December 3rd, 2004

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The Hammer Has Fallen on Jeremy

I believe they call that little handleless chunk of wood the auctioneer bangs a hammer, don’t they? Regardless, fellow blogger Jeremy Wright’s eBay auction closed with an impressive total of US $3,350.00 after 30 bids. Things heated up in the last fifteen minutes, jumping US $1100. Nice work, Jeremy.

Conversely, I’m currently going for the more humble US $685 with three plus days to go. I’ll be happy enough with that total, because the experiment has brought me some additional non-auction work and sparked an idea for a new project. I’ll probably be announcing more details on that later in the day.

Jeremy and I did an interview with Blogosphere Radio about the auctions. They put together a nice piece which includes some commentary from others in the Blogosphere. I’ve just started listening to it, so I don’t know if anybody calls us ‘mercantile asshats’ or anything.

Comments: 10 Responses so far

Arwen
December 3rd, 2004
11:19 am

Oh, there’s your business name. “Mercantile Asshats”.
It’s got a ring. It appeals to the sardonic and cynical. I’d get blogging help from the asshats! I’d put their logo on the corner of my blog.
C’mon, wouldn’t you?

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Darren
December 3rd, 2004
11:24 am

Donna: Think of the merchandising opportunities…’Mercantile Asshat’ mugs, t-shirts, thongs, asshats, etc.

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Arwen
December 3rd, 2004
11:44 am

Arwen-Arwen, not Arwen-Donna. ;)
A.

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Darren
December 3rd, 2004
11:46 am

Heh. Sorry about that. Too many Arwens.

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Arwen
December 3rd, 2004
12:36 pm

As someone with a “Say-Wha?” name, I kind of like being in a situation with Too Many Arwens.

I think asshats are an underfilled market niche. Also, think of the possibilities at trade shows: “Hey, I’m Darren, with the Asshat Delegation.” Nice.

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Martin
December 3rd, 2004
2:31 pm

The more correct term for it is a gavel, rather than a hammer (though you hear of things going “under the hammer”, but never “under the gavel”).

(My dad is a retired auctioneer.)

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Jeremy C. Wright
December 6th, 2004
1:35 pm

I’ve always called it a Woody.

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pointblog.com
December 7th, 2004
8:03 am

Darren et Jeremy, as du “blogsulting”

Darren et Jeremy, deux blogueurs très actifs, ont décidé de devenir “blogueurs professionnels”. Pour se faire connaître, ils ont opté…

Marketing Tom - Internet Marketing
December 7th, 2004
8:14 am

http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/813 Rent a Blogger on eBay

The other day someone left a comment on one of my articles asking whether I thought it a good idea to hire a blogger to promote the benefits of a company. Apparently, a company called Inkspress has paid Jeremy Wright,

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