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Contest: Guess the Final Price


This contest is now over. See here for the grand prize winner and here for the runners up.

A commenter suggested this, so I thought it’d be fun.

Guess the final price of my eBay auction and receive … Hmm…

Grand Prize

  • The I’m Blogging This T-Shirt courtesy of me.
  • 1 year free ROCKET3 hosting with HostRocket
  • Free domain name from DeveloperCube
  • A free guest blog appearance by world renowned blogger Jeremy Wright!
  • 30$ Amazon Gift Certificate from Scott Reynolds
  • 3 months of free Blog Hosting (Starter Package) from Emmense Hosting
  • (1) Free press release distribution to major newswires/news-editors contributed by Natural News Media
  • 1 Month of Free RSS Feed Advertising @ Ensight, provided by Mike Bourne (loyal reader)
  • Poker Chip Set - Mahogany case with brass accents from HomePokerPros.com (cool!)
  • — insert prize here, feel free to donate and get a link to your service / company / blog / whatever

Runner Up Prizes (distributed amongst closest guesses: closest person gets most valuable prize)

  • 1 year free ROCKET2 hosting with HostRocket
  • 1 year free ROCKET1 hosting with HostRocket
  • 20$ Amazon Gift Certificate from the great folks at Emmense Hosting
  • — insert prize here, feel free to donate and get a link to your service / company / blog / whatever

If you want to contribute prizes, feel free. You’ll get full credit. Amazon Gift Certificates are always nice going into the holidays. Maybe some AdWords so blogs can advertise themselves? Dunno, be creative though!

Deadline for guesses December 2nd at Midnight, GMT.

Update: The total prize value now sits at an amazing 1000$. Thanks to all the sponsors, and keep that guessing (and plugging the sale!)!

Update 2: Added several more prizes including a very cool poker set!

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  1. #1 by Randy L - December 1st, 2004 at 11:28

    $2000 smackers on the nose. Gratziamiente.

  2. #2 by Clare - December 2nd, 2004 at 08:34

    $2535 is my guess.

  3. #3 by Mark - December 2nd, 2004 at 08:44

    $2265

  4. #4 by Josh Luth - December 2nd, 2004 at 08:58

    $2125… Good luck.

  5. #5 by Ruby Bean - December 2nd, 2004 at 09:04

    My guess would be $1750.00

  6. #6 by Mike Hillyer - December 2nd, 2004 at 09:11

    ONE DOLLAR BOB!

  7. #7 by Neville Hobson - December 2nd, 2004 at 09:29

    My guess - $1,960.00

    Good luck, Jeremy!!

  8. #8 by Robert - December 2nd, 2004 at 09:32

    I’m going for $1,780.00

  9. #9 by Mitch Tulloch - December 2nd, 2004 at 09:43

    My guess is $1633.79

    ;)

  10. #10 by theanomaly - December 2nd, 2004 at 10:28

    I’d say you’ll get around $2000, but I hope you get much higher!

  11. #11 by Jeremy C. Wright - December 2nd, 2004 at 10:35

    Bidding just passed 1675$, so Mitch is now lower than the amount. He can still win if it doesn’t move in the next day or so.

  12. #12 by Nathan Wong - December 2nd, 2004 at 11:17

    $1775

  13. #13 by Jeramey Jannene - December 2nd, 2004 at 12:06

    I’m going to go with $2200

  14. #14 by Redpac - December 2nd, 2004 at 12:17

    $1972 - Gimmie My Prizes!

  15. #15 by Darrick - December 2nd, 2004 at 14:23

    Hey Jeremy, my guess is $2050. Hope it goes higher than that tho.. g’d luck

  16. #16 by Brian Muirhead - December 2nd, 2004 at 14:35

    I’ll guess it ends up at $2150.00 but I would have rather seen someone ‘buy it now’ at $5000.

  17. #17 by Mitch Tulloch - December 2nd, 2004 at 14:46

    Gee, wish I could guess again…

    ;)

  18. #18 by James Kendrick - December 2nd, 2004 at 15:55

    $2901

  19. #19 by Turker Keskinpala - December 2nd, 2004 at 16:30

    Hi, my guess is: $2075

    Good luck to you, and to me :-)

  20. #20 by Patrick - December 2nd, 2004 at 16:47

    $2,350.00.

  21. #21 by Brian Mork - December 2nd, 2004 at 16:47

    I’m going with $2345.67 because I like numbers that are easy to remember…

  22. #22 by Mitch Tulloch - December 2nd, 2004 at 16:52

    Ah, what the heck, I’ll re-enter my guess at $15,000, Jeremy’s time is probably worth at least that much…

    :D

  23. #23 by Marc Olson - December 2nd, 2004 at 17:15

    I’ll toss out $1995.95. Why not?

  24. #24 by Toni - December 2nd, 2004 at 17:57

    $3211.31 :D

  25. #25 by David - December 2nd, 2004 at 18:44

    $2401.24 if I’m still eligible :)

  26. #26 by Jeremy C. Wright - December 2nd, 2004 at 18:46

    Okay, but just cause I’m nice.

    THAT’S THE LAST ONE!

    Contest entries are now closed!

  27. #27 by Mike Bourne - December 2nd, 2004 at 21:32

    Grrrrrr :@

    2 people under-bid me by a few bucks, suckers :p

    J, drop my bid by $25, muahahahah

  28. #28 by Peter T Davis - December 2nd, 2004 at 21:40

    2075$

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