Originally Posted by: guitarfreak141this 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: