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$. Thanks to all the sponsors, and keep that guessing (and plugging the sale!)!
Update 2: Added several more prizes including a very cool poker set!
December 3rd, 2004 at 4:48 pm
[...] 3, 2004
Contest Runners Up
Runners up for the contest are: Oliver Thylmann Toni Allen Clete R. Blackwell 2 I
December 3rd, 2004 at 3:08 pm
[...] eBay Auction Contest Winner…
Aaron Junod is the winner of the contest, with a VERY close guess of 3300$. Well done Aaron! IR [...]
December 2nd, 2004 at 8:12 pm
[...] ours Left in Contest!
Only 4 hours left to get your guesses in for the contest!
Posted by Jeremy C. Wright at [...]
December 2nd, 2004 at 1:46 pm
[...] Last Day for Contest!
Today is the last day for the contest, so leave your guess! If your guess is the closest to the [...]
November 30th, 2004 at 3:31 am
[...] irst Time
Aaron Brazell
29th November 2004 10:31 pm
Jeremy approached me today about sponsoring a contest he opened at Ensight. He [...]
November 30th, 2004 at 3:31 am
[...] irst Time
Aaron Brazell
29th November 2004 10:31 pm
Jeremy approached me today about sponsoring a contest he opened at Ensight. He [...]
November 29th, 2004 at 8:12 pm
[...] l win something like a T-shirt or something. Now he really did a great job and put up the Contest: First price will be 1. A groovy t-shirt 2. 1 year fr [...]
November 29th, 2004 at 12:51 pm
My guess would be around $1,800.00. That’s a whole lotta doe from where I come from.
November 29th, 2004 at 12:52 pm
$2185.66
Sean
November 29th, 2004 at 1:03 pm
Hehe, groovy stuff Jeremy!
My guess is: 2600$ (and no, I won’t bid that amount myself
).
November 29th, 2004 at 1:05 pm
I’m going to hazard a guess at $2419 not because of my hardcore analytical skills, but just because I feel the power of foresight. You know how it is.
lo0ol
November 29th, 2004 at 1:22 pm
From a linear regression model of the ebay bids, and, I am guessing $1342.17, which seems low, but … can the numbers lie?
November 29th, 2004 at 1:27 pm
$2541
November 29th, 2004 at 1:42 pm
$2342.50
So are we going archery rules (closest to the target) or Price is Right rules (closest without going over)?
November 29th, 2004 at 1:45 pm
Archery rules.
November 29th, 2004 at 1:51 pm
I’ll guess it at $3,100.00
I’ll also contribute to your list of prizes.
(1) Free press release distribution to major newswires/news-editors
November 29th, 2004 at 2:16 pm
Elliott: You lose. It just passed 1500$
November 29th, 2004 at 2:16 pm
$3850
This is fun. I’ll donate to the cause: $30 Amazon GC.
November 29th, 2004 at 2:19 pm
Cool, thanks Scott, added to the list! (I assumed you meant for the Grand Prize, right?)
November 29th, 2004 at 2:24 pm
yeah why not.
The guess has to be exact for the grand prize? or just closest?
I was going to offer a free shot at me with a Rocket Launcher in Halo 2, but everyone already can get that without winning a contest!
November 29th, 2004 at 2:28 pm
Closest to gets the grand prize. Second closest gets the highest value runner up prize. Third closest thets the next highest runner up prize, etc.
November 29th, 2004 at 2:43 pm
$3229 (dependent on where the prices go it might be worthwhile to bid
)
November 29th, 2004 at 3:15 pm
$3600.
November 29th, 2004 at 3:21 pm
w00t, I like my readers more and more
November 29th, 2004 at 3:47 pm
$2900
November 29th, 2004 at 5:00 pm
one million dollars (insert evil laugh)
November 29th, 2004 at 5:22 pm
LOL… wow, a guest blog appearance by a celebrity… lol! That’s worth alot by itself
November 29th, 2004 at 6:58 pm
Add to grand prize: One (1) month of RSS Feed advertising at Ensight.org (any month)
Oh, my guess: $1975
November 29th, 2004 at 7:01 pm
Haha @ Mike. Added to Grand Prize
November 29th, 2004 at 7:08 pm
I’ll put in my guess at $2250. Those are some badass prizes I couldn’t help guessing as well
November 29th, 2004 at 7:26 pm
I’ll say $2,700…what its actually worth (a lot more than $2,700 in my opinion) and what the current market perception of its valueare two different things…but i sure wish you can prove me wrong Jeremy…
November 29th, 2004 at 8:27 pm
I’m going with 3300, but with the press coming in I wouldn’t be surprised to see it go higher. Good luck either way!
Great idea on the contest too
November 29th, 2004 at 9:14 pm
After doing daily and weekly eBay research on opening /final merchandise bids, I will go ahead and cast my guess at $3131.31
November 29th, 2004 at 9:23 pm
US$3757
November 29th, 2004 at 10:41 pm
Congratulations!
November 30th, 2004 at 1:37 am
US $4,500
November 30th, 2004 at 10:26 am
2,347.50
November 30th, 2004 at 10:37 am
$1730, Bob!
November 30th, 2004 at 10:49 am
My guess in $2500
November 30th, 2004 at 11:09 am
I’ll guess the bidding will stop at $5,500. There might be some Blogging Snipers out there ? Or sniping Bloggers ? which is it ?
November 30th, 2004 at 1:48 pm
$1800
November 30th, 2004 at 5:11 pm
I’m thinking 2825
November 30th, 2004 at 5:51 pm
I feel so silly…guessing $2825, just for kicks! Good luck!
November 30th, 2004 at 5:53 pm
Whoa–great minds Will…so did notice your bid! Can I stand?
November 30th, 2004 at 6:01 pm
Yeah, you can have the same bids. I’ll hold a tiebreaker if 2 people have the closest bid
November 30th, 2004 at 6:23 pm
Figure the odds…
November 30th, 2004 at 7:10 pm
I believe you’ll go for 2,498.37
November 30th, 2004 at 7:11 pm
I believe you’ll go for 2.498.37
November 30th, 2004 at 7:53 pm
I predict $5000.00
November 30th, 2004 at 9:26 pm
Ok so I’m not sure what blogging is but $ 5150.00 is my guess.