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Gmail Addresses For Sale

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the employment-at-will dept.

challahc writes "For the low, low price of $199, you too can be one of the lucky testers of Googles new Gmail service. Just Ebay It! This CNet News story has the details." Bill Walsh adds "The account for hackers@gmail.com is asking 200 dollars! Is it a good idea to buy anything that's in beta? Couldn't Google just wipe out all of the beta accounts when the service starts up?"

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  1. Slashdot = News.com + 2 days by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    the news is always so fresh

    1. Re:Slashdot = News.com + 2 days by JPriest · · Score: 4, Funny

      Good thing they have all that disk space. I wonder how much spam will be sent to geek@gmail.com. If they deliver ads based on email content, maybe they can have sponsored penis enlargement and 419 ads to match. Perhaps the poetry and quotes added to the bottom of spam to give it a unique signature will also yield some interesting sponsored ads.

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  2. breaking news! by cRueLio · · Score: 5, Funny

    hackers@hotmail.com is now for sale! asking only 400 USD. Goes to highest bidder!

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    1. Re:breaking news! by SILIZIUMM · · Score: 4, Funny

      All I have to do is pay 400$ and then I just have to crack the password, right ?

    2. Re:breaking news! by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

      And, thanks to the address being posted on Slashdot, the lucky winner will get a special bonus: 100 spam e-mails a day!

    3. Re:breaking news! by Lord+Kano · · Score: 5, Funny

      And, thanks to the address being posted on Slashdot, the lucky winner will get a special bonus: 100 spam e-mails a day!

      That's going to be a man with one huge fucking johnson.

      LK

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    4. Re:breaking news! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's a hotmail account, you don't need to post anywhere to get spam, it comes with the service.

  3. Of course by ryanr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't Google just wipe out all of the beta accounts when the service starts up?"

    Um... yeah.... that's why they are selling it NOW, hello.

    1. Re:Of course by simcop2387 · · Score: 5, Funny

      what i think is even funnier is that now that hackers@gmail.com has been posted on /. and probably about 10 other high traffic sites, is that whoever gets it will be stress testing the spam filters for google :)

  4. ATTN: Timothy by aardvarko · · Score: 5, Funny

    NEWSFLASH: CNN does not stand for "C|Net News"!

  5. I have an account by beckerie · · Score: 4, Funny
    But the service has also generated criticism before even rolling out to the masses. Gmail is under fire for inserting advertisements into messages based, in part, on contents. That controversy has led to one legislator calling for its ban.

    I have a G-mail account. I know many people who are interested in getting one, so I'll just make sure I'll g-mail them content which contains the words 'e-bay' 'beta' and '$199' and the advertisement on e-bay should come up pronto at the end.

  6. Omg... by xintegerx · · Score: 4, Funny

    challahc writes "For the low, low price of $199, you too can be one of the lucky testers of Googles new Gmail service. Just Ebay It! This CNN story has the details." Bill Walsh adds "The account for hackers@gmail.com is asking 200 dollars! Is it a good idea to buy anything that's in beta? Couldn't Google just wipe out all of the beta accounts when the service starts up?"

    Hackers? Bill? eBay? CNN? Cnet? Google? GMail? Beta?? $199 (cost of Linux Walmart PC?) After seeing every one of those keywords appear in their own slashdot story each day, seeing them in ONE story at once just boggles the mind.

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  7. $200 by scifience · · Score: 5, Funny

    hackers@gmail.com: It was $200, then a story about it was posted on Slashdot, and it is now $800.

  8. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  9. Re:Whoa... that's a lot of accounts for sale by Drantin · · Score: 5, Funny

    yes, but that's a 1GB! spam account ;)

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  10. $200 for an email address? by hiworld · · Score: 5, Funny

    well, atleast they give you free shipping...

    1. Re:$200 for an email address? by antic · · Score: 4, Funny

      I've seen an air guitar for sale on ebay with free shipping. It's the in thing!

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  11. Re:Smart by Txiasaeia · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've always found this to be counter-intuitive when it comes to free e-mail accounts. After all, the most common account names are the ones that get the most spam, so I'd rather pick something like "2inchjohnson@hotmail.com" and get no junk mail... insert penis-extension jokes here.

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  12. 1.?, 2.?, 3.Profit by FlameboyC11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems to be a regular at Slashdot, posting something about e-bay and some *interesting* item being sold. Could this be the way /. is funding itself? I can see it now...

    Editor 1: "We seem to be running low on funds, quick, point at something!"
    Editor 2: *points at old mac in corner*
    Editor 1: "Quick, put it up on e-bay, we'll run a story on vintage macs on e-bay!"
    Editor 2: *Violently laughs, coughing up blood*
    Editor 1: "Oooo, does e-bay have a policy on bodily fluids, I can feel another story coming on..."

  13. Looking for... by fizban · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...gspot@gmail.com. Anyone found it?

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  14. Real hackers... by penguinoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Real hacker snoop the password and take hacker@gmail.com for free.

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  15. the MOST spam free.... by way2trivial · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd love to have abuse@gmail.com

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  16. I can see it now... by azuroff · · Score: 5, Funny

    @gmail.com - $50

    hackers@gmail.com - $200

    CowboyNeal@gmail.com - priceless

    There are some things money just can't buy... For everything else, there's eBay.

  17. I can't remember... by stienman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't remember - is Google good or bad today?

    Slashdot needs one of those weather maps with all the love/hate relationships with companies...

    "Slightly heated discussion will take place today about the Google IPO, SCO still firmly in the outhouse, and there's a 30% chance that IBM will be favored with positive comments..."

    -Adam

  18. somebody ought too...... by Plasmagrid · · Score: 4, Funny

    set up one that is
    microsoft@gmail.com

    should be worth a few million

    LOL

  19. Re:I would pay by Tokerat · · Score: 4, Funny


    How can /.ers not understand? Haven't people bought /. accounts with low user numbers before?

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