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Gaming Gifts For the Obscenely Rich

Posted by Zonk on from the hey-mom? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money's Game Over column offers suggestions for what to buy the obnoxiously rich gamer on your shopping list this year. Among the items mentioned are a $300,000 motion simulator and a 5.5 yard long monitor." Re: The Monitor - Gaaaaaaaaaah...

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  1. Re: The Monitor by Teh+Suq · · Score: 2, Informative
    From the About page on the L Store's website:
    However, we are no longer in a position, from a financial standpoint, to continue doing business, meeting each of the high standards we have continually set for ourselves and for you, and are regrettably forced to suspend our operations and liquidate our assets in support of our financial responsibilities. Through our best abilities we are striving to fulfill all current orders, but we are no longer accepting new purchases for any of products.
  2. TechStyle Keyboards by sesshomaru · · Score: 2, Informative
    Are partly wood and much cheaper than the wood contour stuff:

    Techstyle

    Sure the keys are plastic, but not all of us are Scrooge McDuck.

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  3. Links to the gifts by Numeric · · Score: 5, Informative

    cherry, mahogany or sycamore wood PC
    Stone PC
    racing simulator
    Motion Simulator
    19200 x 2400 Pixel Monitor

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  4. Re: The Monitor by LordStraun · · Score: 2, Informative
    From the front page of the L Store's website: (posted 11-16-2004 4 days after the information above)
    As we have passed today the 1 million mark of support emails sent to us by all of you, Liebermann Inc. would like to announce it is entering final negotiation stages for possible borad large scale funding for a complete re-structuring of its corporate structure and product line that includes plans for the simultaneous re-launch of both North American and European operations and the possible opening of three retails stores in the cities of Los Angeles, New York City, and London, UK in the months ahead. Liebermann Inc. will soon be opening a global forums space that can be accessed directly via our homepage to collect your ideas, opinions, input and comments and serve as a worldwide area of discussion to all of what you want us to become and the products you would like to see developed. Equally Liebermann Inc. will be posting updates as to the terms and results of it's current funding negotiations and would like to state that no matter the result and possible new large scale corporate entity it may become, it will unshakably remain and improve upon the unique spirit that millions of you have learned to love and admire. ....
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  5. Re: The Monitor by DeeFresh · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm pretty sure Go-L.com has never been in a position to do any business. From what I have read, the company is a complete fraud. Here's a message board discussion with some more links about it: http://armbrustconsulting.com/forums/viewtopic.php ?p=603#603