Get a MacBook Air for $25?
- Comments: 11
- Written on: September 14th, 2008
Read this post to learn how you can get a
MacBook Air for as little as $25 – NO JOKE!
I was browsing around on eBay this morning and saw some scammy looking guy doing what he called a “mystery auction”.
The concept was very similar to a blind auction where you bid on an envelope or a package without knowing the exact contents that are contained in the envelope.
I was a little bored today, so I figured what the heck. I have a bunch of e-envelopes going online on eBay via scheduled auctions over the next 24 hours. Each e-envelope contains a free gift from me ranging from $1.00 all the way up to a MacBook Air computer ($1799.99).
In accordance with eBay’s rules, this is not a contest, lottery, game of chance or skill, or any other kind of gambling deal. You are bidding on an e-envelope and anything inside the e-envelope you win is simply a gift from me to you.
All of the rules are explained in the auction, but if you have any questions, feel free to post a comment here or call me if you need to.
This is a 1-day auction on eBay that will wrap up Monday afternoon. It will probably take me half a day to process all of the free gifts, but what the heck 🙂
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- Comments: 11
Very cool. I hope I at least break even. 🙂
Good luck to all!
excellent
So far 3 BINs and one bidder. The $30 BIN makes pretty god sense since the bidding starts at $25. Maybe I should have listed the BINs higher?
What if there are no bids on all except 1 or 2?
They get some gift?
What about shipping charges?
@Siva
In the auction I explain this. If some of the e-envelopes go unsold they will be re-listed for one more day. If they still go unsold I will either:
1) Award the gifts from the biggest to the smallest
2) Refund all bidders’ money
eBay killed the auction. They said it was too close to a “chance auction”. I have refunded everyone’s payments. Sorry guys 🙁
Well, to show you how willing I am to help someone out, I’d be happy to pay you back the $30 to relieve you of the burden of that laptop. LOL 🙂
You can sell a jar with a ghost inside of it, a magic stick, and an ass-kickin’…but not what you had up? Had you said the laptop was haunted…then you could have named your price!!! 😉
Great gambling concept. Oh I forgot, it’s not gambling. Lol! Well I would definitely give it a shot when feeling lucky, I will not bid over $50 USD though.
How about you just auction them yourself using a wordpress plugin? No reason e-Scam should get a cut of the sale. http://www.wpauctions.com/
I haven’t used it yet, but I know others that do.
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