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.
December 3rd, 2004 at 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?
December 3rd, 2004 at 11:24 am
Donna: Think of the merchandising opportunities…’Mercantile Asshat’ mugs, t-shirts, thongs, asshats, etc.
December 3rd, 2004 at 11:44 am
Arwen-Arwen, not Arwen-Donna. ;)
A.
December 3rd, 2004 at 11:46 am
Heh. Sorry about that. Too many Arwens.
December 3rd, 2004 at 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.
December 3rd, 2004 at 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.)
December 6th, 2004 at 1:35 pm
I’ve always called it a Woody.
December 7th, 2004 at 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…
December 7th, 2004 at 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,
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:52 am
[…] Idee an, ihre Dienste als Blogger bei Ebay zur Versteigerung anzubieten. Wie man auf Barefoot’s Blog nachlesen kann, schloss Wright’s Auktion dabei erfolgreich mit einem spektakulären […]