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Goodwill Hunter
03-09-2003, 10:41 PM
Vote for the Digital Press Ebay Insanity Parody Video Game Auction that’s taking the Digital Press Ebay Insanity Parody Video Game Auction World by storm with over 500 views in less than 24 hours!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3012314087&category=187

The auction that’s heating up competing video game website’s Ebay forum’s with multiple threads! (And I didn’t start either of them!)

Wwwwowwwwwwwwwwww
http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22258

This is the funniest item I have ever seen on ebay
http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22289


The auction that has already garnered international acclaim! (some of the half-dozen Emails I’ve actually gotten already on this auction!)

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Hi,

Hehe ! Great auction ;) Thanks for the fun !

Nico (France)

Question from: sap11 (sap1@club-internet.fr)
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Woh !

what a fantastic auction it will be ;) I'm also collecting video games, and your auction sounds very attractive ;) In fact, I was very fond of the way you had comprehension of our minds functionning ! I had rarely fun on reading such an article ! Thank you very much for this...

Stephane

PS// Sorry for my so poor english speaking...

Question from: svanlierde (svanlierde@chello.fr)
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The auction that takes the fact that a half cent piece of original shrinkwrap (that can be perfectly reproduced by anyone with a part-time job at Blockbuster) can double or triple the value of a complete game, to its illogical extreme!

The auction that clearly shows how desperate I am to get some free stuff from DP! So vote today and don’t shrink from this opportunity to help me wrap up some stuff that has actual value!

Thanks, and good luck bidding!

Rich
punkoffgirl
03-10-2003, 12:03 AM
Didn't someone do this before? Not for the contest or anything, but I think almost two years ago on eBay there was a big-deal auction for shrinkwrap..
CX2K
03-10-2003, 04:14 AM
Yeah. Actually it was our fearless leader Joe who ebayed Quadrun shrinkwrap, which if you read is probably how this gentleman started his collection. :)

John



Didn't someone do this before? Not for the contest or anything, but I think almost two years ago on eBay there was a big-deal auction for shrinkwrap..
digitalpress
03-10-2003, 07:14 AM
Yeah I thought this concept looked a little familiar! :D

Quadrun Shrinkwrap!
http://www.digitpress.com/archives/arc00094.pdf
Goodwill Hunter
03-10-2003, 07:32 AM
Yeah I thought this concept looked a little familiar! :D

Quadrun Shrinkwrap!
http://www.digitpress.com/archives/arc00094.pdf

Believe it or not, I didn't know about the previous version...I guess "great minds" think alike! :). Was it in a contest like this?...I nolticed it actually got bids! I also saw the archive date of July 2001 which was well before I found Digital Press. I really didn't copy anyone for my entry, and put a lot of effort into it!

Rich
digitalpress
03-10-2003, 07:39 AM
It's OK Rich, I wouldn't have even mentioned it if someone else hadn't pointed it out first! You put a lot more time into your entry (I voted "yes").

The one I did was just for my own personal amusement. Yeah. I'm THAT weird. :P
Goodwill Hunter
03-10-2003, 09:12 PM
It's OK Rich, I wouldn't have even mentioned it if someone else hadn't pointed it out first! You put a lot more time into your entry (I voted "yes").

The one I did was just for my own personal amusement. Yeah. I'm THAT weird. :P

Thanks Joe,

In retrospect, I wish I had known about your auction before I put mine together. It would have been nice to have the guy in my auction catch the "shrinkwrap bug" from your orginal auction and build his collection from there.

But after reading the archive of your auction, I have two questions... 1. Was that shrinkwrap really from a 2600 Quadrun? and 2. Did the guy who won actually pay? Maybe I shouldn't have added the $400 shipping fee to discourage actual bidders....I could have made some easy cash on the side!

Rich
digitalpress
03-10-2003, 09:16 PM
No, it wasn't the actual shrinkwrap from Quadrun and no the guy didn't buy it. Actually when the auction ended he emailed with something along the lines of "Did I just buy the shrinkwrap for a game?", probably didn't read the description very well. Anyway, I let him off the hook.
Goodwill Hunter
03-12-2003, 08:00 PM
Here's some more samples of the email coming in....one happy, one angry....over 1700 total views so far!

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You maniac! I cracked up at your auction, especially the "prototypes" and the DNA enhanced wrap! I'm planning to keep an eye on this auction for the next few days, but am afraid that it will quickly get out of my price range; if not, I may snipe my bid in at the last second!
You may be sick & twisted, but you do know your rare Atari games!

Good Luck!

PhlegmMaster

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hey moron, what's up with you charging freaking $400.00 to ship this crap?

Question from: speedy05
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Too much fun,
Rich