$100,000 ! This guy spent $100,000 on a Virtual Resort!!  | | 
November 12th, 2005, 10:35 PM
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| $100,000 ! This guy spent $100,000 on a Virtual Resort!!
http://news.com.com/Man+pays+100%2C0...3-5945248.html  
"There's a sucker born every minute" is attrbuted to Joseph Bessimer about 1880. The sentiment apparently hasnt changed much since his time.
The idea of spending $100,000 for a virtual resort, even though he thinks he will make money from it seems to be wrong to me. I would invest it in something I believe more worthwhile not to mention of more substance than a virtual resort.
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November 12th, 2005, 10:42 PM
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PE hmm.
it might make back some money, but not 1.6 million.
Man, if i was 18 and had 100k! | 
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November 13th, 2005, 05:05 PM
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Am I the only one shocked at the amount this person is willing to spend for a "virtual resort" ?? | |
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November 13th, 2005, 05:50 PM
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Well the last guy who did this spent 38K and ALREADY made his money back in just about a year, so it is not all that far fetched.
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November 13th, 2005, 08:35 PM
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Dunguns & Dragons did pretty good.
Virtual roll playing is going on all over the net.
It doesn't seem to far fetched at all. The guys got vision maybe. | |
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November 14th, 2005, 09:58 AM
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Can you say "Total Recall"?
Get $100 worth of LSD; much cheaper and your "trips" will be real...sort of.  | |
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November 14th, 2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by no1_vern "There's a sucker born every minute" is attrbuted to Joseph Bessimer about 1880. The sentiment apparently hasnt changed much since his time. | Try George Hull (often misquoted to PT Barnum...don't know why Bessimer would say it). Anyways it still stands...the guy just brought something nowhere near $100,000 in value. | |
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November 14th, 2005, 10:02 PM
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He seems a rich guy(independent movie maker) so I guess may be USD 100,000 is not a huge thing for him unlike us | |
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