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Gmail Invites Up For Sale On eBay

from the ridiculous dept

Google is now letting those who are already signed up for their Gmail service invite two new people to the service, and as you might imagine, this limited supply of a service in high demand has already meant that plenty of invites are showing up on eBay, and people are trying to charge an awful lot for them. Honestly, anyone who buys this invite has to be something of a sucker. With the invites getting easier and easier to come by, any amount spent is probably too much.

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  1. No Subject Given

    by Bart - Apr 30th, 2004 @ 12:54pm

    Some people are asking like 199$ ... you REALLY have to be a sucker to pay such an amount.

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  2. Re: No Subject Given

    by thecaptain - Apr 30th, 2004 @ 5:40pm

    well you know there's one born every minute....although with the internet these days, I'd swear they spawn every millisecond.

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  3. Invites

    by Number_6 - May 1st, 2004 @ 3:40am

    I've been signed up with Gmail since Wednesday and haven't gotten any way of inviting people to join. Does anyone know if this is only for users from the begining of April?

    Number_6

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  4. Re: Invites

    by icon Mike (profile) - May 1st, 2004 @ 2:59pm

    I don't know. Maybe they only did it for those who have been using it for a certain period of time. For me, the invite option was in the lower lefthand corner, beneath the navbar.

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  5. Re: Invites

    by Sharon - May 2nd, 2004 @ 8:10am

    I got my Gmail account on Sunday and had the chance to invite 2 people by Thursday.

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  6. High Prices

    by Dan - May 2nd, 2004 @ 3:38pm

    wow... I figured they would be going for $10-$15 but they are getting $20-$50... holy cow...

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