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General Discussions => No Glove No Love => Topic started by: Wolfman on September 20, 2005, 09:15:56 pm
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I think that after they hand the helmet over to the winner, he falls of the the stage, hits his head and slips into a coma for a month. Thats how stupid it is to spend that much money on a helmet.....
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so what was the bid at when the shut it down? did I win?
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Seriously, when I saw 30 different users had bid in the million-dollar range, I knew that auction was toast. And speaking of toast, if you search "robby gordon helmet" on ebay now, there is a piece of burnt toast with his helmet scraped into it. Current high bid is $2.40
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14 million dollars is more than the net income of every nascar fan in the country combined...who couldnt see that one coming?
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From Robbygordon.com
The Robby Gordon eBay auction for the helmet Gordon wore during Sunday\'s NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway will be reinstated at 10 p.m. EDT tonight. Officials at Robby Gordon Motorsports, along with representatives of eBay, conferred on Wednesday afternoon and chose to allow Auction Cause, a premier online auction management agency specializing in high profile eBay corporate and charity events, to manage the process. Most notably, Auction Cause has the ability to properly qualify bidders on the eBay site. The original bidding exceeded $10 million on Wednesday, and given the traffic on the site, it was difficult to determine the validity of all the bidders.
Way to ruin it for everyone, Dave. :tongue:
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Dear Dave Pecoraro,
Please be aware that auction:
5245335747 - Robby Gordon race-used NASCAR Helmet
in which you were a bidding participant, has been ended early by eBay for violating one or more of our listing guidelines.
Because the auction was ended early, you as a bidder are not required to complete the
transaction. Since this is a listing violation, the seller is free to relist the item in the
proper format. Should you wish to do so, you are free to bid on the item again if it is
relisted.
If you care to review our listing guidelines for a better understanding of our auction
policies, they can be found at:
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Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have on our existing policies.
Regards,
Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department) eBay Inc
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$14,413,824.72
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BTW hope you\'re ready to be bombarded with email from NASCAR-oriented charities, the Robby Gordon Fan Club, and ESPN looking for interviews!
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:sadban:
i\'ve lost my touch..
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OK OK I\'ll pay my yearly .info dues. BTW you forgot the BUH at the end of "boo".
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boooooooooo!! hisssssssssssssssss!! boooooooooooooooo!!
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LMAO! Looks like you just cost some auction house $200, good one. Allow me to correct my language: I dare anyone out there $10 to become the high bidder.
If you insist, I\'ll donate $10 to .info
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I dare anyone out there reading this $10 to bid. Cmon...5 days left...millions of people seeing the auction...there\'s no way you\'ll win.
you can make that check payable to Dave Pecoraro...
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I dare anyone out there reading this $10 to bid. Cmon...5 days left...millions of people seeing the auction...there\'s no way you\'ll win.
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I hope the winner gets knocked off of the grandstand at his/her next NASCAR event by a barage of t-shirts shot out of t-shirt guns....
Talk about self serving philanthropy....
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I am calling shennanigans on an 8 million dollar bid for a helmet....
I agree, should be interesting to wait and see if it actually SELLS for that much, or if its just a publicity stint.
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No shenanigans, it really is up over 8 million. Even scarier than that is looking at the bid history...about 25 bids in the millions range, all leading up to the current price. I wonder how many of the bidders are legit. The current leader seems to be.
Bid history: http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=5245335747
BTW Anyone who placed a guess before is more than entitled to guess again, given this startling turn of events. I\'ll go with $13,650,400.
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Mindblowing: $8,001,900!
17 million gets it.
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I am calling shennanigans on an 8 million dollar bid for a helmet....
You know like when Homer bid 10,000 to PBS to get the Soccer Hooligan show back on the air?????
ebay official: Billy Bob Joe Rubeadoo Jr., you dont have 8 million dollars do you?
BBJRjr: NO
ebay official: and you thought you could just stab your problems away?
BBJRjr: Yeah :still stabbing with pen attached to chain at bank counter:
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Current bid: US $8,000,900.00
OMFG!!!
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with 6 days left im gonna say $784,111, i wonder what whoever wins will do with it. maybe revel in its protective glory? if i bought the dome piece for whatever it goes for, i\'d wear the friggin thing to the supermarket
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$541,284 by some rich guy who will donate to the nascar hall of fame when they decide on a location
There\'s no NASCAR HOF? Man, they should build one in Bristol, TN or Talladega or one of those small-time NASCAR towns that exists for 2 days a year. Would totally enrich the town, although it\'s tough to say if that would be good or bad.
I remember reading an article on espn.com a month or two back or maybe in espn mag, but yea they dont have one, and according to the article they were deciding on a location, one of the favorites was a non nascar state (kansas maybe?)
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This is the Price is Right rules correct? Closest w/ out going over?
Nope, never liked that. It\'s appropriate for the game show but in real-life situations I prefer absolute value.
$541,284 by some rich guy who will donate to the nascar hall of fame when they decide on a location
There\'s no NASCAR HOF? Man, they should build one in Bristol, TN or Talladega or one of those small-time NASCAR towns that exists for 2 days a year. Would totally enrich the town, although it\'s tough to say if that would be good or bad.
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This is the Price is Right rules correct? Closest w/ out going over?
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$541,284 by some rich guy who will donate to the nascar hall of fame when they decide on a location
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45 minutes later, $129,300.88 Everyone guess what it will end at. Closest guess wins a beer. Last guesses due by 11:59PM on Saturday. I\'ll go $239,400.
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112,000 now!, i am amazed that there are such rich, drunk ass people who like watching cars go in circles. but god bless him for dontaing the profits plus seven bucks a lap
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From espn.com:
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- Robby Gordon is auctioning off the helmet he threw at Michael Waltrip, with all proceeds going to a relief fund for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Gordon started a one-week auction for the helmet Tuesday on eBay. The winning bid will go to the Harrah\'s Employee Relief Fund.
"People started asking me almost immediately after the race if they could have my helmet, and rather than just giving it away, we\'ll use it to raise more money," Gordon said. "Obviously I\'m still angry about getting wrecked intentionally, but at the end of the day I still have a house to go home to which is a lot more than a lot of people can say.
"I hope people will dig deep and think of the big picture when they\'re bidding on the helmet."
Gordon was fined a total of $35,000 and docked 50 driver points by NASCAR for retaliating against Waltrip during Sunday\'s race in New Hampshire.
After Waltrip wrecked him, Gordon first tried to hit Waltrip\'s car with his own. He then climbed from his car, walked through race traffic and tossed his helmet at Waltrip. He also used a derogatory term during a television interview when asked about Waltrip.
"I\'m sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it\'s easy to realize that it\'s just not that big of a deal compared with what the people of the Gulf Coast are still going through," Gordon said.
Gordon has made an initial contribution of $20,000 to the Harrah\'s Fund, and is raising additional money through a $7 a lap pledge for the remainder of the season.
He is also contributing 10 percent from the sale of Harrah\'s racing merchandise and collectibles at the team\'s Web site and souvenir trailer.
The auction was over $108,000 at the time of this posting! The auction is here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Robby-Gordon-race-used-NASCAR-Helmet_W0QQitemZ5245335747QQcategoryZ50121QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem