

"Clearly New Zealand is not for sale," eBay Australia spokesman Daniel Feiler told the New Zealand Press Association, adding that 22 bids had been made before the company acted.

Far cry from 22 million. :rolleyes:

sorry, haha, I think I misread something somwhere or I wasn't thinking, still funny though

[bigbuda]

sorry, haha, I think I misread something somwhere or I wasn't thinking, still funny though


It's very funny. It would be even funnier if someone actually won it. :eek:

[Akira]

Lmao.

I once saw an auction for an air guitar, that was funny.

[bigbuda]

Lmao.

I once saw an auction for an air guitar, that was funny.


Awww man, I've been looking for one of those. :D

[GuitarPsy]

whehe, now that's what I call a sense of humor! :p

[suicidalmoose]

lol i wouldn buy new zealand for 3000 aussie dollars. screw that!