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Ten Million Dollar Homepage? Maybe Not?

As if Alex Tew hadn’t already generated enough envy through the advent of his Million Dollar Homepage, it appears he almost became a multi-millionaire from his simple and ingenious idea. You can see from my other posts that I have a 100 pixel advertisement on his site. Seeing the eBay auction for the final 1,000 pixels makes me feel like I got a REALLY good deal.

I’ve been watching his auction out of curiosity mostly. I originally thought he’d be good to generate another $50,000, maybe $100,000 for those final pixels (based on Alex’s indication that the winner would receive additional PR). I checked out his auction today and nearly fell out of my chair. The latest bid for his last 1,000 pixels was $6,001,100 from a newly registered user named dkeene7! A little bit further and “the Million Dollar Homepage” becomes a very big understatement.

Upon further examination, I have noted that the preposterously obscene bids have been removed and the top bid now apparently stands at $152,100 from a user named ast1155td. While this number is a bit more reasonable, it still beats my estimate of $100,000, and is 15 times the cost paid by those who got in earlier. I guess I am glad I bought my ad when I did!

Nevertheless time will tell just how far the bidding goes on this last batch of pixels. Just a bit under 6 days left to go and it’s obvious there’s still plenty of interest in this one. Got some money burning a hole in your bank account? Why not go blow it on a 1,000 pixel ad on the Million Dollar Homepage!

I’m left wondering if Alex will mention the astronomical bids the auction received today and why they were removed. Of course we can all speculate that the bids were bogus and made by someone just for the benefit of driving the price up. Or perhaps it was the same folks that helped this guy avoid paying 1,000 pounds for a PICTURE of a 42″ Plasma TV.

If you can’t see yourself paying for an ad on a million dollar homepage, maybe you can help this guy save his penis. Until next time…