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Mike Rowe's letter reaches big numbers

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edited February 2004 in Science & Tech
Bids on Ebay for Mike Rowe's warning letter from Microsoft have hit the big numbers.

[blockquote]It's worth looking at the bid history on this auction, which shows a long list of retractions, with some people claiming they entered the "wrong bid amount". What is there about six figures and three figures they don't understand?[/blockquote]
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  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    wow what integrity, too bad everyone felt sorry for this kid about getting sued by the big MS now he's just a damn sell out. Up to $8000, wtf, who would pay 8000 for some piece of paper from MS telling this kid they want his domain, who cares?
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Camman wrote:
    wow what integrity, too bad everyone felt sorry for this kid about getting sued by the big MS now he's just a damn sell out. Up to $8000, wtf, who would pay 8000 for some piece of paper from MS telling this kid they want his domain, who cares?
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited February 2004
    I first checked and it was $5k and then $3k, $2.5k, $2.4k, $2.2k, $2k. He is cancelling bids like crazy because they must be preapproved.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited February 2004
    Camman wrote:
    wow what integrity, too bad everyone felt sorry for this kid about getting sued by the big MS now he's just a damn sell out. Up to $8000, wtf, who would pay 8000 for some piece of paper from MS telling this kid they want his domain, who cares?


    How does his intergrity come into question here?

    He is offering "(a) chance to own a piece of Internet history."

    He is right. It is not every day that David takes on Goliath. MS initially offered him $10 for the domain. He told them to buzz off and not come back until they had added 3 more zero's to the cheque. They threatened him with legal action, he said, bring it on and see how the public reacts to you suing a 17 year old kid for having a name that sounds like your company's.

    They relented and give him thousands of dollars worth of shwag.

    Internet history.

    Why not make a little more money from it by selling the unneeded copy of all the papers? I don't see how this makes him a sell out. The whole thing was about money in the first place. He had a legal right to ue the name "mikerowesoft" and it was not a trademark infringement. Why should he not ask them for suitable compensation from a company that makes billions of dollars? Why shouldn't he sell a copy of the papers if someone else wants to buy them?

    Dexter...
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited February 2004
    True - If you own it you can sell it for as high a price as possible. Capitalism - It's the American way.

    Who can knock a 17yr (or anyone else) for trying to make the most of a unique opportunity
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited February 2004
    Omega65 wrote:
    True - If you own it you can sell it for as high a price as possible. Capitalism - It's the American way.


    Also the Canadian way. Which is important, considering that Mike Rowe is Canadian ;)

    Dexter...

    :canflag: :canflag: :canflag:
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