$399 for an email address. The copy on the site is great - 'Do you belong to high society? Then take this chance to demonstrate your position in an unambiguous manner'. They compare this email address to a yacht in monaco and a villa in beverly hills. The email address?
@Millionaires24.com
read it and weep.
[ 12.04.2006, 09:02: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: $399 for an email address.
That's $399 a month !!!
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
Oo. You get an "address book".
Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
quote:Originally posted by ben: Oo. You get an "address book".
And 512MB of space for your e-mails! Almost a quarter of the amount you get for free with Google Mail!
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
you're not getting it are you? It's not about that - as you point out, anybody can have those things. It's about standing out from the crowd, wearing your diamond on your sleeve. You Brits are so uptight, but were I come from, it's okay to want to show people that you're wealthy. After all, you've worked hard to get where you are today!
[ 12.04.2006, 09:51: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
The sad thing is that while we are scoffing people are probably signing up. It is well known that those who see themselves as part of 'the moneyed establishment' have more money than common sense - the 10,000 'exclusive' places will probably be snapped up.
By the same people who would pay $1,000 for a fucking omelette.
[ 12.04.2006, 10:19: Message edited by: Samuelnorton ]
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samuelnorton: By the same people who would pay $1,000 for a fucking omelette.
quote:The first $1,000 dish was sold on Monday, to a British man who works "in the media", he added.
"I asked him whether he would finish it and he said that he would, for Queen and country."
A Brit. lol.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
at least with a $1000 omelette, you get an omelette that's (presumably) worth something, due to the ingredients and the chef and the overall experience of eating it. There's something reckless and hedonistic about it, but you are buying a legitimate experience, and unique experiences often are expensive. But an email address can never be reckless or hedonistic, and could hardly be described as an experience.
I've got sympathy with the £85 sandwich, $1000 omelette and all that kind of thing. It's not purely about status, there is a degree of bona fida luxury there. If I had enough money then I'd probably indulge. But an email address at $400 a month... I don't see it. It's not really rock and roll.
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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Maybe it's a joke, or a bet, designed to prove the adage 'a fool and his money are soon parted'. And if it's not, I bet he hasn't got very many sign-ups, if any. All the 'press' links he's posted just refer to press releases he himself has posted on the web. I'd be willing to bet nobody has signed up everevereverever. After all, millionaires don't get to be millionaires by spending their money in quite such a retarded manner, do they?
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
It would appear that the guys running this show have bigger and better plans - on checking WHOIS it seems that the same people also own billionaires24.com. I am guessing that if their first project pays off, we could see something even more ridiculous hit the Interweb.
Do you own the world? Island in the Caribbean not enough for you? That four-storey yacht not floating your boat? Do you make the Queen of England look like the Little Matchstick Girl? Then sign up to billionaires24.com - where you can truly show off what a twat you are. Only 100 accounts available at the bargain price of $9999.99 a month. That's right! $9,999! Webmail, POP3 access and all the rest of that lah-di-dah for under $10,000! Sign up now, fules!
[ 12.04.2006, 10:37: Message edited by: Samuelnorton ]
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: After all, millionaires don't get to be millionaires by spending their money in quite such a retarded manner, do they?
Well, Jade Goody is supposedly a millionaire, and she's pretty retarded. I can also see the likes of Paris Hilton signing up for this sort of shit. Or that daft bint Chantelle.
[ 12.04.2006, 10:38: Message edited by: Samuelnorton ]
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
I think if Jade Goody, Paris Hilton or Chantelle had signed up for Millionaire24.com, he'd be shouting about it in the promotional blurb. I bet he hasn't had a single sign-up. Nobody's that stupid, not even the women you cite. Shall we 'interview' him and find out?
[ 12.04.2006, 10:41: Message edited by: London ]
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
Paris has probably got Paris@hilton.com being pushed to her never used diamond encrusted BlackBerry.
eta: 'push' isn't an acronym.
[ 12.04.2006, 10:43: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
Posted by omikin (Member # 37) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samuelnorton what seems like fucking ages ago: I know it's been almost six years, but the camel's back has finally been broken. Can you please remove me from the database, Darryn. Thanks.
quote: Londie - I'm not stomping, merely walking away.
quote: I'll probably keep on posting until I can no longer log in...
darryn - when are you going to honour rick's request? for the greater good...
[ 12.04.2006, 10:45: Message edited by: omikin ]
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Paris has probably got Paris@hilton.com being pushed to her never used diamond encrusted BlackBerry.
LOL.
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samuelnorton: Well, Jade Goody is supposedly a millionaire, and she's pretty retarded. I can also see the likes of Paris Hilton signing up for this sort of shit. Or that daft bint Chantelle.
Nah I don't think so - if you look at the imagery of the site I can't see it appealing to those people at all. It's all very stuffy, very 'old boys' type vibe. There's nothing to suggest it would appeal to the fashion conscious, hipper-than-thou socialite. It's seems mroe aimed at the businessman; more Patrick Bateman than Nathan Barley.
I agere with London - I'd be suprised if one single person had gone for it. The kind of person they seem to be pitching towards is surely the sort who's going to ask "What extra value to I get for my money", and if the answer's "none, literally none, except that some people can't afford it"... well who's going to go for that? At least with the omlette or the sandwich you can explain where the money's going. This is just stupid.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
It's aimed at people who would like to be rich, but will never get there because they blow all their money on going to seminars on how to get rich.
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Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
quote:Originally posted by omikin:
quote:Originally posted by Samuelnorton what seems like fucking ages ago: I know it's been almost six years, but the camel's back has finally been broken. Can you please remove me from the database, Darryn. Thanks.
quote: Londie - I'm not stomping, merely walking away.
quote: I'll probably keep on posting until I can no longer log in...
darryn - when are you going to honour rick's request? for the greater good...
I might change my mind yet, Omikin. This place has a nasty habit of drawing one back in... I'd reckon this would remain true even if Darryn started charging $399 for exclusive membership...
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: It's aimed at people who would like to be rich, but will never get there because they blow all their money on going to seminars on how to get rich.
That figures. Also, good point Thorn. I liked Bateman vs Barley thing.
Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
Honestly, Rick, you're such a tease.
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
quote:Originally posted by London: Honestly, Rick, you're such a tease.
Oh I can concede a point. Even if it is Thorn. If you are referring to my jumping ship, well... You know what this place is like.
[ 12.04.2006, 10:58: Message edited by: Samuelnorton ]
Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dr. Benway: Paris has probably got Paris@hilton.com being pushed to her never used diamond encrusted BlackBerry.
Do you think she receives spam about the Paris Hilton video? (LATESTS SEX TAPE - PARIS + JOSH HARNERTT 100% GENUINE!!!111!!1!1) Posted by omikin (Member # 37) on :
do you think anyone ever gets pron spam claiming to be 98% genuine instead of the full 100%?
what about 5% genuine (the bloke look$ about right but the bird is not par1s hilt0n - it's an airedale)?
anyone?
Posted by omikin (Member # 37) on :
just me then.
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
90% genuine paris hilton porn is cut with 5% home videos of steam trains pulling into stations, and 5% children falling on their arses in parks.
5% genuine paris hilton porn is just a couple of innocuous moments from the One Night In Paris video spliced onto the end of an hour of late edition of ESPN sports Nascar.
[ 12.04.2006, 11:57: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
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