http://secondlife.com/auctions/detail.php?id=0026199100
WOW
Either the $L has seriously risen against the US$, or somebody made a major typo!
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Androclese Torgeson
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07-20-2006 20:48
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Alan Barbecue
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07-20-2006 21:07
Or someone REALLY wanted a semi-mountain top
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Cybin Monde
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last of the pristine mainland
07-21-2006 00:10
from what i could tell, this plot/sim is one of the final mainland sims that are presently being deployed.
there should be a higher than normal demand for this land, thus justifying the higher price paid for it. ..either that or they thought it worked like eBays's proxy bids and thought they would win under that price. *shrug* _____________________
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nimrod Yaffle
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07-21-2006 00:22
from what i could tell, this plot/sim is one of the final mainland sims that are presently being deployed. Where did you hear that? =O _____________________
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Hooch Matador
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07-21-2006 00:25
Where did you hear that? =O when you have power, you flaunt it _____________________
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Infiniview Merit
The 100 Trillionth Cell
Join date: 27 Apr 2006
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07-21-2006 00:27
 In the land section forums, I saw a post similar to this wherethe winner paid 3600$ for a mainland sim. There was various speculation on the reasons. One was that the bidder thought it was in L. Another was that they owned and adjacent sim. It is difficult for me to believe that it is the last of the mainland sims, perhaps some of the last on that mainland. Given demand I would think that more mainland would just appear. _____________________
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Yiffy Yaffle
Purple SpiritWolf Mystic
Join date: 22 Oct 2004
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07-21-2006 00:58
Or it could be someone who made an account just to make that bid and leave to tick off the other bidders.
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Alan Barbecue
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07-21-2006 02:33
There are a couple of mainland sims I would be tempted by... but mostly the name SNAFU would have to be a winning reason to bid up a sim (snafu is in the lower right corner of the main continent).
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Margaret Mfume
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Join date: 30 Dec 2004
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07-21-2006 04:57
Or it could be someone who made an account just to make that bid and leave to tick off the other bidders. Which brings forth the question, does LL allow bidding in their auction by unverified accounts? I once tried to bid on a parcel that was being sold for lindens rather than $US. My bid was not accepted since the amount of the bid was greater than what I had in my account at the time. I had figured I would convert the cash over if I won the auction but wasn't inclined to do so just to bid. _____________________
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Ranma Tardis
沖縄弛緩の明確で青い水
Join date: 8 Nov 2005
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07-21-2006 05:05
What are they smoking?
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Cheetham Hill
HOT in the CITY
Join date: 15 Jul 2006
Posts: 168
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07-21-2006 05:48
What are they smoking? Hundred-dollar notes in their mountaintop château, bidding on Linden land and eBay auctions before pausing to snort coke off the thigh of a hooker. |
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Perryn Akami
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Join date: 16 Jun 2006
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07-21-2006 05:56
Hundred-dollar notes in their mountaintop château, bidding on Linden land and eBay auctions before pausing to snort coke off the thigh of a hooker. now where can I get THAT animation? |
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Svar Beckersted
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07-21-2006 06:25
http://secondlife.com/auctions/detail.php?id=0026199100 WOW Either the $L has seriously risen against the US$, or somebody made a major typo! Or someone was bidding against a resident who paid $3501 and $3601 just the day before. http://secondlife.com/auctions/detail.php?id=0026199097 http://secondlife.com/auctions/detail.php?id=0026199096 |
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Yiffy Yaffle
Purple SpiritWolf Mystic
Join date: 22 Oct 2004
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07-21-2006 07:37
I'm looking at those prices. MY GOD i havent even held that much money at once before... O.o Who in blazes could afford $3k and not feel poor afterwords? I could buy High Performance Gaming PC for less then that. o.o
And here i thought Entropia had horrible auction prices... _____________________
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Alazarin Mondrian
Teh Trippy Hippie Dragon
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07-21-2006 07:51
At prices like that the expression 'more money than sense' comes to mind.
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Infiniview Merit
The 100 Trillionth Cell
Join date: 27 Apr 2006
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07-21-2006 08:47
Next up for auction "a Hard Disk". Bidding starts at 1,000.00 $. hehe
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VolatileWhimsy Bu
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07-21-2006 08:53
I personally would like to convey to the person spending 3000 on the land, that the money would be better suited buying me some jimmy choo shoes.. heh
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Wanda Rich
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Join date: 22 Apr 2006
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07-21-2006 08:54
I'm looking at those prices. MY GOD i havent even held that much money at once before... O.o Who in blazes could afford $3k and not feel poor afterwords? I could buy High Performance Gaming PC for less then that. o.o And here i thought Entropia had horrible auction prices... coughs http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=146243 _____________________
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Cheetham Hill
HOT in the CITY
Join date: 15 Jul 2006
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07-21-2006 09:49
That's the silly thing - the hardware hosting this sim is probably worth far less than $3000
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Jake Reitveld
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Join date: 9 Mar 2005
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07-21-2006 10:07
I personally would like to convey to the person spending 3000 on the land, that the money would be better suited buying me some jimmy choo shoes.. heh what like two pair? _____________________
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Cybin Monde
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the power to read
07-21-2006 10:39
Where did you hear that? =O somewhere on these forums there was a Linden post about how they want to fill out the edges of the main mainland.. sorry, i didn't mean all continents of the main land, just the original. apparently, LL has decided to do something about those abrupt landmass edges that have been around for eons and are making an actual shoreline, which i wuld assume to mean the end of growth for the first continent. (the second being all finished once it was up and the third having a while to go methinks) so, Hooch, no.. i'm not speaking from any seat of power.. i have no such placement. i'm not FIC, i'm just old.. lol. either way.. it's still alot for a sim when you could buy 2 private sims for the same price.. plus enough left over to pay for a month or two of upkeep. or maybe that's the point? in the long run it's cheaper to own a mainland sim due to the absence of upkeep. (even thoguh ther is still tier to worry about) _____________________
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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07-21-2006 10:44
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VolatileWhimsy Bu
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07-21-2006 11:25
what like two pair? nah i don't need the real fancy ones.. LOL so maybe 5? |
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Ranma Tardis
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Join date: 8 Nov 2005
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07-21-2006 11:50
Didn't you claim to have once offered someone US$1000.00 for a custom skin? Good Memory! I got my skin for $40 American. The higher price would of involved a lot of work, full rights for me to distribute and sell them, none for the creator. In any case the resident not only rejected it but flamed me. My current $40 skin is just fine and it is all mine |
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Jeska Linden
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07-21-2006 12:30
Moved to Land and the Economy for further discussion.
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