Want to go to MJ's memorial service?

Pudding · 06 Jul 2009, 09:47

It'll only cost you $100,000 on Ebay

AndrewG · 06 Jul 2009, 10:28

Haha removed. Think eBay don't want to be related to touting for that, which is quite right.

Pudding · 06 Jul 2009, 11:11

Damn, I should have Print Screen and saved the posting, it was outrageous. Micheal Jackson side of it is irrelevant, it's the fact that somebody got something for free then promptly tried to sell it on Ebay for $100,000 plus

But if that wasn't bad enough, some sucker had put a bid in for it

L96 · 06 Jul 2009, 14:53

Now, now... they're up to half a million. http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Jackson-...3A1%7C294%3A50

Make that $49,000,000, sorry http://cgi.ebay.com/michael-jackson-...3A1%7C294%3A50

Wario · 06 Jul 2009, 20:45

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Originally Posted by L96

Now, now... they're up to half a million. http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Jackson-...3A1%7C294%3A50

Make that $49,000,000, sorry http://cgi.ebay.com/michael-jackson-...3A1%7C294%3A50

deleted already

MeatGrl1 · 06 Jul 2009, 21:56

This makes me feel sick.

This is profiting from an artist that is no longer with us and shows absolutely no remorse or respect, it breaks my heart and really upsets me that people do this !

daveake · 06 Jul 2009, 22:03

The profit isn't from the artist, it's from the feckwits

who think it's something worth paying money for.

**The Flying Mouse** · 06 Jul 2009, 22:04

I've got to say, if some ~~~~~~ shoved a ticket for a Justin Timberlake memorial tribute into my hand (and you'd have to put it there using red hot rivets) and then some other ~~~~~~ with more money than sence offered me 100K for it........

**Monstro** · 06 Jul 2009, 22:19

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Originally Posted by MeatGrl1

This is profiting from an artist that is no longer with us

Joining an ever growing bandwagon...

1- Newspapers/magazines run a "tribute" issue with so called exclusives
2- The growing trade in RIP MJ tee shirts
3- The seller on ebay listing their MJ stuff
4- Tours showing the house where he died

You're always gonna have someone making a few bob out of any situation, personally I wouldn't go hell for leather outta the guy listing/selling any of the above.......the real muppet is the one falling/paying for it.

**allrevvedup** · 06 Jul 2009, 22:22

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Originally Posted by MeatGrl1

This makes me feel sick.

This is profiting from an artist that is no longer with us and shows absolutely no remorse or respect, it breaks my heart and really upsets me that people do this !

Yeah but so are Hello, Ok and every other magazine and newspaper...people know there's a market so they try to supply to the demand.

All these tribute issues are done to make more money and increase readership. Sky didn't put on an hour long tribute show to honour Jackson, they did it so they could make more money from advertising revenue.

In times like these, people want to make as much money as they can as quickly as they can. I have no problem with people wanting to sell the tickets, the inflated values i do have a problem with, but somewhere someone wants to buy them.

**allrevvedup** · 06 Jul 2009, 22:23

M i think we basically said the same thing...which should worry you more than me

**Monstro** · 06 Jul 2009, 22:24

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Originally Posted by allrevvedup

M i think we basically said the same thing...which should worry you more than me

It does!!!!!

Wario · 06 Jul 2009, 22:28

i feel horrible for farrah fousite. shes been ignored. I dont see any RIP FF T-Shirts anywhere..

**The Flying Mouse** · 06 Jul 2009, 22:32

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Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

i feel horrible for farrah fousite. shes been ignored. I dont see any RIP FF T-Shirts anywhere..

As requested.

Farrah Fawcett tribute t shirt

I charge a finders fee for this stuff you know

**allrevvedup** · 06 Jul 2009, 22:33

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Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

i feel horrible for farrah fousite.

whoever she is...as for the actress who used to be in Charlie's Angels, yes I feel sorry for her and her family

CarylB · 06 Jul 2009, 23:36

The eBay offers for sale are going up and being stripped off quicker than cheap wallpaper on a caravan wall .. best so far was one with two "bids" for $9,999,999.00 (perhaps the highest numbers eBay will accept?) .. against that you have to love the UK entry, with a starting bid of £200 .. if you're going to scam, be modest :)

Most are from sellers who only registered to put the "item" on, and the starting levels make them more hoaxes of the "send this to everyone you know and AOL will donate 33 cents towards the cost of this dying child's operation" cruel nonsense .. that internet graffiti that some seem to do just because they can ..

But as others have said .. anyone who bids is daft .. and it's the buyers and bidders for this kind of nonsense who create the market for it, whether it's ludicrous auctions or trashy magazines. If they didn't sell there'd be no point in wasting time and money putting them into the market.

Channel 4 here is putting on some "The truth behind ...." about MJ this week .. as if! I'd love to think that people would all vote with their feet as I shall do .. but no doubt loads will tune in and watch .. and Channel 4 will feel justified, as will their advertisers ...

It's how Big Brother keeps managing to clog up so many channels for so many interminable weeks every year ...

Caryl

Pudding · 06 Jul 2009, 23:51

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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

I've got to say, if some ~~~~~~ shoved a ticket for a Justin Timberlake memorial tribute into my hand (and you'd have to put it there using red hot rivets) and then some other ~~~~~~ with more money than sence offered me 100K for it........

Come to think of it I could do with a new bathroom and the kitchen is starting to bug me

**The Flying Mouse** · 07 Jul 2009, 00:34

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Originally Posted by Pudding

Come to think of it I could do with a new bathroom and the kitchen is starting to bug me

I just want a solid gold slinky and a Frankenstein mask that features Boris Karloff's real hair

Wario · 07 Jul 2009, 01:05

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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

:Frankenstein mask that features Boris Karloff's real hair

i think my friend owns one. i never seen him take it off

**The Flying Mouse** · 07 Jul 2009, 01:22

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Originally Posted by WarioLoaf

i think my friend owns one. i never seen him take it off

Does he also own a solid gold slinky?

Wario · 07 Jul 2009, 01:46

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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse

Does he also own a solid gold slinky?

i dont think he was in goldmember..

Hypnobabe · 07 Jul 2009, 14:32

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Originally Posted by MeatGrl1

This makes me feel sick.

This is profiting from an artist that is no longer with us and shows absolutely no remorse or respect, it breaks my heart and really upsets me that people do this !

With the greatest of respect Emma, you could say the same thing about the Presley family and tours of Graceland.

**RadioMaster** · 07 Jul 2009, 14:50

gotcha

CarylB · 07 Jul 2009, 17:50

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Originally Posted by Hypnobabe

With the greatest of respect Emma, you could say the same thing about the Presley family and tours of Graceland.

Agreed. And it will go on and on .. Princess Diana was a less contraversial figure than MJ, and think how long it went on after her death, and still surfaces from time to time .. just as it did and contnues to do with Elvis.

There are so many terrible things done in the world like rape, murder, child abuse, gay bashing, racist attacks etc etc which really hurt and damage the victims, that I really can't get that upset or sickened by those who try to proffer from the death of a famous person, those who give them the opportunity by queuing up to offer their money, or those who put spoof listings or bids on eBay (because I can't believe the one bidder who's bidding millions on moat of the "tickets" listed is serious .. nor probably those bidding thousands for used ticket stubs after the event). It's tacky, it's tasteless .. but if it makes you feel that bad you're better off listening to MJ's albums and avoiding the taradiddle that was bound to surround his demise. As to his family, as I've said before, it's not pleasant, but I doubt it's come as a shock to them.

Today it goes with the territory when you have that level of fame and celebrity, and the level of worship and curiosity that people have, and the lengths to which they'll go to satisfy it. It's the way of the modern world .. we can't prevent it and you're probably better to cushion yourself by ignoring it Emma.

Caryl

AndrewG · 07 Jul 2009, 18:03

Yes I find it crazy people get more upset about this stuff than say the 10-12 people of the mjjcommunity website who have all committed suicide since Michael Jackson died because they are "lost" without him or that family who all died in a fire in a flat in London over the weekend or all the young kids we have lost in the recent wars, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. .....

But then I personally do like to put things into perspective and just think I could always be worse off.... I can understand most people don't do this.

06 Jul 2009, 09:47	#1
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Want to go to MJ's memorial service? It'll only cost you $100,000 on Ebay

06 Jul 2009, 14:53	#4
L96 Inaugural goldfish winner Join Date: 04.07.2005 Location: In a handbasket. Believe me, for someone my height, it's hell... Posts: 2,373	Now, now... they're up to half a million. http://cgi.ebay.com/Michael-Jackson-...3A1%7C294%3A50 Make that $49,000,000, sorry http://cgi.ebay.com/michael-jackson-...3A1%7C294%3A50 Last edited by L96; 06 Jul 2009 at 15:00. Reason: I should read before posting...

06 Jul 2009, 10:28	#2
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,081	Haha removed. Think eBay don't want to be related to touting for that, which is quite right.

06 Jul 2009, 11:11	#3
Pudding I'm A Prize Fight Lover... Join Date: 22.10.2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,532	Damn, I should have Print Screen and saved the posting, it was outrageous. Micheal Jackson side of it is irrelevant, it's the fact that somebody got something for free then promptly tried to sell it on Ebay for $100,000 plus But if that wasn't bad enough, some sucker had put a bid in for it

06 Jul 2009, 21:56	#6
MeatGrl1 No Day But Today Join Date: 29.05.2006 Location: Sitting on the steps outside looking so restless and reckless and lost! Posts: 9,089	This makes me feel sick. This is profiting from an artist that is no longer with us and shows absolutely no remorse or respect, it breaks my heart and really upsets me that people do this !

06 Jul 2009, 22:03	#7
daveake 200% is the new 110% Join Date: 13.03.2005 Location: Newbury Posts: 2,983	The profit isn't from the artist, it's from the feckwits who think it's something worth paying money for.

06 Jul 2009, 22:04	#8
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	I've got to say, if some ~~~~~~ shoved a ticket for a Justin Timberlake memorial tribute into my hand (and you'd have to put it there using red hot rivets) and then some other ~~~~~~ with more money than sence offered me 100K for it........

06 Jul 2009, 22:23	#11
allrevvedup "Most things that i worry about, never happen anyway" Join Date: 29.11.2003 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,356	M i think we basically said the same thing...which should worry you more than me

06 Jul 2009, 22:28	#13
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	i feel horrible for farrah fousite. shes been ignored. I dont see any RIP FF T-Shirts anywhere..

06 Jul 2009, 23:36	#16
CarylB Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.04.2003 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 5,910	The eBay offers for sale are going up and being stripped off quicker than cheap wallpaper on a caravan wall .. best so far was one with two "bids" for $9,999,999.00 (perhaps the highest numbers eBay will accept?) .. against that you have to love the UK entry, with a starting bid of £200 .. if you're going to scam, be modest :) Most are from sellers who only registered to put the "item" on, and the starting levels make them more hoaxes of the "send this to everyone you know and AOL will donate 33 cents towards the cost of this dying child's operation" cruel nonsense .. that internet graffiti that some seem to do just because they can .. But as others have said .. anyone who bids is daft .. and it's the buyers and bidders for this kind of nonsense who create the market for it, whether it's ludicrous auctions or trashy magazines. If they didn't sell there'd be no point in wasting time and money putting them into the market. Channel 4 here is putting on some "The truth behind ...." about MJ this week .. as if! I'd love to think that people would all vote with their feet as I shall do .. but no doubt loads will tune in and watch .. and Channel 4 will feel justified, as will their advertisers ... It's how Big Brother keeps managing to clog up so many channels for so many interminable weeks every year ... Caryl

07 Jul 2009, 14:50	#23
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	gotcha

07 Jul 2009, 18:03	#25
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,081	Yes I find it crazy people get more upset about this stuff than say the 10-12 people of the mjjcommunity website who have all committed suicide since Michael Jackson died because they are "lost" without him or that family who all died in a fire in a flat in London over the weekend or all the young kids we have lost in the recent wars, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. ..... But then I personally do like to put things into perspective and just think I could always be worse off.... I can understand most people don't do this.