posted on July 27, 2001 01:13:49 AM new
Tonight's news reported an Ebay auction: a New York couple is auctioning the 'naming of their newborn son'. Out of curiosity, I did several searches on Ebay, to no avail. Was the 'item' pulled? Does anyone know the outcome?
posted on July 27, 2001 01:40:03 AM new
No Problem Sara...as long as the porter had her e-amil on, she got the info....if not, she can do some more searches!!! LOL
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
posted on July 27, 2001 01:53:09 AM new
Keith, I did receive your initial message. I will check the item when eBay wakes up from its' Friday morning nap.
posted on July 27, 2001 08:33:50 AM new
I have searched and searched for this auction......Please someone give me a hint where to look??????
Thank you!
posted on July 27, 2001 09:56:34 AM new
The referenced auction is NOT the same mentioned in the CNN article. That couple is already pregnant and supposedly has a minimum bid of $28,000.
posted on July 27, 2001 10:51:31 AM newCNN StoryBlack and Schroeder have put the naming rights up for auction on both eBay and Yahoo!, at a minimum bid of $500,000. The ads were posted July 18 and will run through July 28. So far, there have been no bidders, but they plan to extend their offer. (A seach for the auctions early Friday could not find them on either auction site.)
LOL, $500,000.00!!! You could purchase a baby for less.
posted on July 27, 2001 01:57:09 PM new
OK, boys and girls. Here's the scoop, to the best of my recollection.
It's bizarre.
Mr. Black was on the Today show this morning.
According to him, he and his wife (?) were at a Chinese restaurant for dinner. When she opened her fortune cookie, it said she would own a house by the end of the year.
For starters, you have to be gullible enough to believe that your future can be foretold in a fortune cookie.
Now, if you do believe, you would probably think you were going to benefit from an unforseen inheritence, or that you will have to work your butt off at 2 jobs to make this dream happen.
However, this couple, expecting their 3rd child in a month, came up with this perfect sche...er...I mean solution.
Run an auction on eBay to name this child.
And, get a large corporation, who would obviously have to be run by people who are a card short of a full deck, to pay good money for this promotional opportunity of a lifetime.
Of course, the lights would have to be out on the porches of the stockholders of that corporation, also.
It would secure the college education of not only the unborn child, but the other 2 children. (Guess student loans and scholarships won't be in existence when/if these children go to college.)
Not to mention, buy them a house too.
Think of it:
Microsoft Black
Black & Decker Black
IBM Black
Jim Beam Black
Kleenex Black
Wal-Mart Black
K-Mart Black
It just goes on and on.
And, should this little boy grow up to President of the United States?
WOW!!!
BTW, this couple knows the child is a boy. They said they would not being doing this if it were a girl.
I guess they think a girl should just get herself a sugar daddy to pay for her education.
posted on July 28, 2001 08:41:13 PM new
I had heard there wasn't any bids and they were going to relist it, but you're right it isn't anymore it's gone. Just imagine calling Viagara to supper. I had just heard that Buffalo is naming their football stadium Heinze. Yes, after the ketchup. What people won't do for money.
posted on July 29, 2001 09:51:03 AM new
when I first saw this I thought it was really bad.
Then I thought about Dwebill and Moon unit Zapa . He didnt get any corprate $$ for that
So if you want screw up your kids by giving them a bizzare name might as well get something for it!!
spock here......
of the stockholders of that corporation, also.
